COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1550, 20 September 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

' INVESTMENT SHARES; • A sale of N.Z. Loan and Mercantile shares at 9b. Id. was the only, transaction recorded yesterday. The buying and selling quotations were as under:— Bujors. Sailers • £ «. d. ' £ s. d. National' Bank 6 16 • — 'Well. Gas (£10) - 18 2 6 '.Well: Gas • (pref.V - , 1 1 0 Gear Meat. (£4) ? 6 Meat Export (£5) — 6 3 0 Well. .Woollen. (pref.) 2 17 0 - Taringamutu Totara. — 2 6 3 Golden Bay Cement 10 0 110 N.Z. 'Portland Cement ... 17 3 ■ — Sharland's. preference ...... — 13 3 AUSTRALASIAN WOOL EXPORTS. The exports of wool from Australasia fo the two • months, July, and August, as comnarod : with , the flfmres for the corresponding months of last year, as compiled by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., ehow as iimler:— . .Bales. ' Bales. - - Victoria. 11,042 '12170. "N.S. Wales 33,269' 43.110 • Queonfila.nd ' 20,915 • 35,953 • s S. 'Australia -3,660 • 521 . W. Australia 3,093 .. . N 1,7C0 71,879 93,454 . Now = Zealand 21.776 .. 22,804. .• .93,657 116.25S ■ The net decreaso diseloaed is 22,601 bales, and the season is certain to closo.with a deficit. ARGENTINE TRADE. Statistics of trade for Argentina for the first half of the'eurront year compare favourably with those, for the corresponding portion of 1911. In hides there is- disclosed an increase of .nearly half a million in the exports, the expansion bcin? due to the great demand, in the manufacturing markets of the world.. Horse hides ehow a considerable falling off. .Sheep skins arc pliphtlv below tho fieure? of. last. year, and goat skins continue, to increaso.. In wool there is an improvement of about 15,C00 bales for the half-year, but for the financial year (from October 1, 1911) there is a heavy falling off when oQmp,ared with the previous period. Tallow shows a .decrease. This may be due, to the fact that the packing companies now pay .moro attention to refining, and export it under another name. . Frozen meat exports decreas- i <*d it* • the numbor of 'carcasses of mutton, but there was a steady increase in quarters i of frozen and chilled beef, caused by the] ahortago of meat, in Endand. Cereal ship-1 menu compare favourably with last year. Wheat, at 1.870,922 tons, shows an increase j of 143,920 tons; maize, at. 1.110.004 tons, has .an increase of about I.CGfI.COO tons; and; oats, at 744.690 tons, a eain of about 80 "npir cent. Barley increased 100, per cent. "Flour shipment'?—sß.l94 tons—were slightly below 'last year's, but bran showed an increase of about 50 per cent. As regard* butter, comparisons with last year, when , .virtually nothing was exported, fl.re rot .of milch avail, but-compared with. 1909 and 1910 tho fltnires for the current year (56.078 I cases) show a considerable decrease. AUSTRALASIAN GOLD RETURNS. The go-Id returns for Australia and New Zealand for tho first eight months of this year show an neereeate production of approximately 1.752,747 finn oz.» pgainst 1.986,427 'fine oz. for the corresponding period of last year: the rain-? bMng about £7.449,CC0. against about A comnnrison of the totals for the two periods is appended:— v 1911. 1912. O?!. o*. Vintori'a 339.M2 314.^5 N.S. Wolos 14A.57<) J'VW ' Queensland 5M.274 * • MU2O - W. Australia 899/76 84*.J*9 S. Australia fl.Ofin 5 fiOO Tasmania 24,C00 18.DC0 ' ' 1,697.621 -1.M6.f1W New Zealand 288.806 235,864 1,986,427 1,752.747 The figures for South Australia and Tasmania are approximate. Queensland shows a doorcase of 54.6540z., Western Australia a decrease of fV5.9740z., and New Zealand a decreaso of 62,9420z. ■ COMPANIES REGISTERED. The registration of the following companies Is included in the list published in thin wook'a "Mercantile Gazetto":— Shortt'e Pictoires, Ltd. Registered September 17.. • Capital, £4000, divided into 40C0 eharea of £1 each,. Bubsorlbcr?-T« S. Wev ton, 375; ?. 0. 200; J, T. Hwa» Jlfih.

