COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1009, 27 December 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

■•-.'■; CUSTOMS. Customs revenue collected at the port o] Wellington on Saturday. amounted tc £1366 ■ 9s. Sd., the amount for the wccli being £13,923 16s. Compared with the cor responding dates of last year, tho re ceipts , for the past eight! weeks are as follow:—. .'..;'....■. 11910. 1909. i ■ »l £ ■' t £ November 5 ......... 22,534 16,977 November 12 8,581 6,252 November 19 17,570 15,058 . November 26 13,995 10,021 December 3 19,249 15,270 December 10 12,969 12,305 December 17 21,367 17,374 December 24 13,923 11,67? . •..., 130,188 104,936 The beer dutv for the past week totalled £430 155.,' as against 17s. 9d. for the corresponding wcok of last year.

FROZEN, MEAT. , By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. London, December 24. The Frozen Meat .Trade Association's Smithfield market quotations for tlic undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based'ou actual sales of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton ov Jamb, and . twenty-five quarters of beef of fair average ouatilv. The quotation? arc . not for selected lines', hut for parcels fairly representative •■-of the bulk of tho ship: ments now on the. market.: The, prices which follow'aro on an .average a farthiiur. per lb:.more than the value ex ship, this difference representing an. average cost in expenses/ handling, ' conveyance, and Gelling the meat:— . Dec. 17. Dec. 24. Mutton— d. d. Canterbury, light ,— — Canterbury, medium — — Canterbury, heavy — — • Southland ~....'..,.....,.!• H, . - •North Island, best 1 . 1 — " '. North-Island, ordinary... — . 4 3-16 Australian,' light 3f, 31-16 Australian, heavy 3 3 Itiver Plate, light 3J 3J Biver Plate, heavy. 35 3J Lamb— /'.-... Canterbury, light — — Canterbury, medium — — ■ Canterbury, heavy — — Southland — — North Island, selected... — — North Island, ordinary... — — Australian, best 57-16 5} Australian, fair — 5 Australian, inferior , — 43 . fiivcr Plats ..- — .. —, BeefNew Zealand, ox fores... 313-16 2J New Zealand; ox hinds... 3J 33 Australian, ox fores ..:... 2j 211-16 Australian, ox hinds 3>> 23 Biver Plate; ox fores '... 23 23 Itiver Plate, ox hinds ... 3J . 3J . ' Babbits and•hares'are unchanged. Best Sydney, ex store, 165.; extra New Zealand, 17s. 6d. . . : LONDON MARKETS. ByTelegrapb-Press'Associatlon-Copyright. CB.ee.- December 26, 9.15 p.m.) ' London, December 25. Hemp—Tho market is inactive.'JanuaryMarch shipments, £20 10s. . Rubber, ss. 9d. ..... Copra.—There is a fair demand. South Sea. £23 15s. • Cotton, 7.97 d. per lb. , llide3.—Sales are quiet, and prices unchanged. \ ' . Copper.—On spot, £56 12s. 6d. per ton; three • months, £56 17s. 6d. Tin.-On. spot,. £174 • 12s. 6d.; three months, £175. Lead, £132 6s. Silver, 25d."per. bar ounce standard. HIGII-COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. The Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner, dated London, December 24:— . ; Mutton.-The markets is quiet, with no •alteration -in prices, viz.:—Canterbury! 4|,d.;. North. Island, 3'id. per lb. • Lamb.-Thc market is weak and inactive. Bcef.-Tho market is steady, with an improved demand. New Zealand hinds, per ,Ib.; fores, 2jd. . Butter—The market is lifeless. Choicest New Zealand, IKs. per cwt,; Australian, 035.; Danish, 114s. . , . Cheese.—Tho market is very quiet; there is nothing doing. White, 665. per cwt.; coloured, 575. • . ; Hemp—The market.. :s very depressed, and has'declined further. The output from Manila for the week was 27,i00 balc3. All the markets are quiet on account of the Christmas holidays.