COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1403, 1 April 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMEXT SHARES.The transactions recorded on Saturdav were ftellweton Gas (£10) at £18 5=., and bmon Steam a: «s. 9d. The bnyiiie and selling quotations were as uuder:Uuycr.v Sellers. £ s.d. £ n d Bank Now Zealand 11 3 0 — National Bank 5 17 3 5 19 0 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile 0 10 0 0 13 0 N.Z. and Itivor Plato 119 6 119 9 Christchurch Gas — 9 5 0 Gisborns Gas — 2 18 0 Well. Gas (£10) 18 0 0 — Christchurch .Moat — 15 10 0 N.Z. Shipping 14 7 6 - Union Steam 2 5 6 2 7 6 Well. Woollen (pref.) ... — 218 u Taringamutu Totara 2 7 0 2 9 0 C. 11. Banks - 10 0 Crown Brewery — 1 15 0 Donaghy Hope and Twine — 12 6 flolden Bay Cement — 15 0 N.Z. Con. Dental — 1/19 X.Z. Paper Mills 110- — Kharland's ordinary — 14 6 The course of sales during the pa?', month was as under:— National Bank, £5 n<. N.Z. and. Direr Plate, 395. 9d., 39s 6d. Wellington Trust and Loan. £7 12s. 6d. Wellington Gas (£10), £18 55., £18 7s. 6d., £18 7s. 6d.. £18 75., £18 ss. South Dri'.isli Insurance, £3 14s. 3d. Gear Heat (£4), £!2 15s. Heat Export (525. 6d.), 593., 58s. 6d. N.Z. Shipping, £13 13s. Union Steam, ?55., 525.. 525.. <6s. 9d. Taupiri Coil, 21s. 7d., 21s. 7d. Westppi"; Goal, 275. Leyland-O'tirien Tnnb?r, 295. 3d., 295. 3d., 29j. 3d. ' \ Taringarautu Totara, <Es.. 48s. Golden Bay Cement, 245. 6d., 24b. 6d., 24«. V 253., 245. 6d. V/hltcombe and Tombs, £6 lCs. W.F.O.A. (£1), 28s. 6d. CUSTOMS. Customs revenue collected at thj port, of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1100 35.,-the total for the week being £25,236 ss. sd. The returns for each of th 3 past oight weeks, comparsd with the figures for the corresponding periods of last year show as under:—

1912. 1911. £ £ February 10 24.751 7,372 Fobruary 17 ...'. 11,834 21,007 February 24 11,255 27.001 March 2 13,340 12 614 March 9 10.978 13 225 March 16 ; 26.253 18.E90 March 23 9.283 21,124 March 30 25,256 8,478 132,950 129,711 The Customs revenue for the month of March totalled £74,484, and the returns for each of the past throo months, compared with, the figures for the corresponding p;riods of last year, are as under:— 1912. 1911. £ £ January 84,460 70,809 ' February 72,741 68,223 • March 74,484 70,067 £228,685 £209,099 The beer du':y for the past week totalled £212 165., as against £255 11s. in the corresponding week of last year. The beer duty for the month of March amounted to .£1226 16s. 2d., as compared with £1172 2s. 2d. in March, 1911. LONDON MARKETS. The N2W Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date October 29:—Market firmer for lamb. Market steady for beef. Djmand improving for mutton. Good demand for sheepskins, prices ruling in sellers' favour. \~ . FEILDING MARKET REPORT. Messrs. A.. 11. Atkinson and .Co., Ltd., sold some 250 head of poultry on Friday <u quotations. A good yarding of pigs sold wll, light porkers making good values. Potatoes are in full supply, and sell at 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. per cwt. Onions are worth 8?. to 9s. per e\v:., nud inquired for. Some 150 cases of fruit, chießy peaches and tomatoes, realised for peaches 3s. to 4s. per caso, aim Is. 6d. to 2s. for inferior. Tomatoes Is. 6d. to is. 6d.; apples 2--. to 3s. 6d.; pears, 2.-. to 3f.; qnineefi, Is. 3d. to 2s. 3d. Weanor pigs, 6s. to 7s. 6d. ; slips, 11s., 11s. 6d.; s>.ores, 14s. 6d., Ut.. to 16s 6d ■ light porliPi-H, 19?., 215.. 83s. to 275. 6<l. Jersey cow, in profit, £8 15s. Poultry, <u per pair: Hens, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d.; average price 35.; culls, Is. 6d. to 25.; small cockerels, Is. 6(1. to S.S.; nveracc birds. 2s. 3d., 2s. 6i1., 35.. to 3s. 6(1.; ducks. 2«. 9d., 35.. 3s. Cd. ; Turk-sy- gobblers, 6s. to (is. 6d. A large quantity of general lines were sold under the hainmor.

