COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

' V INVESTMENT SHARES The sales recorded yesterday were Eojnitable Building at £9 165., N.Z. and River Plato at 415., Wellington Gas, third issue, • at £14, and. Gear Meat (£4 paid) at £12 15s. ' Tim quotations ..wore as under :— Buyers, Sellers ™..i- , v, • , £s - d - £s - d ' ffotaonai Bank' 5 19 9 6 10 Hnmiable Building - 9 16 0 N*Z. Loan' and Mercantile — 0 9 0 N.Z. and River Plato 2 10 — Fellding Gais - 11-5 Weli. was (AiO) - 17 17 6 Well. Gas (third issue) ... 13 17 6 . 14 0 0 ii.ii. Insurance — 3 15 0 - Gear Meat (£4) — 12 17 6 Meat Kxport (£4) — 5 0 0 Meat Export (525. 6d.) — 3 0 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 14 6 — Hikurangi Coal i 0 18 0 — Westport Ooai — 18 6 liejrland-O'bricn : — 18 3 Taiingamutu Tola,ra 2 5 9 — ()<mi-:."i £jny Cement, ........ 10 6 - N.Z. Drag — 210 3 Shaalland's ordinary — 12 6 Ward and Co 5 0 0 — EXPORTS OF PRODUCE. The valuos of, the principal products oxported each month during the ten months, oj the year, compared with the figures for the corresponding months of last year, were as under:— 1912. 1911. . ■ £ '■ £ . Jomwairy 2,450,165 i>,026,016 February 2,984.753 2,346,744 March 2.465,077 2,492,318 , April 1,999,808 1,459,331 May 2,575.8P2 1,824,216 June 1,303,237 1,038,173 July ....„ ; 940,060 1,053.887 Anifust '. 1,159,039 684,255 September :.. 600,464 574,277 Ootober 953,202 614,007 , 17,269,607 15,113,224 For the ten months of ths year there is an increase of £2.1«.385, as compared with the same period, of last year. Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1638 6s. Id. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. The Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce has received the fol- ! lowing cablegram from tho High Oomniis. ' donor for Row Zealand, dated LoadM),,

Jiovembcr 9. (Quotations, unless otherwise spociflud, arc average market prices on spot):— Itutton—The mo-rkot is quiet, but holders are fiMn- Canterbury, 4id. per lb.; North. Island, 4 Hi. Lamb.—The market is steady, and hrices are well mdiUitdijnEd. Canterbury, 53d. por lb/; other ; than Canterbury. 5Jd. Boef.—The market is dull, with a large supply of'lrish beef. New Zealand hinds, 3 3-Bd. por.lb.; fQTes, 2Sd. Butter.—The market is quiet, with a. tendency in favour of buyers, but is rather .unsettled. The average price for the week for choicest New Zealand per cwt. is 1216.; Australian, 1175.; Argentine, 1175.; Danish. 1285.; Siberian, 109s. Cheese.—The market is slightly weaker, with' loss demand. Canadian white, 625. per owt.; coloured, 635. nontp—The market is very firm. New Zealand, good fair, £3S per ton; fair grade, £33 IPs Forward shipment—About the same price. ' Spot—Fair current Maniia, £35; January-March, fair current Manila, £'36. The output from Manila for the week was 19,000 bales. •FgOZEN MEAT. By Telceraph—Press - Association—Copjrlßht London, November 10. The Incorporated Society of 'Meat Importers' Smithflelct 'market, quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters'..of beef of fair average quality.. The quotations arc. not for. selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. The prices which follow are on the Average a. "farthing per lb. more than the values ci ship, this difference representing an average, cost in eipenso, handling, conveyance, and selling the meat:— ,Nov. i. Nov.. 9. Mutton— ■ d. d. Canterbury.-lieht :...,„ ' * ■ ' » ' Canterbury, medium ...,..:* * Canterbury, heavy ~,.„;.„ ■:'» •• » • Southland ■' * . 4 7-16 North Islasd,.best 41 4 7-16 North Island, ordinary ..." 4i 4 5-16 Australian, • light ...'. 4 4 Australian, heavy ...; 41' 4i Itiver Plate, light * • River Plate, heavy 315-16 315-16 New Zealand ewes ~.,...„. 35 35 Australian ewes ~.£,.. *' . .'• River Plato ewes • " * Lamb— Canterbury, light ...4 5| 53 Canterbury, medium .„... » 55 Canterbury, heavy ......... 51-16 6 Southland 55-16 5 5-16 North Island, ordinary..." 55 5J North Island, selected ... 55-16 5 5-16 Australian, best , * • Australian*. fair ....,1........ * • Australian, inferior' ...... * • .River Plate, first :.... « * ' 'Eiver Plato, second ~, • • Beef— •■■'■'•' '■' ■■'• - New Zealand, ox fores .... 2i 25 New Zealand, ox hands... 3 3-8 33-8. Australian,*ox fores 2i 1% Australian, ox hinds 3j 3* "• River Plate,-frozen, fores 21 2a '•Eiver Plate, frozen hinds 3 3-8 3} '• Eiver Plate; chilled fores 23 23 Eiver Plate, chilled binds 3J 35 . 'Norte offering. ■ THE WHEAT AFLOAT. ''. lonUoiii November 10. ■ Shipments 'of wheat anti flour afloat- on November 9,- a*wee'K. previously, aad a year previously, were;-;. •7. Nov. 9, Nov. 2. Nov. 11. ' > .' 1912.' 1912. 1911. ■:..,■ .•'.<!• CJuar- Quar- Quar- '■ ' '/ terii. ter«. tcry. United Kingdom .. 2,(53,(1*0 2,57i!,0C0 *' 2,950,Cd0 Continent 2,055,000 - 2,175,0G0 1,335,Wa 4,690,000 4,545,000. 4,3C5,00S '" The wheat shipped from the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, of North America, during the past week; the previous week; and the corresponding Week of last year is estimated by "Bradstrcet's" to be:— Atlantic Coast ... 504,0$ 495.0C0 ■ - 218,000 Pacific Coast ~,',.. 3S.CCO' '«;M ■ 41,010.. 544,000 StiO.OCO 259,0(.0 The quantities o.f wheat and flour shipped to Europe from the countries enumerated were.as under:— Argentine, ....'. Not given 72.000 56,fW Russia Not given 260.C00 .'390,0'.0 Domubiau States Not given 1713 26Q.COG India Not given "118,K0 ' ■ 114.0.6. Australasia, , 7,1*0 33,C0d ICO.COO 1 654,000 " 920,000 Total shipments to Europe from'all ex- ! porting countries for the paEt week totalled 1,600,000 quarters, against 1,3-15,100 quarters ' last week, and . 1.315.0C0 quarters for. the corresponding Week, of'last yean;. . CEEEAL MAKKETS; : The wheat market is steady aitij quiictj cargoes 'slow of sale. T'*.o market is irregular.. The Washington Airrrc-ultiwal flu-Asm e?-tdnw-tas the corn hin.fre.st -a* :.'3;169,i37.0;.0 bnnliols. The ostiicatss for theiispriijg: and winter wheat and 'oat yields-are unchanged.' . SYDNEY MARKETS, (Eeo. November 11, 5.20 p.m.) . Sydney, November 11. Butter' has shown a- further fall of 4s.' per cwt. Pota't-oes aro very scarce, and- have sold, up to'£lß.