COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1157, 19 June 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. On Saturday there were transactions in Wellington Investment at 11a. 9d., Wellington Trust and' Loan at £7 145., Gisborno Gas at, £3 Is. 6d„ Christehuroh Meat at £16 55., Westnort Coal at 295. 3d., and Sharland's ordinary at 2<s. The buying and sellins quotations were as under:—

CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1072 C's. 7d., the total for the week being £15,509 13s. 2d. The returns for the past eight weeks, compared with the figures for the corresponding periods of last year, show as under:— 1911. 1910. £ £ . April 29 12,111 10,304 May 6 19,765 19,796 May 13 8,087 6,948 May 20 14,954 15,319 May 27 15,011 11,601 June 3 16,460 12,578 June 10 9,164 8,306 June 17 15,570 15,482 111,122 10M34 The beer duty for the weel; amounted to £252 Bs. 9d., as against £179 ss. for the corresponding week of last year.

FHOZEN MEAT. By Telesranh—l'rcas Association—CoDyrishl • (Rcc. June 18, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 17. The Frozen Meat Trade Association's Smithfield market auotations tor tho undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-fivo quarters of beef of fair averago quality. The quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of tho bulk of tho shipments now on tho market. Tho nricca which follow aro on an averaco a farthing per lb. more than the value ex ship, this difference reoresentinK an average cost in expenses, haudling, conveyance, and scllinc tho meat:— f .

Buyers. Sellern. £ s. d. £ s.d National Bank 6 0 6 6 16 Wellington Investment...... 1 11 6 — Well. Trust and Loan .... 7 13 0 ■ 7 15 6 Wellington Deposit — 0 8 6 Christchnrch Gas 9 15 0 — -Christchurch Meat 16 5 0 — Meat Export (£5) 6 6 0 ■ — Meat Export (52s. 6d.) ... - 5 6 0 N.Z. Shipping 11 12 6 — Union Steam 2 0 5 — Taupiri Coal 113 — Westport Coal 19 0 19 4 Westport-Stockton — .033 l.evlartd-O'Brien 17 0 - • N.Z. Drug 2 9 0 - Taranaki Petroleum — I! 17 0 Taringamutu Totara ... — 210 D

Juno ID. Juno IV. Mutton- '!■ 4 Canterbury, light 3J 4 Canterbury, medium U 4 ' Canterbury, heavy 3i 3J Southland — — North Island, best ....... 3a 33 North Inland, ordinary ... 3j 3 9-16 Australian, light 3 7-16 3J Australian, heavy 3i Eiver Plate, light 33 33 Kivcr Plate, heavy ....;.. 31 3j New Zealand ewes 3} 3} Australian ewes 3 5-16 3 7-16 Eiver Plate ewes 3J 3} Lamb:— Canterbury, light 5 6J Canterbury, medium 41 43 ■ Canterbury, heavy 41 4fi Southland 43 4J North Island, selected ... 43 47, North Island, ordinary .. 4,1 43 Australian, best 4J 45 Australian, fair „ 4> 4J ■ Australian, inferior .....' 4 4ft Kivcr Plate, iirst 4 7-16 43 Itiver Plate, second 4J 43 Bcef:Ncw Zealand, ox fores ... 2J 2J New Zealand, ox hinds ., 3,1 3J Australian, ox fores 2 7-16 2 7-16 Australian, ox hinds 37-16 3J Kivcr Plate, ox fores .... 2J 2J Kivcr Plate, ox hinds .... 3J 3 9-16 ■River Plate, chilled fores 23 23 '.. Eiver. Plate, chilled hinds 33 &