f 0. H. Mos*. 100; J. A. Doherty. 100; W. C. Young, 200; W. Olayton. 150. Objrets: To adopt and earn* into effect an agreement , between W. F. Shortt, Lid., and J. F. 11. (trustee for the company), to carry on the business of theatre propric* tors and public entertainers. Caddy and Williams, Ltd. Rcgiftcred ns a private company, Kept-ember 18. Office. Wanganui. Capital. £4CC0 t divided into 4CCO shares of £1 each. Subscriboiv—Wanpaniii: H. G. Caddy. 20C(J ; K. J. Williams. 20(0. Objects: To carry on the business of manufacturers' importers, wholesale and retail dealers of and in textile fabrics, etc. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs. Laery and Co.. Ltd., wholesale produce merchant*. Allen .Street, report prices ruling on the Wellington market:— Fowls' wheat. 4s. 2d. to 4«. 4d. prr bushel; fowls' barley, best 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel; Cape barley seed. 3s. yd. per bushel; oats, short, feed 2s. fid. to 3;. per bushel: oats, seed Algerians 3s. id. to 3s. 6d. per bushel; oats. Duns 2e. lOd. to 3s. per bushel: maize. ts. 4d. per bushel: teed maize, Hickory King, 63. fid. bushel: Prussian blue peas, 6s. 9d. t-o 7s. per br»-hei; partridge peas, 45.-to 4s. 3d. per bushel; horse beans, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. per bushel; fiiicroscne, JC7 JOs. per ton; flour, Atlas brand. £9 1 Id. 6d. per ton: oatrueal. £13 10jf. to £14 per ton: pollard £6 15s. to £7 per ton;, barley meal, £6 per ton; pea meal. £6 por ton; bran. £5 15s. per ton; chaff, prime oatenshcaf, £5 per ton; chaff, medium quality / oatenshcaf, £4 fcs. per ton; chaff, straw, £3 15e. per ton; straw, baled, £3 to £3 10s. per tnn; factory bacon, shoulders, Bd. per lb.; fides, 9Jd. per lb.; hnms, 9Jd. per lb.;, rolls. 104 d. per lb.; factory oheese, modium sized. 7Jd. per lb.; factory cheese, loaf sized, 72d. per lb.; honey/bulk, in 561b. tins, 4jd. per lb.; margarine,- in 281b. tins. Bid. per lb.; whole linseed. 16s. per cwt.; linseed, ground, 225. per'cwt.;.lin?ced. cake. 14s. per cwt.; linseed, nuts. 13s. fid. per cwt.; basic slag. £4 50. per ton: "superphosphates, £4155. to £5 per ton; rolled oats',9s.6d.per dozen; rolled oats, bulk, 16s. per ICO; potatoes, prime fable.. £9. per ton; , seed potato<i3, Un-to-dates £7, Beauty of Hebron £9 10s., Early Rose '£9 10s., Gamekeepers £9 per ton. White Elephant £7,- Northern Star £6 10s., Early Regent £6; Californian onion*, £18 per; ton. Customs 'duties collectcd at the port of Wellington yesterday., amounted to £2553 7s. 4d. SHEEPSKINS. Messrs., Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office, under date of yesterday:—"Since our last cablegram prices for merinos are from par to Id. per lb. higher. Orossbreda have advanced Jd. to id. per lb." LONDON MARKETS. New » Zealand . Ldan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., and-Reduced, bnvc received the following cablegram from their London house, under di.te September 18:--Wheat: We quote an Australian cargo at 40s. 6d.. c.i.f. The market is firm, with a fair demand, and the outlook is encouraging. We ouote per quarter n.i.f.: New Zealand wheat, long-bemcd. 375.' fid.; shortharried. 375. Oats: We quote Cartons, 245. 6d. The market is fair. LONDON WOOL SALES. ' Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd.. have received the following cablegram from their London friends, Messrs. Sanderson. Murray and Co., under date September 19:— "Crossbred wool: think that prices will probably advance. Next sales arc expetced to be firm." ANTWERP WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrisht

London, September 18. The Antwerp pales have opened. They were animated as compared with tho«e in June. Merinos were firm, fine cros*sbrcds five centimes, and common occasionally fifteen centimes higher. • Two thousand one hundred pnd fortythreo bn-les of La Plata were offered, and 1723 sold. WHEAT. London, September 18. •The American visible supply of wheat is 39,378,CC0 bushels. 'TALLOW. SALES. , . London, September 18. . At -the tallow sales 2672 casks were offered o,nd 2113 sold at par to threepence advance. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. September 19, 10.20 p.m.) Sydney, September 19. . Wheat, "Is. 4d. to 4s. sd. Flour, city brands, ,£10; country brands, £9 17s. Cd. Bran and pollard, £6. Oat?. Algerian feedin?, Ss. 6d. to J3. 9d.; Now Zealand, whites, 3s. 4d.; Giants,.. 3s. sd. Maize, 6d. to 4s. 9d. .Barley, . Victorian, ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £14 10p.; New Zealand, £10 10s. to £11. Onions, Victorian, quotations nominal:, Japanese and American, £16. Butter shows n- further decline of 25,; selected brands, 118s.; prime, 110s. Cheese, BJd. Bacon, 9d.

Adelaide, September 19. Wheat, 4s. 2Jd. to 4s. Sid. Flour, £9 ss. to £9 10s. Bran, Is. 2d. Pollard, Is. 3d. Oats, 3s. 4d. to 3s. sd.

MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. (Rec. September 19, 10.20 p.m.) Melbourno, September 19. . Hides we.ro in fair supply, and there was a keen demand at to-day's sales. -Prices were fcd. per lb. higher.