COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 30 December 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

f •tv o !',?'™ 5 revenue eol'.eetcd at the nort if , 9d" yosterda y amounted to £«CS 1 , ' J WHEAT AFLOAT, tßy Telegraph—Press Assodation-Cowright, - v a London, Dpcemh»r 28. ■ The wheat afio.it for the United Kino-, t 5° m 2-340,CCD nunrterp; for *he Hon • 2^ WOO: AMnnti, shipme'nf,.'H?CCO •' foit - ™ P t a . clfic sn . ,ni »m)ts, 135.CC0 ouar- ; tsrs, Tlie- to Kuropo during the ■ Sjyh »375,C00 quarters. including 50.C00_ quarters' fnm Argentina. 510.ff0 from m Slw 285 t OO ,. from . districts, ,CC ° from Austra ' SILVER. (By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright) „ London, 28. r . Bar silver; is Quoted at 24 15-16 d. ner . ounce. - AUSTRALIAN" PRODUCE MARKETS. ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. : (Rec. December 29, 11,15 p.m.) : > ,L. . , Sydney, December 29. - • Wheat,: buyers, as. 7d., sollers 3s. 7*d. ; to ' .-oats,.Algerian feediner. . 2s. od. to-2s;>4d„ milling. 2s.' sd. to-2s.''7d. • 7d;i» fdaats 2s; 9d.; barley, .gapo feeding;', 3s.y seeding maizc; 2s'. 7a. to 2s. r ll'd.; br.in and pollard, '£4 55.; potatoes, Tasmanians, £5 to £6 10s.; onions, Globe £4 103., silvorskin3 £5. Butter, 905.; cheese, 6\d.; bacou, 72d. Melbourne, December 29. • Wheat, 3s. 7Jd.; flour, £9; oats, Algerian, Is.. lid. to 2s. OJd.; barley, Carce raaliinp, 2s. 3d.; maize,, 25,\5.}d.;• Jjr.-fcv ' pollard, £4;55.; potatoes;- £3: to* 1 ,£3. • Atioiaide, December 29. Wheat, 3s. Bd.; bour, £8 to £8 lCs.; bran and pollard, lljd. BUEJfSIDE MARKET. ' . (By Telesraph-Press Association.) • Duncdln. Dcccmber 29. •--At- Burnside to-day-there a very small yarding of cattle, 83 being penned. • There were a faw extra good ca-ttlc forward, but tho bulk wero of medium quality. Owing, to jjutehers' requirements being small competition was not spirited, and prices showed do improvement on last week's rates. Bwt. bullocks, •£9i 15s. , to ;£lor/15s.,>,,pxtra, .'to', £12 155.; medium, £8 10s. to £9 10s. .Fat sheep: Thore a., small yarding of 1660, composed of fair Quality wethers, with o, good proportion ofiold'cwos. Bidding, was slack and, while, wethers maintained last, week's prices, ewes wore fully Is. to Is. 6d. lower. Best, wcthors, 19s. to 225. 6d.; medium 15s. ,6d; to 18s. 6d.; best ewes, 18s. to 19s. fid.; extra, to 225: t medium, 135.'6 d.. to 16s. Fa(j lambs: 954 penned, mostly of medium with a pen or two of extra good sorts. While prices were good they were from lsi to Is, 6d. below last week's rates. Best, 15s. 6d. to 175.. Sd.;. medium, 12s. fid. to 145.; inferior, 10s. to lis:- 6d. 1 Pigs: Only 30!' wore.yarded. Porkers met with keen demand, and younp pigs wcro als-T keenly sought after. Sucker 3, 6s. 6d. to 95.: 6lins, stores, I<g. to 205.; 1 porkerp.'23'j. to 3<s.; light baconers, o(Ss. to , 435.;. heavy'..do., 4<ss, tp Msl. !

> ' NOTES.In 19D0 Canada exported 16,844,650 bushels of wheat and 768,162 barrels of Hour of her own milling. In tho season 1909-10 the ex-, ports wore 49,741,350 bushels of wlicat and 3,064,028 barrels of flour. The exports of flour have thus Quadrupled within teu years. Of last year's exports of flour Great Britain ; took 1,877,436 barrel? and tho United States tool: 126,155 barrels," ■ which' last may have been for re-export. But in 19C0 the United States had no need for Canadian flour either tor consumption or for export, .having plenty of her .own for both purposes. The prowth of the milling industry in the; Dominions liao been enormous. In Manitoba, alone tho mills have a daily capacity of nearly 20,000 barrels.

It is estimated, according -to Messrs; . Brooke, Bond and. Co., that tho world's production' of'tear is about 1200 million . pounds per annum, although the actual production in China-. and - Japan cannot bG accurately measured because so much; is grown on email fai'ms for local consumption in theso countries, which does not appear in any trade return. About one-half, tho production is grown in China, three-eighths in India, Ceylon, and Natal, and one-eighth in Japan, Java, and elsewhere. The estimated production within the - British Empire is. about 450 million pounds per annum, but last year the ascertained production was <55 million po'uuds, of which 262 millions wm crown in India and 191 millions' in Ceylon. Ib is calculated that during the next five years, about 70.0C0 acre 3 in Ceylon now under tea will' be producing Tubbcr. On an average yield of-5COlb. of tea per acre this will mean a reduction of 35,CC0,0C01b. in tho Ceylon crop. While China is estimated to produce 600 million pounds p'erannum, she consumes about 4CO million pounds and exports only about 200 million pounds. The consumption is increas-' ing everywhere throughout the world, arid in Great Britain has reached 6.331*6. per head per annum, . ,

The uss of alcohol for industrial purnoses is making headway on tho Continent. During the last ten years the consumntion o£ denatured spirit lias increased in Franco by 350 per rent, to 15,750,000 gallons, while in Germany it has increased from 21,623,060 gallons in 19'0 to 32,673.0(h) gallons in the last financial year, having been in the interim as high as 35.C00.00ii gallons. In Great Britain, on the other hand, the copsumntiou of industrial, alcohol during the last financial yoar for which figures (iro available amounted to only 6,260,000 gallons, whioli compares v.-ith 4,904,000 gallons in 1399-1900. Tobacco is one. of the articles in most request in Corea. The . British-American Tobacco Company, lias a. good proportion of the trade, 33 per cent, in quantity and 25 pel* cent, in value of the cigarettes imported in 1909 belonging to them, and they have, -in addition, a cigarette factory at Chemulpo. ,In 19C9 a factory was established on <s considerable scale in Seoul; called the Oriental Tobacco Company, under the control of tho Japanese tobacco monopoly,' which began towards the end of 1909 to manufacture brands of cigarettes previously made in Japan, but tin effect upon imports will hardly be apph, ciable. The Corcans smoke- also nativ c grown nipe -tobacco, the area under cultivation being estimated at 34,[00 acres. Important shipments of feathers arc being made to., Copenhagen and Denmark from tho Port- Chnlmette Docks, below New Orleans. The feathers are those of fowls,- ducks, Keeso.. turkeys, and cuinea fowl, ar.d reach this port from different points in the United Statec. They arc put up in large packages, resembling mat trossos. As many as 30 railway wagon loads are shipped at a time, and the trade-is on tho increase.