COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1274, 1 November 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

. INVESTMENT SHAKES. . The saileg recorded yesterday were Taupiri Coal at 21e.i-.6d.. and Wcstport Coal at 23a. 9d. The baying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. el. National Bank — 6 2 0 Bank N.Z 12 0 C — Metropolitan 12 7 0 " — N.Z. Loan and Mercantile 0 17 3 — Well. Investment 0 11 9 — Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 10 0 — Christchurch Gas 910 0 912 6 Fnilding Gas — 12 3 Gisborno Gas — 3 16 Wqll. Gas (£10) - 1815 0 Well. Gas (£7 155.) 15 10 0 - Well. Gas (new) 2 15 0 - Canterbury Meat 7 17 6 — Christßhnrch Meat — 15 0 0 N'.Z. Shipring 10 12 6 - Woll. Woillnn (pref.) - 3 0 0 T.-.nniri O*l 116 - Westpert Coal — 19 0 Leyland-O'Brien 19 0 — Manning and Co 4 0 0 X.Z. Con. Dental — 13 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 10 9 Sharland's ordinary — 14 6 Taringamutu Totara .... 2 6 6 2 8 6 Ward and Co — 5 0 0 Whitcombe and Tombs 612 6 — The course of sales during the pa6t month was as under:— ; Metropolitan Permanent, £-12 65., £12 7s. 6d., £12 Bs. Wellington Trust and Loan. £7 10s. Christchurch Gas, £9 12s. 6d., £9 12s. 6d., £9 123. 6d., £9 12s. 6d., £9 12s. 6d. Wellington Gas, rights, <M., 3d., 2}d., 2d., 2d., 2d., 2d., 2d., 2d., 3d.. 3d. National Insurance, 30.5. 7J(I. New Zealand Insurance, £•) 125. 3d. .New Zealand Shipping, £11. Kaiapoi Woollen (preference), £5 73. 6d. Taupiri Coal, 21s. 6d. Westport Coal, 28s. 9d., 2Ss. 9d., 28s. lCd., 28s. 9d., 28s. lCd.. 28s. 3d. " Leyland-O'Brion Timber, 295. 6d. New Zealand Drug, 5Cs. 6d. Tarlngamutu Totara, «s. Kotuku Oil, 225. promium. CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday totalled £2K6 3s. 3d. The amount of the revenuo Collected last month wa3 £60,710 13s. 4d., as against £63,612 l<3. 10d. in October, 1910. Tho beer duty collected last month totalled £1136 17s. ti.. as compared with £11£6 Is. 6d. in the corresponding month of last year. TKADE IN ALLEN STREET. Onions.—Californian onions, which are of excellent quality, are in good request, and are quoted at £12 10s. per ton. Victorian are selling at £T. Old potatoes are now realising 90s. to lots, per ton. Rice Hour continues at £5 15s. per ton. Bran is short of requirements, and is quoted at £6 to £6 ss. per ton. Pollard finds ready sale at £6 ss. to £6 1C.3. per ton. Flour.—New Zealand is quoted at £9 ss. 6:1. per ton, ex store; Australian continues at £10 ss. to £10 10s. Rolled oats meet with fair business at 9s. 6d. to 10s. Oatmeal has advanced 10s., and is now quoted at £15 lCs. per ton. Oats.—"A" grade is ruling at 3s. £d. to is, 7d. per bushel, with "B" grado a halfpenny Ices. Fowls' wheat is in excellent demand at is. Sd. to is. 6d. Maize.—Seed varieties are ruling at 6s. to 6s. 6d. per bushel; fowls' maize is quoted at 3s. Bd. to 3s. 9d. Cape barley continues dull of sale at 3s. sd. per bushel. Feed barley is dall at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d. • bushel. Baled straw is selling at 655. to 70s. Clover hay is in short supply, and is quoted at £5 10=. per ton. Hams and bacon.—The factories are running short of supplies, and only small orders are being executed: prices arc un-changed-hams 9d.. sides BJd., rolls 91(1. 