COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Customs revenue collected at the port..of.! Wellington yesterday, amounted to £5234 ss. Id. • • " " i . . .THE. METAL MARKETS. . ■ V,y TclccrapU—Prcas Association—C.jp7rleM London, December 29. .'Copper.—On soot. £56: 2s. 6d: ner ton: three months, £55 17s. fid.; electrolytic, £E8 15s. ' - j. Tin, £175.106. per'ton. /Lead, £13.55. per'ton.'' "■ ; AMERICAN' WHEAT. By Teleeraph—Pross Association—Copyright.. London, December 29. • Tho American visible supply of wheat is 75,519,009 bushels; ; ■ - LONDON . MINING QUOTATIONS. ' By Telegraph—Press Asanciation—Ccprrisht :. . London; December 29. Sharemarket quotations include:—Waihi Goldmining, buyers 101 c. 3d., sellers lC3s. 9d.; Junctions, buyerß 31b, 3d., sellers 323. 6d. : . , , .. FEUIT ■ AND PEODT7OE EEPOET. The' New Zealand Fruit and Produce Co., Ltd., report, for the week ended December 30. as follows:—The demand for fruit and vegetables still keeps good, although, the day before the holidays being wet and wintry, prices wore ,very dull, tile greatest decline being in tomatoes,, which fell from 18s. and 20s. per case .to lis. and 14s. per ease, as the .country , buyers ■: had filled

their orders. After tlio holidays things brightened up again, and the market opened and kept much brighter. Tho supply of apples from Hobart having now finished this should cau&o a good inquiry for local apples. - Following are tho prices current during past week—Fruitr.Oranpes, 15s. to 20s. ca&e; mandarines, 20s. to 235. case;'lemons, 7s. t-o 10s." ciisoj pines, 12s. to 14s. case; passion fruit, 15s. to 16s. box;* bananas (Tongas), 10s. to I<?3. case; strawberries, Is. 2d. to Is.. 6d.-,boxi tomatoes, IBs. to 20s.,case; cherries, lis. t-o 12s. crate; poosftberries, 3s. to 4s. 9d. case; apricots, 6b. to 9s. case; peachc3 (cooking), 2s. 9(1. to 3s. fid. case: peaches (desert), 53. to 6s. ca?e; blackcurrants, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. case; desert applet (local). 3s. 6d. half-case; plums (cherry), 2s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. case; plums (dark), ss. to 6s. case; .raspberries, «Js. 9d. to Gs.' basket; raspberries, 6Jd. per box. Vegetables: New potatoes, ss. to 6s. 9d. c\rt.; onions (Australian), <f5. to 7a. 6d. cwt.; cabbage, 2s.'6d. to 4s. sack; cauliflower, ss. to 75.. sack; carrots, 2s. Cd. to 4s. sack; turnips JwJiitpJ. is. 6d. to 33. pack; peas (12 pecks), 10s. to 13s. ■ ->^k, French benns, 2id. to 3d. per lb.: 2s. per dozen; broad beans, lid. per id.,, lettuce, Is. to 3s. spinach, 1?. 6d. to ss. ease; walnut?, 6(1. to 7d. per -b. Produce. etc.: Chaff (oatcnshcaf), £5 6d. to £5 17s. 6d. per ton: oats (A Gortoiisl, 2s. 7(1..t0 2s. 9d. bushel: brail. 5s ton, pollard. £6 IPs. toil; st«OT. to. to Zs. 3d. bale;, ivlicat, 3?. Bd. to 4s. Bd. inishel; pe- - nuts. 235. sacl;; rice. 6a. 6d. per mat., chickens, <6. to ss. per P 5s 6d. to 6s. 6d. pair; to is. lid. per dozen; hens, 3s. to 3s. 6d. pair.

TUESDAY'S WOOL SALES,

I HEAVY offerings. There is a. bie entry, coming forward for next Tuesday's wool salo. tie total catalogue air.orating to 22,767 hales, o.s against th« 20,000 hales of the January "Jo of la-~t. year. The following (ire the.offerings of'the various brokers:- -. {>al?ety. . Ticvin t 'i o c Murray, Jtoberta .... Ijoan and Jtarantale ....< 3..05. Abraham and .Williams ».*» Combined Farmers ™ • ' 22,767 BANK ,OF ENGLAND RETURN. By Tolecrapb—Press ASEociation-CopyriKh'-(Eec. Dec. 30, 8.40 p.m.) ■ Lor,don, December 30. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, December 28, is as under:— ISSUE DEPARTMENT Kot« Issue... «S,S3S,OCO Got. debt ... £11,015,033 Other securities ... 7.434,000 Gold . ~ c0.5W.M0 £48,098,000 ~ £-18,998.100 ' BASHING DEPARTMENT. proprietors' Govt- seeurl." capital ' £14,553,000 tios:.. ... £15,000.000 Public do- Other socunposits ... 11,708,000 ties... ... 36.634,000 0 po 0 s«3°" ... 14.255,000 Notes. ... 20.358.C00 Rest, 7-day ' m-jrm and other' Coin ■- ~ 907.C00 bills'... i ... .1,313,000 £73.829,003 JE73.8-29.C00 The lending Items or the. Bank of Eng. land return afford tho. following com* parison:— This week. last week. Last year ■ £ ■ £ & Bullion ... 30,549.000 31,827,000 31.836.0C0 Ecsonie ai,105.000 22.C70.000 W, 310,00(1 I Note circulation 28,610.000 23,644.000 2H.858.C00 Public Deposits 11.7U8.000 10,u40,00J' 10.783.C00 OthcrDeposits a 5.232.000 00,210.000 Proportion of ■ 1 . reserve to . „ „„ .liabilities — - 37.86 . EO.CO 36.13 . "GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.' The following arc tho latest quotations

