COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1262, 18 October 1911, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions Id. investment shares yesterday. Tho buying and selling quotations were as under:— Biiyeri Sellers. £ s. d. £ b. d. National Dank 6 10 6 2 0 Well. Investment 0 11 9 — Feilding Gas 116 - Well. Gas (£10) - 18 17 6 Well. Gas (£7 1C?.) 15 12 6 16 0 0 Well. Gas (pref. 2s. 6d. pd.) 0 2 8 — Christclmrch Jlcat — 15 0 0 Union Stoam — 2 0 0 Taupiri Cml 116 — Westport Coal - 19 0 LoyliUKl-OT.rien 18 9 - N.'Z. Con. Dental — 13 3 N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 10 6 Sharlaml's ordinary - 14 6 Taringaiuutu Totara 2 3 0 — Ward and Co 4 19 0 5 10 WMtcombe and Tombs ... 6 12 6 — Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2259 9s. 1(1.

TRADE IN AIjLEN STItEET. Fowls' Wheat.—A fair trade ie passing at 4s. 3d. to 4s. sd. per bushel. Oats.—"A" grade Gartons continues at 3 5 . 6d. to 3s. 7d., with "B" grade a halfpenny less. Excellent sales are being made of Victorian Algerian feed cats at 3s. 2d. to 3s. 3d, per bushel. llollod cata have fair inquiry at 9s. 6d. to 10a. per dozen, Flour Iβ without alteration. Isaw Zealand, £9 Bs. 6d. per ton ex store; Auttrar Uaa, £13 Sβ. to £10 10a.

Pollard.—Fair ealcs aro being made at £6 ss. to £6 IPs. per ton. Bran is in short supply, and is realisms £6 ss. to £6 lCs. per ton. Riccmcal.—Moderate business (loins, at 155.. with riccflour at £5 15s. per ton. Old potatoes are somewhat scarcer juet now, but heavy shipments are duo to arrive nest week. The quotation continues at 755. per ton. Onions.—The inquiry is mainly for Oa.liforninn, the condition of which ia excellent, and the quotation is £12 per ton. jfaisc—A pood demand crista for seed varieties; fowls' xnaizo is realising is. Bd. to 3s. 9(1. Cape barley is dull of sale at 3s. 6d. per bushel. Feed Barley.—There is very little business doing, and the current quotation is 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d. per bushel. Baled Straw.—The market is bare. Tlio quotation is still 655. to 70s. Ncr tan. Baled llay.—Clover i 3 realii-ing £5 10s. per ton. Haras and bacon meet with s pnoa demand. Hams, M.; sides, BW.; rolls. 9'd. Margarine.—There is very little tale for Australian, at BJil. prr Ib. Fresh eggs are realising IOJd. 1a lid. per dozen. Butter.—Prime milled, in bnlk. is seHins at lid. per lb. Chensc.—Best factory, 6W-; loaf, 7<f. pcrlb. Poultry is in strong demand. Here, <s. to ss. per nair: cockerels, sp. to fc.; dnc.K9, 5«. 6c! to t>. Cd. Tnrkev gobblers, 54. per lb. live weight; hens, 7d. Vcsetfibles.-Gronn peas are coning forward from the Nelmn district by ca<-Ji Rtenraer. prime samples aTe rolling nt Iβ. 3d! t/i Is. 6d. per peclt. and (rood .it Is. Cauliflowers have stood inquiry at fe to Bs. per sack; cabreigcs are EOTncw/iat weaker, and realise ss. to 6s. 6d.: ras-rota 45. to 6«.; p.irsuirs, 6s. to 75.; rhnMrb. 't. to 6«. 6d. per dozen, in «se. N«w DOtatw are in gold demand at ZJa. to Hα., .• - ei-fi ' Fruit-Tic Manuka, is due from Eydney tn-d.ny with a shipn'pnt of oranfren. nyiTinVHns, lemons, Seville nrn.-nwqp, pxid n. ,T, *- annlns. A shin-nmit of Pnlfforninii nppl<v ox '.Taitfli arrived nn a bare market, and realised satisfactory prices.