COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 11 January 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

.INVESTMENT SHARES. Sales of investment shares recorded vescompnsod JJnion'Steam at 375.. and nit an Tombs, Ltd., at £6. 6s. lucre were comparatively few quotations. Buyers. Sellers Sales £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 » = wo!!: Deposit 101 !.':'' 0 - 0 2" n ~ well. Gas (£10) 13 2 6 -?° = A.Z. Shipping 11 3 0 — _ Union Steam — _ , „ n Well. Woollen "(ord.)-3 15 0 — — Taupiri Coal 10 3- _ Wcstport Coal _ 7 6 B _ Leyland-O'Brieu ..163 Miramar, Ltd _ n p c N.Z. Con. Dental ... 1 2 6 — _ Sharland's ord. ..116 — _ Sharland's prof. ... 1 1 6 _ _ Taranaki Petroleum 0 9 0 — _ Taringamutu Totara 2 5 0 — _ Whitcombo and Tombs - 6 7 0 6 6 0 BRITISH TRADE. . British trado in 1910 registere l a trreif iSst" V 7« C ind.^- a f :CGrdin? t0 th - " E "no. mist, ' »*> industrial, companies showed an increase in. their profits of about £5 OCOCCO compared with 1909. The vaM es of tho Imports, exports, and fSj the past sis years compare as under — Year. , Imports. Exports. Re-exports. inilQ '"■'eM«S?'SS2- . 103.776.0c0 Innn *" 6-4,S2o,SGQ 678.378.7r0 91365 4CO HS2 555' 459 ' 556 ' 377,201.366 79'247 480 426,203,864 91 '971*060 1906 ... 607,888,500 375,575,538 85 IGMBO .905 565,019,920 329,816,614 77)779,913 PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS EXPORTED. , leaflet issued by the Department of Agriculture. Commerce "nd Tourists, gives tho fol.owing as the values of the principal products exported last month in comparison with those ' for December, i •••■ Dec., 1910. Dec.j 1909. Butter 331,822 278.180 Cheese 145,457 150,523 . "pef ••••• 25,435 45,494 Mutton 71.460 48.9E6 ■ Legs and pieces 2.997 1 469 ■•■•... 60.5R8 31,641 . Wheat 18,655 16 Oats 1,029 4.597 Potatoes 165 103 Hemp ; 2g,2;9 S S,KB Rabbits in,<2l 10,311 Tow 2,Bra . 1,137 Kauri gum 22,673 42.430 ■ f!rain and pulse 9t 3P31Hons 1.815 Hirte3 7,560 16,523. . FWns 69.659 65,259 Tallow 36.25(1 25 630 . Timber 44.671 29.2=9 Wool 1.127.756 P 87.854 Gold 150,501 177,064 ' ' 2,161,769 1,856,625 ThA tr>tal for the whole of Inst year is £20,523,173, as compared with f-18 345.f?3 for 1909. There was thus a gain of £2,183,170 last year. Customs revenue collected at tie port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3890 17s. 6d. TRADE IN ALLEN STREET. : Fruit—Heavy shipments of peaches, apricots, plums, and raspberries are reachine tho market from.the Mot-ueka. district, .the two boats engaged in this trade being loaded to tho hatches cach trip. The jam manufacturers are operating freely, especially , in apricots. The prices for peaches are very low, the current quota-

