COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 8 February 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Wellington Woollen ordinary at £3 18s. was tho only transaction recorded yesterday The buying and . selling quotations were as under:—

Customs rovenue collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1479 12s. Ed. • PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on tho markets:—Wheat, fowl 3s. lid. to <s.; feed oats, 2s. Bd. to 2s. Ud.; Dun oats, 25.9d.t0 35.; seed oats, 2s. 7d. to 2s.' 10d.; Algerian oats, 2s. SOd. to 35.; rye corn, 3s. lCd. bufhcl; maize. 3s. 3d., to 3s. 4d.; crushed malt, 75.; fowl barley, 2s. 9d.; Capo barley seed, 35.; flour. New Zealand £9 ss. to £9 155.: pg:ig. split £18. partridge peas ss: 3d. per bushel; honedust, £5 155.; superphosphates, £5 to £5 55.; basic slag, £4 10s.;. pollard, £7 to £7 10s.; bran, £4 10s. to £4 155.; pearl barley, 15?.; chaff (oatensheaf), £4 15s. to £5 55.; potatoes, Xew Zealand. £5 to £6 per ton; molasses fodder, £5 10s.: bacon (factory), sides 71d., hams 81d.. rolls 8ld.; hutter, prime bulk, 9d. to Did. Poultry: liens, 2s. fid. to 35.; ducks, 3s. to 4s. pair; turkeys, gobblers, 16s. to 205.; hens. lCs. to 145.; fresh eggs, Is. Id. to Is. 2d. dozen: cheese. s?d. lli.j Akaroa. macbine-drosscd cocksfoot, 7d. Ib.; ryegrass, 4s. 6d. bushel: Italian ryegrass. 4s. 6d. to 4.-\ 9d. bushel: white clover, lG9s. cwt.; paspalum, 7d. lb.; Xew Zealand eoiv grass, 905.; alsyke, 80s. cwt.; chewing fescue, 7d. lb. TRADE IN ALLEN STREET. Fruit.—An excellent demand exists for choico dessert apple?, whilst cooking varictics meet with lair inquiry. Apricots and greengages arc scarce, as tho season for these is practically over. Plums aro coming forward in reduced quantities. For choico dessert peaches the demand is good and prircs rango from ss. to 7a. Better competition was experienced for this month's consignment of Fiji bananas, choice bananas In cases making En. to 95.. and bunches 2s. 6d. to 4s. each. Xew Zealand-grown pears are now coming forward moro freely. Tbo steamer from Sydney due to-day is bringing only 100 packages of fruit. . Vegetables—French beans havo advanced in value, and are now up to 2d. per lb. for choice samples. Grcon peas aro also firmer, choice lots fetching 9d. to Is. a peck. Parsnips, carrots, and cabbages have also impTovcd in value, tho demand this week being -much better than for some timo pas!. . , Eggs.—Fresh eggs havo advanced and the lie-t-knnw/i brands aro now quoted at Is. lid. to Is. 2d. per dozen. Butter. —Prime bulk is in good demand at BJd. to 9d. p*r lb. Cheese is unchanged In vah o. and- a. fair business 13 passing m both loaf and "eacou'and hams are .in good demand without any alteration. in Priees. Poultry-Hour, aro quoted at <.s. M. to - c , coc'ter'ls. 3s. to M.; 'lucks, g: to Is!;' aiid duckilngs, 3s. td. to 4s. M. Potito nq —Tho markot fluclu.'itOH dail.v, and price, range from £5 to .« per ton. fowling to quality and quantity offering °'bnians°-Table varieties are in fair de. mend, tho current quolatipn he ng 4s. Cd to ss. M. per cwt.; picUliag oniono n-ak. s< Polfa-d d -Tkc' 'bulk of the supplies is coming from Australia: New Zealand pollard. continues' iu short • supply.

Bran.—Millers aro overstocked, and prices linve n. tcndcncy to dccliiic. Flour is f-till fiunteil a.t X 8 10s. per tou, in 2001b. bags, f.o.b. soiilb. Maize is ill moderate demand at 3s. 2d. to 35.-4(1. per bushel. Fowls' wheat b.is advanced slightly, and is now selling at 33. lid. to 4s. ex store Wellington. • Oats.—There is only a modcrato business doing with no change in values. (Irass Seed.—There is an excellent demand for ryegrass, cocksfoot, and clovers. METAL MARKET. Br Tolegraph-l'ress Association—Copyright. (Eec. February 7. 11.35 p.m.) London, February 7. Copper.—Spot, £53 lis. 3d.: thrco months, £56 7s. 6d. Tin.—Spot, £183 55.: three months, £180. Lead, £13. WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press Assnciaton—Ccprricht (Kec. February 7, 11.35 p.m.) London, February 7. Wheat.—From 12.CC0 to 15.000 nuarters of Australian January and February shipments sold at 35?. a quarter. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph-Press Association-Coryrleljt. London, February 6. At the wool sales there was fair competition at lato rates. The sales close on Tuesday next. (Rcc. February 7, 11.35 p.m.) ' London, February 7.' At tho wool sak'3 thcro was fair competition at rcccnt rates. Klderslie sccurcd top price, 141 d., average 123 d. • : Mataniro reached 13d., tho average being 93d. GERMAN BANK BATE. By Telegrapn—Prcs? Association—Copyrisht. Berlin, February 6. ' The bank rate of discount- is now 45 per cent.., a reduction of a half per cent. . TOn Soptombor 26 last, the bauk rate in 'Berlin was raised to 5 per cent.] , WOOLLEN' COMPANY DIVIDEND. (By Telecraph.—l'ress Association.! Chrlstoburch, February 7. The directors of tho Kaiapoi- Woollen Company have declared an interim dividend of ? per cent, for tho half-year to January 31.

Buyers. Seller*. £ a. d. £ s.- d National Bank 5 IV I) — Bank N.Z 10 14 6 Wellington Investment ... I) 11 0 — Well. Trust nnd Loan... 7 11 6 7 14 0 Wellington Deposit — 0 8 0 Christehurch Gas — 10 2 6 Fcildinpt Gap Ill — (Veil. Oils (£6 Us.) 13 17 6 - N.Z. Insurance . 4 8 0 • — Standard insurance 1 7 J — Gear Meat (£1> ! ! f — . Meat Export '£5) ft 7 6 ileal Eiport (£4) — 5 5 0 Meat Exnort (J2s. td.) 3 0 0 — Union Rteam 1 16 6 — Well. Woollen (ord.l ...... J IB 0 4 0 0 Well. Woollen fprcf.) ... 2 Ifi 0 — Taupiri Coal 110 — Loylund-O'llrien - 1 7 3 Manning and Co 4 10 0 — Miramar, Ltd. .... — 0 2 6 N.Z. Paper Mills — 1 4 0 Taranaki Petroleum 0 12 6 0 14 0 Taringamutu Totara 2 5 6 — ■ Ward and Co 4 17 6 5 0 0