GRAIN AND PRODUCK. tnj Tulccrxph ■ !'rc!« Association.l Oamarii, March 31. There has been a rise of a penny in wheat. At the beginning of the week a good many sales were uinde at 3s Jd net at country stations, but th; news frum foreign miirlie s nni.ed a. rise. ;mhl at the end of Ills week is. 6rt. for thy same class of wheat, was the price ruling, nnd ,?t this figure considerable ffllos wep; made while ns high as 3?. 6Jtl. net at country stations wa.s given, fowl wheat war- selling nt .>?! Id. in;: at country stations. A fair amount of busine?s has been done in Cfarton oit?. the bulk of the business Miking place nt Is. Hid. not nt r.nuntr.v %t;iUon=, but ri lush n.* ««. wn,N pn-iil Jor A graAn. A smell inijsel °i Hum .veuji v> to. ki> Ai(«WUFS£o

being freely inquirod for, but. not many were offering, and some, small linos were sold at from 2s. 6d. lo Is. Bd. not at country stolion:-. -Unitiii',> barley has bean sold at 4s. to 4s. 3d., .In? latter price being p.iijl for a Ijrtt-class lino net at country FtaVions. Potatoes lii-vc been offering freely, and the prices have ranged from £3 to £3 7s. 6d. on trucks not at coiiH'.ry .stations. FIIOZEN MEAT QUOTATION'S. iiy Telegraph-Press AsHociation-CopyrlEU* Olec. March 31, 5.5 p.m.)' London, March 30. The Incorporated Society of Meat Juniortors' Siniihliclil market'finntntioiis roi-'thn uiidei'iiiciitionod classes of frozen meat arc bascil .in actual sales nf not lees (lian one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five Quarters nr beef, of fair average quality. The quotations are not. selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. The prices which follow arc on an average a. farthing per Ib. moio than the value ei ship, this difference rchamlline, conveyance, and .selling die nieat:— Mnr. 23. Mar. 30. Mutton- a. d. Canterbury, fight — — Canterbury, medium — — Canterbury, heavy — — Southland .■ — — North Island, best ... 4 315-16 Xorth IslaDd, ordinary .. 33 3 9-16 Australian, light — — Australian, heavy 3J 3 3-16 Hiver Kate, Ugh'. - - Diver Plate, heavy 3 3-8 3 3-8 New Zealand ewes 31-16 3S Australian awes 3 3d Eiver Plate ewes 3 3J Lamb— Canterbury, light - 53 Canterbury, medium — 53 Canterbury, heavy — 53 Southland - - ■ North Island, selected .... 3 5-16 53-8 I>orth Island, ordinary ... si\ 5J Australian, bca: <3 4J Australian, fair 4J 4J Australian, inferior 4 3-8 4i Kiver Plate, first 48 4?, r.iver Plate, second 4 3-8 4 3-8 BeefJfcw Zealand, ox fores .... 3£ 3J New Zenland. ox hinds .... 4 4 .Australian, ox fores 3 3 Australian, ox hinds 3 9-16 3 9-16 Diver Plate ox fores 3 3 liiver Plate, ox hinds .. 311-lS 311-16 Hiver Plate, chilled fores 35 31 liiver Plate>chilled hinds 5 4J