'Margarine is slow of sale at Bid. per lb. Frs?h eggs are in good demand at IM. to lid. per dozen, .wording to brands. Butter—Prime milled, in bulk, 10»d. per lb. Cheese.—Beit factory, medium size 63d., Sonf 7Jcl. Poultry is in excellent demand, and consignments are recommended. Hens, '..«. to 55.; cockerels, ss, to 65.; ducte, ss. Cd. to 6s, Cd. per pair. Turkey gobblers, 9(1. per lb. live weight, hens 7d. Vegetables.—Cabbages are coming forward more freely, and are selling at 2:-. to 6s. per sack. Green peas from Nelson, which arrived cjtir-iiij,- the week, were monj or less heated, a,nd were cleared at very sma.ll prices. A good (loins'nd exists for prime samples. New potatoes are fnmms forward more freely, mid rule sit Hd. to ",d. per lh. Cauliflowers arc now worth 85. to 10s. per sa«lt. Rhubarb is selling at 3s. to 65. per dozen bundles. Parsnips and carrots are in good demand at 65. to Is. 6d. per sack. Fruit.—Tho usual weekly shipment is oornins forward by the Moeraki from Sydney, due to-day. The consignment includes mandarin?, oranges, icmanv, and pineapples. A shipment of C.ilifornfan apples, ex Miikura, from Vancouver, came ~ hand. Supplies of bain.ca.-; are duo from Fiji on November 0. Short .shipments of fruit from Sydney havo earned a. demand for New Zealand-grown oranges and lemons; moderate supplies of the former from tho North of Auckhnd have leached this market, while large qua-nUtics of lemons have beca aroiiablo.

WELLINGTON MAUKKTS. Messrs. Lacry and Co.. Ltd.. Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on the market as iimlori-Whent. cowl who].- fowls. 4s. 5(1. tu 4s. 6d. bushel; oalr. good fc?il. 3s. Gd. to 3s. 7d.; oats, seed while, 3s. 9d.; Algerian feed onls. 3*. 3d.: rye corn, 3s. 10(1.; maize. 3s. 9d.; fowls' barley. is. 3d.; Capo, 3s. 6d.: crushed malt. 7s. 6(1.; partridge peas, 4.". Cd. to 4a. 9;1.; pollard. £6 ss. to £6 10s. per tun; lirsii-., £6 55.; flour, At'.ns, £9 ss. 6d.; chnlT, oaten sheaf. £6 I*, to .E6 10s., racks in; rice flour. £5 15s. ;>er ton; rire meal, £4 15s. per ton: .potatoes, table, Hi 10f. to £5 p--r ton: potatoes, new. l'.d. to 2d. por 11).; onions, Cilifornian. £12 lCs.: bonedust, £5 155.; basic flag, £4 ss. to £4 10s.: superphosphates. £4 15s. to £5; oatmeal, £14 10s.; rolled o'ale in 4's, 9s. 6d. dozen; cheese, medium-sized. 61(1. per Ib.: loaf, 7d. Ncr lb.; butter, prime bulk, lOd. to lid.; fresh cKfjs, IOJd. to Ud. per dnzcu; honey. 55's bright. 4d. lb.; linscod nuts. 13s. por cwt.; linseed cake, crushed, 13s. 6d. per cwt.; bacon, side? Sid. ucr lb.; bacon, rolls, 91d. per lb.; hams. 9d. per 11).; to ss.'; ducks. 4s. ii. t<) E?."all at ucr pair; turkeys, cobblers, 3d. to 9d. per lb. live weight, hens Gd. to 7J. CANTEEBUEy GBAIK MAEKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, October 31. There is no ehante of note in the wheat market. A few odd lines continue to he picked up, tho outside price heins Is. 7d. at country stations. The offerings are limited, and the demand is not active. Oats nra still scarce. The demand for chaff is t.ithcr easier, as more is offering. It is still worth more for consumption in the co.tnlry than can be paid for shipment. Potatoes have eased in price. There is a fair quantity on offer, but, owing to the lateness of the season, buyers will ouly oporats to fill orders. They are now quoted at <ss. to 60s. at country slaticvnc.