for Government securities. with a comparison of thoso ruling last week:—

BANE-BATES OF DISCOUNT. . The Bank of England rato has been lowered from 4$ . per cent.-to 3 per cent. On January ; 6 the bank rate .was reduced from 4i to' 4 per cent., on January -20 to '3i' peri cent., and on February 10 to' 3 per cent.,' was on March 17 raised again to 4 per ceut., but on June 9 lowered to 3 per cent.' On September 29 it wa6 again advancec to 4 per cent., and on Octobcr 20 to 5 per cent, But on December 1 it was lowered to 4s'per cent. The Bank of France rato was reduced from 3J to 3 per ceut. on January 23. 1908, and remains at tho latter figure. The Imperial Bank of Germany on January 21 lowered its rate from 5 to 4J per cent., and on February 10 to 4 per cent. But on September 26 it was raised to 5 per cent. ' MARKET. RATES. OF DISCOUNT. The following'aro the market rates for best three months' bills:— . : , ; - . ; London Paris Berlin rate.' rate. ; rate, percent, per ceut. percent. This , week .3 7-16.. 22 • 4£ Last, week 32 , 21 43 Last year 39-16 23 4J Short loans are quoted at' 4£ per cent., as against 32 per cent, last week, and 43 par cent, a year ago. ' COLONIAL ANB OTHER PRODUCE. ' Wlieat.—Business in the markets is of a holiday character, and is fairly steady. Prices are unchanged. Chicago May.wheat is quoted at 958 to 96. Cargoes inactive; 365. is asked for shipments arriving from South Australia and Victoria in December; January shipment, 353. 9d. Flour.—Neglected, prices unchanged. - O^t-s—Dull. La Plata January and February shipments, 12s. 10id. Beans.—Nev; Zealand, 355.' and 365. , Butter.—Danish, 112s. to 114 a. •. Colonial quiet; and prices generally unchanged. New Zealand unsalted,. 106s. to 108s. . Cheese.—Unchanged; Sugar.—German, Bs. lid.;' first mark, 10s. lid, ■ ' ( •*. - BRADFORD TOPS. The wool market is dull. Prices weaker. Quotations:—64's, 26id.; super, 26di; Common 60's, 25d.; 56's, 213 d.; 50's, ;19d.; *46's, Isid.; 4Q's, 132 d. .' THE METAL . MARKETS. ' Pig-iron,'49s. 10Jd. per-ton; Lead, £13 .2s. 6d.

Variations mv ( compared Price. with ■ • last wo ok. £ b. d. 2&% Imperial Consols 79 7 li Unchanged 4 „N.S.\V.1933Jan.-july 101 7 6 32s.tid. lower 34 11 N.S.'\V.i918.\lar.-Sop. 98 0 0 *2s.6fl. higher 3 „N.a.W.lUi5Ai)l.-Oct. 8G10 0 lOs.Uuher 4 „ Vic. 1020 Jan.-July 101 10 0 Unchanged 3i „ Vic. llr.ii-tj'Jan.-July 03 V o Unchangod 3 „ Yic.l929-4QJan.-July 85 10 0 Unchanged 3$ „S,A. 1910 Jan.-July 9j 10 0 Unchanged a „S.A. 1<U6 Jan,-July Hi 10 0 Unchanged ■i „Q'l'dl9l5-!24.fau..jLily 103 i) U 17s.6d. lower. o-i 0'l'dl f 'Jt i-3 6 Unchanged 3 „U'l'dJij"22.i7Jan..July 8-J 7 6 Uncaused 4 „ W.Z. 19if) May-Xov. 10:110 0 Unchanged 3a .. N.Z. 1910 Jan.-Juiy .9."* 7 fi Unchanged a „N\Z.'lS4;»ApriK)cfc. b5 ]0 0 Unchanged ,, W.A.lOuO-sOilay-Nov &7 U 0 Unchanged 3 „V.A,rjlo-2Silay-N'ov b3 10 () Unchanged 3i „ Tag. l£HOJan.-July «j'j 0 0 Unchanged 3 M Tas. 1D2J-10Jan,-July 66 0-0 Unchanged