COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1526, 23 August 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHADES . There were no transactions in 'investment 3 shares yosterdny. The buying and selline quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. f, s. d. national Bank _ '6 0 0 Well. Investment 0 11 6 — Well. Trust and Loan .... — 7 15 0 flliristrhurnh Gas — J jq q Well. Gas (third issue) ... 13 12 fi 15 15 0 d South British Insurance i Ifi 8 p lleit Escort (52t, £d.) - V $ l R

| Moseiol Woollen — 3 8 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 15 0 - Taupiri Coal 12 9 — Leyiand'O'Drien Timber... — 17 6 Manndn* and Co 3 19 0 4 1 6 Sbarlaud's prt'farence .... — 13 3 ARGENTINE MEAT. According lo a recent publication issued □y the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture, the latest census showed that there were 2!),CCO,CCO head of cattle in Argentina, and that that figure had not varied much during the last four years. Takinp the increase of ttock at 25 per rent, in normal circumstances, the expansion of iVrgentine herds would bo 7,OCD,(jCO head per annum. Juit from this must bo deducted los?es caused by disease, droughts, and otier caus€i?, which in the last few vears liad occasioned an excessive mortality. Last wfts estimated that in Argentina. 4,000,000 head of cattle were slaughtered lor domestic consumption and I.COO.CCO for markctfcabroad, and also that the increase ? « lc PvCptt,),lc9 bcrds amounted to only 3.45 per cent. The Ministry deemed that fact worthy of special attention. The onlv surest ion offered was U?at a prudent limitalion to the .slaughtering of cows be cistabr hcf J: . ,9 n t.l 1 " other hand, the Minister foT Public \\ orkfe tf the province of Buenos Ayres liad willed attention to the fail in prices of Argentine meat in London, lie stated that since the a*erase price obtained for Argentine meat had fallen from 19 cents per pound to about 16 cents Jast year, and that consignments of excellent meat had been eOid as low as 7 cents per pound. Tbe Minister considered it absolutely necessary that new markets for Argontine meat should be opened up. lie ?i V nl 7i aa A P. market, and stated that tbe Italian Government had U J e . plirchrise and delivery w ?l CC ? 5-« tle ,i? unnß tl,e current year, but that difficulties :n connection witli the transport had rot perini'ted the conliact being concluded. MmL bc .T meS i incr « a ' ii nßly, ev-daot," coneluded the above-unmioued paj.er, "that the beef problem ;s a world-wide inc. and that the United State* is by ro ineans the only country, concerned about it." COMPANIES REGISTERED. l JiLi" 1 °? « om Pa?i«3 registered publishcd bj the Mercantile Gazette," issued jesterday, the following are included:— r,Ji, Cal i ?' registered as a private company, 'AuKuet 19 Capital, £3000 into 3000 tin re r °A J Ca ? Subscribers Wellington: C. O. Josephson, 750; P. F. Kean 750 Aueklajid: A. E. Whitten, 750; Y. C. Keys, 750. Objects: To acquire and take over as a going concern the business of general mercers, clothiers, and agents for J. J. Rayncr and Sons, now carried on by C ?;/u CP n 50 5' R J c ,? n - A ' E - Whitten, and v. C. Keys at Wellington and Auckland under the style of "Kean and Co." \\ alpole, Darlington, and Patterson, Ltd., as a private companv, August 19. Olhce: Wanganui.' Capitol, £2100, into 2100 shares of £1 each. Subscribers :- Wanganui: A. W. E. Walpole, 700; 11. Darluiffton, 700; J. Patterson, 700.. Objects: To ca-Try on the business of builders and contractors. joiners, glaziers, etc. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., wholesale produce merchants, Allen Street, report prices ruilinj; on the Wellington market— iowls wheat, best, <Is. 2d. to 4s. 4d. per bushel; fowls' barley, best 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d, per bushel; Capo baa-ley seed. 3s. Vil. per bushel; oats, short feed 2s. Bd. to 3s. per bushel: oats, seed Algerians 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. per bushel; oats. Duns 2b. lOd. to 3s, per bushel; maize. sa. 4d. per bushelPrussian blue peas, 6s. 9d. to 7s. per bushel; partridge peas, 4s. 2d. to 4s. fid. per bushelliorse beans, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. per bushelsucrosene. £7 10s. per ton; flour, Atlas brand. £3 lis. 6d. per toil; oatmeal, £13 10s. to £14 per ton: pollard, £7 ss. per cy mea, l. 5 s - Per ton; pea meal, £7,105. per ton; bran, £5 15s. per ton; chaff prime oatensheaf, £5 ss. to £5 15s. per ton; o! aff .'r mc(il " m H'lNty oatensheaf, £4 ss. to £4 15s. per ton; chaff, straw, £4 per ton; straw, baled, £3 to £3 10s. per toillaclory bacon, shoulders. Bd. per lb.- sides' 9jd. per lb.; hams. 9}d. per lb.; rolls, 10id! per lb.; factory cheese, modium sized, 7id. per lb.; iaotory cheese loaf sized, 73d. per lb.; honey built, in 561b. tins, 4Sd. per lb • margarine, in 281b. tins. 83d. per lb.: whole linseed, 18s per cwt,: linseed, ground, 225. per cwt.; linseed, cake. 14s. per cwt.; linseed, nuts, 13s. 6d. per cwt.: lMsic sla». £4 ss. per ton: superphosphates, £4155, to £5 per ton; rolled oats, '9s. per dozen; rolled oats. bulk, 16s. per 100; potatoes, priine table, £8 to,£B ss. ton; seed potatoes,"Cp-to-Dates £6, Beauty of Tlcbron £10,- Early Rose £10. Gamekeepers £8, Rubicund £6 per toil; Early Puritan, £9; White Elephant. £7; Earlv Vermont, £9 10s.: onions, local, £17 to £18 per ton; Galifornian onions, £23. Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1928 ' 18s. sd. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. Br Telecraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rcc. August 22, 10 p.m.) , Sydney, August 22. Wheat, 4s. 41d. to 4s. 4ad. Flour, city brandy, iiiO; country. £9 17s. 6d. Bran. £5 10s. Pollard, £6. Oats, Algerians, feeding, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9a,; seeding, fe.; New Zoaland whites, 3s. 4d.; Giants, fo. sd. Barley quotations are nominal. Jladzo. 4s. sd. to 4s 6d. Potatoes, Tasmaniaji, , £14; New ZeaS * Onions, Victorian, £20; Japanese and American, £18 to £20 Butter, selected brands, 1365.; prime l'4s Cheese, Bid. Bacon, 9d. ■ Adelaide, August 22. Wheat, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 3»d. Flour, £9 ss. to £9 10s. Bran, Is. 2id. Pollard, is. 3d. Oats, 3s. 4d. to 3s. sd. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. (Rcc. August 22, 9.15 p.m.) . . Melbourne, August 22. Hides were in average supplies at to-day'* tales, and prices wcro very firm for all classes. EUROPEAN WHEAT SHORTAGE. (Rec. August 22. 10.20 p.m.) . , _. London, August 22. The "Financial Time? f.ivg the world's wheat crop is estimated at 468,827,000 quarters. Tho condition of the European crop is much inferior to that of 1911, rendering a mixttmre of foreign wheat absolutely essential. (Rcc. August 22, 10.20 p.m.) London, August 22. . . The wheat market is steady, and there is more lnauiry for cargoes for Liverpool Fnccs are unchanged. TALLOW SALES. London, August 21. At the tallow sales 1515 casks were offered. and 1250 sold. Priccs realised—Mutton, 365. 9d. to 345. 6d.; beef, 365. 6d to 335. 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date August 21"Tallow • We nuote present spot values for the following descriptions Good mutton, 365. 6d per cwt.; good beef, 345. 6dv per cwt.: mixed, 325. 6d. The market is active. WheatWe quote 395. 6d., c.i.f. Australian cargo. There is very little demand owing to buyers holding off and the outlook is uncertain." SILVER. , „ , London, August 21. Bar silver is quoted at 28 13-16 d. per ounce standard. ■