COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1579, 24 October 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SIIARES. ■ No buEihes? was doiie .'in investment share? yesterday. The quotations were as under:— Buyer.?. Sellers. £ n. d. .£ s. d. National-tank ' 6 0 0 6 2 0 Equitable Building - 9 17 6 Will. Trust and Loan' - V 10 0 Ciiristchurcli Gas 8 16 — Well, fins Uloi - IS 0 0 Gear Meat. (£1) 3 4 0 - Meat Export (£4) — 5 0 0 Meat Export (525. 6d.) - .-300 X.Z. Shipping 13 10 0 ,14 0 0 Well.' Woollen ford.) 314 0 . - Westport-Conl - 18 6 Westport-Stockton — 0 4 3 I.eyland-o'Brien 16 9 — Taringnmutu Totara ...:.. 2 5 9 2 6 6 C. Jt. Banks, Ltd - 10 6 Golden Bay Cement 10 0 — X.Z. Con. Dental '..... — - 1 2 3 N.Z. Drug !.... - 211 0 Ward, and Co. — ' 5 2 6 EXPORTS OF PRODUCE. The values of the principal products exported from New Zealand during the first half of the current month compared with the. figures for the corresponding period of last year show as under:— .' 1912. 1911, \ £ ■ £ Butter >7C649 112.1C9 Chce-:c ....;... '31,980 61,484 Beef : 2,358 ' 550 MuttonCarcasses 25.529 2,4e8 . Lois and pieces ... 1,870 ' — .lamb 6,409 . 485 Wheat . .V.. 1.399- 24! Oats : 27.078 219 Potatoes 27,281' 245 Hemp 14.615 2,536 . Rabbits 3.603 13,879 Tow 1,006 244 Kauri gum 37,485 1,039 Grain and puteo 14,921 2,205 Hops 27 898 Hides 14,381 2,481 Skins 25.C37 5,183 . Tallow 18.868 1,278 Timber .;... 37.172 18.088 Wool :..: 55.039 13.505 Gold 39,397 ' 68,874 456,155 307,816 MANGAONE OILFIELDS. By the Whakatane, which aTrivcd during the week, another large consignment of ma* chihery aud casing was received for tho Herman- Weger Manufacturing Co. This company has the contract for horing wells on the property of tho Mangaone Oilfields Co., and drilling operations on Mr. Frank White's property at Tane, near Eketahuna. is to he commenced on Thursday afternoon. October 31. The casing is now being railed out to Eketahuno. and the quality of the casing is said to be exceptionally good. - Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington j-esterday amounted to £3708 4s. sd. - MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Mcssr. Mellsop, Eliott, and Co., local agents), in their weekly report, dated London, September 13, state:—Trade is rather restricted on account of high prices, but on the whole tho demand is fair. ITome-grown: Supplies have been more plentiful, especially Dutch, and prices are- a shade lower. Beef, 6d. to B}d.; mutton, 6d. to 73d.; tegs, 6id. to Bd.; ewes, 4jd. to 51d. (Dutch mutton, sid. to 6jd.l. Lamb.?, 63d. to Bd.; Scotch hill lambs, 6d; to fijdj (Dutch lambs, 6d. to 7d.). Pork, 7d. to 7*d. Veal, Bd. to 9d. Chilled beef:, Rather firmer, with better demand for fores. Hinds, 4Jd.: fores, 3 3-Bd. Frozen beef: New Zealand fores remain 3jd.; hinds. 1-lfid. dearer, 3 15-16 d.; Australian, 3 3-16 d. and 33d.; Plate, 3 U6d. and 315-16 d, Frozen mutton: All classes are dearer. Canterbury, 48-56 and 56-64, 4 11-16 d, 64-72, 4 9-16 d.; best North Island and Southland, 4Sd. to 4jd.; ordinary, about the same; ewes, 4Jd.: .Australians, 40-50, 4Jd.: and ewes, 30-50, the same; Plate, 4 3-Bd.; no ewes. Frozen lamb: The real lamb season is over now, and sales have already fallen off 75 per cent., as compared with June, but prices are the same—or firmer—in consequence of corresponding short supply. Canterbury, 36, 53d., 36-42, 53d.. 42-50, 5 3-8 d„ s*d.; Southland and best North Island, 5 3-Bd. to 53d.: ordinary 5 9-l£d. to -sjjd.; Australian and Plate, practically gone. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. Tho Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received tho following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, October.22, 1912. (Jfote.-Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on'■ spot) :- Epss.—The market is quiet. Prices arc slightly weaker, owing to a, largo supply. , A fair demand for cheaper sorts. Per IEC-— Home. 13s. to 14s. 6d.-, Italian, Us. to 12s. 9d.; Hungarian, fls. 6d. to 10s. 9d.: Eussian, Bs. id. to 10f.: French, 15s. to Jfo.; Dutch, 13s. 6d. to 155.; Danish, 10s. 6d. to 12s. ' Poultry.—The market, is firm, and a , good demnnd. Chickens—Home. 9d. (a lOd. per lb. Turkeys—Home. 9Jd. to JCjd. Bacon.-The market is quieter. Prices arc firm on account of a. small suppls of all descriptions. Irish, 765. to 83s. per cn-J.: Danieb, 74j. to 835.: Swedish, 745. to 81s.; Russian, 70s. to 766.; Canadian, 745. to 78s. ■Hams.—The market is Srm. American, 665. to 725. per cwt.;' Irish. 84s. to lCfe.; Canadian, 70s. to 755.; English, 925. to 108s. WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press Aesociatlon-Cop^rlgM (Bee. October 23, 9.15 p.m.) London, October 23. Wheat cargoes are firm and quiet. January and February shipments are offered at- 395. 3d. and February-March shipments, '395. (Rec. October 23, 11.15 p.m.) London, October 23. The United States Agricultural Bureau estimates the American visible wheat supply at 68,837,000 bushels. METAL MARKETS. (Rec. October 23, 9.15 p.m.) London, October 23. Copper-On spot. £75 3s. 9d. per ton; three months. £76 3s. 9d. per ton. Tin.-On spot, £229 ss. Od. per ton; three months, £228. Lcad.-£2O 10s. per ton. SILVER. London, October 22. Bar silver is quoted at 29 M6d. per ounce standard. DKBEXTURK QUOTATION. London, October 22. Yesterday's'closing quotation was:—Australian Mercantile. £97 ss. SYDNEY POTATO MARKET. , (Rec. October 23, 9.15 p.m.) i Sydncjr, October 23. The New Zealand potatoes to hand liy the Maunganui from Wellington are selling at £13 a ton. i