COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1369, 21 February 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. There were two transactions yesterday in National' Bank shares at £5 155., and a "sale of W&stport Coal shares at 275. 3d. The buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Kellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Dank 5 14 6 5 15 fi Bank of New /.inland ... 10 12 6 - Well. Trust and Loan ... — 7 1" 9 Christchurcli Gas — 9 10 (1 Gisborne Gas — 2 18 6 S.R. Insurance 3 12 3 Christchurcli Meat — 16 2 6 Gear Meat (£4) - 13 2 6 Union Steam 1 19 0 2 0 0 Taringamutu Totara 2 4 0 _ C. M. Hanks. Ltd -- 10 0 Crown Brewery — 2 1 II Donaghy Hope and Twine — 12 6 Golden Bay Cement 1.4 3 14 9 ■Saarland's preference '.— 14 6 Ward and Co 5 3 0 5 4 6 TRADE IN ALLEN STREET. I i-iiit- — Extra heavy shipments of peaches and icctarines lnve raiae to hand during th:> week, and pi it es have ruled extremely low. Plums are in mc-rlerntt! supplv, and the quotations arc umh-ngeil. The ma"kct is well supplied with pears, and both dessert and cooking apples are in ample supply to meet all immediate requirement.;. Tomatoes have declined in valus Very small shipments of Australian fruit are n-jw coming forward by the weekly steamers. Vegetables.—Cabbages are in cxeens of the demand, and price; are. in consequence, very low. The market is well supplied with carrow, turnips, swedes, ;mtl vegetable tnnrrown. A itond demand exists lur French beans and jeeca peaa. ;

Poultry—Hens are in plentiful supply, and arc selling at 2s. od. per pair; young roosters. ;-. to >■■■■.: "ml ducks, <is. to £*. Onions.—The unrku is drawing suiiplies from the Auckland district, and prices range from lCs. to lis. per cwt., according to duality. Potatoes,—The supply is fully coual to the demand, and yalues range from os. 9d. to 4s. 9cl. per cwt. Pollard continues somewhat scarce, and I-- quoted at £7 lis. per ton. Hran meets with a moderate demand at £5 15s. per ton. Flour.—liest known brands are quoted at £') ss. per ten for sacks, ex store, la-s tlit? usual discount. Itollcd oal.i are selling at 6s. 6d. per do.icn 411). bag.;. Ontina in 4llj. bagis is quoted at 10s. per d07.«1. Oatmeal has poor ino.uiry at £14 10s. per ton. Oaf,?.—Duns are offered at 2s. lid. per bushel, feed Algerian Is. 10d., short feed oats 3s. to 3s. 3d. Cball'.—Xow season's oaten sheaf chuff is selling at £4 10s. to £4 15s. per ton, sacks in. Cape barley is iii moderate request at 3s. 9d. per bushel. Feed barley is offering at 3s. 3d. per bushel. Baled straw is in heavy (supply, and the quotations range from 60s. to 70s. per ton. Cloycr hay. hand pressed, is selling at £5 10s. to £6 i>cr ton.

-Maize—The market bag advanced 2d., and is now quoted at fe 6d. to te. Bd. per bushel. Hams and bacon are in good demand. Hams 9d., sides 9d., rolls 93d., shoulders 73d. _ Fresh eggs are in excellent demand at Is. od. to Is. 4d. per dozen. Butter.—Prime milled in bulk ie in strong request at lid. to Hid. per lb. Cheese—Medium, 61d. per lb.; loaf, 7|d. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1448 7c. 3d. SUGAR PRODUCTION. By Telegraph—Press Association—uopyrjgh) London, February 19. Herr F. O. Lieht, the well-known sugar expert, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, staUii that the production of beet sugar in Europe shows a decrease of 1,622,000 tons. He estimates that for the season there will be a total falling-oil of 1,484,000 tons.