COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1851, 10 September 1913, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAItES. Sales of investment sliarea Tecordcd yesterday wero Feilditic Gas IZj., and Tar ringamutu Totara at 465. Tho quotations were as under Buyer"-. Sellers. ' £s. d. £s. d. Sank of New Zealand ... 10 9 0 — Equitable Building — 9 0 0 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile — 010 6 Wellington Investment ... — 011 9 Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 1 6 7 2 6 Palmerston N. Oas 9 0 0 — Wellington Gaa (£10) 15 18 6 16 5 0 Wellington Gas (pref.) ... 0 19 6 — . Ohristeliurdi Meat 15 2 6 — Meat Export (525. 6d.) 3 16 — N.Z. Shipping 15 IP 0 — Union Steam 2 4 3 2 4 9 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 4 16 Westpor.t-Stoukton ■ I — 0 4 3 Taringanrutu Totara. ... 2 5 6 — Golden Bay Comcnt ~r „ — 10 0 Sharland's l'reierenco — 119 Wilson's Comcnt (pref.) ... 1 9 6 — W.F.O.A. (£5) .. ' - 7 2 6 W.F.C.A. (£1) .. - 1 B 3 ELEVEN MONTHS' EXPORTS. Ulic values o£ the principal products exported from Now. Zcala.nd during each of tlio eleven months ended August 31, compared with the figures for tho corresponding'months ofithe past.year,-show as lender:— . 1912-13. 1911-12. •October 953,202 614,C07 November 1,148.094 1,146,503 December ........ 1.7H810 1,285,122 January 2,826,257 2,493,165 February 3,629,785 2,984,753 . March, 2,527,987 2,465,077 April 2,362,445 1,999,808 May 2,050,220 2,373,802 Juno 1,835,971 1,303,237 July 1,536,516 940,060 Aucust 906,308 1,159,039 ' £21,481,595 £18,761,573 For tho eleven months there is a gain of £2,720,022, whioh may bo increased eliehtly durime the current month. TRADE IN ALLEN STREET. Fruit.—A fair shipment of pears and a few apples came to .hand from Tasmania on Monday laet. Supplies of apples aro coium? from the Motueka district, and pear 3, ex cool store, from Nelson., A few apples from the Canterbury ■ district are also finding their way on to this, market. Tho Tahiti, from San Francisco-, and tho Cook Islands, due oil Thursday, .is bringing the usual monthly shipment, of bananas, Island oranges, and kumeras, and from San Francisco the first shipment of Californian, apples and pears. Tim Sydney steamer, due to-day. is bringing a nice shipment of mandarins, ; passion fruit, Seville orange's, lemons, sweet oranges, and pineapples. Vegetables—Sprine cabbages and cauliflowers are in strong demand, and consignments are recommended. Celery is also in good* demand. Increased supplies of rhubarb aro coming on- tho market from the Hurtt, and prices.fluctuate according to tho auantity offering on the. day of sale.' Parsnips, pumpkins, and marrows aro in short supply. Potatoes aro offering at extremely lowrates. Sound table potatoo3 are auoted ait £3 sa. to £3 10s.;' seed -potatoes, Up-to-Date. £3 lfo ito £4 per ton; Northern Star, £4; and Gamekeeper, £4 10s.

Onions.—Supplies of Californian onions by the Tahiti aro daie this week: Japaneso onions aro also cominjr forward, and the market rules at £11 to £11 '10s. Few New Zealand-grown onions are now offering. Flour.—New Zealand is without change at £9 per toni fxj.b. south, less the usual diseount. , . Bran.—Moderate business djomg at £4 12fj. 6di to £4 15s. per ton. Pollard is in good .demand at £6 2s. 6a. to £6 10s. per ton. Maizo is very dull of sale at 4s. lOd. to ss. per bushel. Boiled oats—Thistlo brand, in 4}lb. tot:?, 10s. per dozen. 1 . \ Oatimeal.—Leading brands are selling at £14 per ton, ex store. Wellingtons Oats—Thero io only a moderate business doing. Short-food. 2s. Bd. to 2s. lid. per bushel: feed Algerian, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 10d.; seed Algerian.,. 3s. 'to 3=. Id.; heavy Dun oats. 3s. to 3s. Id 1.; discoloured oats, 2s. sd. to 2s 1 . 6d. > Ghafl is moving off moro freely. For prime oatensheaf chaff the quotation is £5 to £5 5& per ton, eacks in. Eggs.—Frosh eggs have excellent inquiry at. Is. por dozen-. Butter.v Prime nulled', in bulk, meets with ready sale -at Is. per lb.; good quality. lld - , Partridge peas, first-class quality, 4s. 3d. to 4s. fid. per bushel. Prussian Blue peas dull of sale at x. to 5& 6d. por ' bushel. Feed baVley is nominally 3s. to os. la. a bushel , ■ , . ~ Cape barley as slow of sale at is. 3d. a bushel. , . , P<yuitry.—liens, 3e. 6d. to 6s. por pair for good table birds; cockerels. 4s-. 6d. to 65.; Pekin dnclis, 75.-to Bs.; Indian Jt-nnner?, 6f. 6d. to 6«. 6d.: turkey gobblers, Is. per lb. live weight; hone, lOd. per lb.