tions being 23. 6d. to <s. 6d. per half-rar-e. Bauinas.—The ifaitai. from tho Cook Islands, landed last week, about 2CCO eases bananas, and tho following day the Navun. from Fiji reached port with.lsCo cases and 600 bunches bananas. Owing' to tho lartfo Quantity of stone fruit available priccs for bananas ruled low. Hcr-sina. lemons arc in over supply, and heavy stocks arc held. Black currants arc coming in freely, and the season for this is not a long one, buyers are recommended to operate early. Potatoes.—Daily supplies arc being received from tho Hutt and Otaki districts, and meet'with fair demand. Onions.—The first of the season's onions from the Auckland districts reached the market this week, and the samples opened up in satisfactory condition. Checc-e is in fair demand, but there is no alteration in price. Butter h in exceedingly short supply; prime bulk finds ready sale at 9d. to 9Jd. Eggs.—Fresh eggs are selling at Is. Id. per dozen. Honcy.—Tho new season's 13 now available, and the sample are highly satisfactory. . . • Bacou and Ilams.—Just prior to ChriSumas there was a shortage of hams, but supplies are now equal to requirements. Bacon i 3 without any change. Vegetables.—Tho usual demand exists for green peas. The quotations for French beans and cabbages aro exceedingly low. Carrots arc selling at 4s. per sack, and parsnips at 4s. to 55., whilst rhubaTb is almost unsaleable. Wheat.—The market remain'? steady. The, new crop should be available in about threo weeks. Oats.—Samples of the new crop are now on the market, and the Quotations aro Id, per bushel- below those for tho old .crop._ , Maiao is in limited demand, which is usual at this timo of yeaT. • Pollard is exceedingly scarce. Should the supply not increase ?.t an eaTly dato importers hero will be forccd to draw upon Australia. , . , . , Bran is in good supply, and is quoted at 90s. per ton f.o.b. pouth. ' . Flour remains at £8 10s. per ton f.o.b. : south. , , I Oatmeal.—The quotation nn.s been ie- i d.uccd by 15s. per ton; the demand is restricted. . . ; Gras« r^ed.—Tnowrios s»rc now coming in, pud the demand 13 likely to be good. Stocks are light. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Associations-Copyright. (Rec. January 10, 11.30 p.m.) London. January 10. For the forthcoming London woM. 384,000 bales have arrived, whereof 193ir0 hnvo b?en forwarded direct to manufacturers, leaving 193,500 bales available for sale. I THE METAL MARKETS. 1 (By Telegraph-Press Association Copyrights (Eec.'Jan. 10, 11.30 p.m.) Londnn, January 10. Copper.—Electrolytic, £58 17s. Ed. Tin.—On spot. £183 10s.; threo montfc.v £184. Heavy 'American purchasc3 and t.ho action of Fastern holders in not selling have eicited tho market. SILVER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ■ London, January 0. Bar silver is quoted at 253 d. per ounce. . CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET. (By Telegraph—Press Association.! CliHstcliurch, January 10. The harvesting o! the oat crop is now protty general, but very little wheat has yet been cut, though next week a number of crops will be ready for the reaper. Tho weather so far has been favourable for harvesting, and it is not cxpectcd that Monday's storm will do any damage, as i tho heavy showcra were local. No new

wheat has yet been placed on tho market, and ns tho crop promisor; to turn out well, if safely secured, there is not likely to be very keen inquiry. A good many oat stocks are now to be rcen, and sorno Algerians havo been ■threshed, and placed on tho market. The camples r.ro mostly thin, and some of them apo very dark, tho discolouration evidently, having taken place before tlie crop was cut. Growers are asking up to 2s. 3d.,. but the only sales reported aro at Is. 9d. to 25., at country stations. In view of the probable shortage of cats in the province, it is not expected that offerings of new oat a will be very largo. Tho demand for barley is not very keen, and only really prime samples command attention, and most of what has been offered is not of tho best ouaiity. Sales have been made at 4s. Gd. to* ss. for prime. Some prime samples of Blenheim barley havo been on offer, but it is reported tlint a, considerable proportion of the crop in Marlborough has been discoloured by rain. There is no change to note in the chaff market. ' Old chaff is still worth BCs., and new cbnff is. not expccted. to be in very plentiful supply. - The ryegrass crop h very short in consequence of.the dry season. Some threshing is now being done, but no samples are yet reported to hive been placed on the market. Tho cocksfoot cron is being harvested on. the Peninsula. It will bo. below tho average yield, the crop, on- the low ground being liglu,.and though it is ; patcliy it is much better in tho top.-, when tho saving of it is, of course, a more difficult matter. i