SOLTHBKN GRAIN MARKET. (By 'JMeeraph.—Press Association.! Christchurch, September 9. There is a little inouiry from the eauitli for wheat, but nothing is offering from farmers. A Timaru merchant, it i 3 reported, has been, inquiring for wheat in Ohristchurch, but the only supplies available are those in merchants' bands, and no business is flaid to havo eventuated. The oat market is if anything a little weaker, hut 1 there is little d-oluisf. The early spring will no doubt effect tho demand for feed, and there is little or no prospcct of a.ny cxport business bein- done. Potatoes aro nominally £1 ss. at. country stations, and soveral merchants say that business cannot he dono on the basis of this price, and tihiat thev aro not worth more tliaji £1 anil £1 2is. 6d. at country Gtattons.

U.S.S. CO.- AFFAIRB.^S^ MEETING OF SHAEEIIOLDEES. Dunotlln, September 9. A moeVine of shareholders of the Union Steam Ship Company of Now Zealand was held this afternoon nroi agreed to tho propo?aJs of tJic directors for tlio liquidation of the present company and its reconstruction withacapit.nl of £3,000,000. SirJn.mc9 Mills presided, and there were about 80 shareholders present. The chairman announced that a dividend ol" Is. 2d. per eliarc would ho paid on November 1. Customs duty collected <it tho port of Wellington yosteoUy amounted to £3506 ISa. fid.

FItOZEN MKiVT. Messrs. Gilbert,,'Anderson ond Co. (Mesers. JMlsop, Eliott <tnd Co.. locnJ oeents), in their weekly ropoi-t. dated London, Ausuet 1, stflte:— Oivinjf to the closo of the London season an.d oommcuwmciiu of tlio hojiidays, the trade on SmithflrJcl during the part week lias been, very slow. Tho prices for all ciae=es of meat have dropped. Tho tendency is further dowmvard and lownr prices. Vcrv li(?ht second duality New Zealand lambg have raado M much Q9 prime Canterbury two?. llorae-Browu.—Beef: Scotch, 6Jd. to /id.: EnHipli. ijd. to 6Jd-.; Irirh, 5,1 d. to 63d. Mni.ton: Scotch, 73d. to Bid.; English, 6id. to 7JtI.; Dutch. 6d. to 7d. twes: Enjrlieh, Sid. to 53d. La mli: Scotch. 7id. to 9d.; English, 7Jd. fo %d.; veal, 6Jd. to Bd. OWiled Beef.—Fores, weaker, to 3d. Good demand for hinds, 'Jjd. . .... Frown Beef.—New Zealand foroi. 4, l-16d.: hind-!, "id.; Auetralian, 3 l-16d. and 3|d.; Ei'ver Plate, 3d. and <d. Frozen llnttom.—Has dropped a shade all round. CJMterbifry. 48 to E6&., lid.; 56 to 64 •licit: 64 to 72. -'d.; besit. Xorth Islands, 41.(1.; ordinary. 3?d. to 4d.; cwe=, 3£d.; Australian elioep, 33 to £0, 3Jd.; ewes, 33d.; Hirer Plate sheep, 56 to 72, 3 15-16 d.; c-wes, 3ld. Frozen Lmmb.—Trado slow and drawn?. •Canter,burs', under 361b., sad.; 36 to 42, 6 l-16d.; 42 to 50, 43d.; best- North Islands e,nd Southlands. 5!d.: ordinary North Islands, 5 346 d. Mistraliaa and Eiver Plate, none available. SILVER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 8. Bar pilvei is Quoted 2? 5 " 16 d. per ounce standard. COPPEIi. CEco. September 10, 0,5 a.m.) London, September 2. American coppcr e'toclts total 38,314,00C1b5.