COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2118, 8 April 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. . Tho investment market, io feeling the holiday influence, for thero were no transactions yeetcrdoy. The Quotations were as follow: ~ Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ e. d. Bank N.Z. (£6 133. <d.) ... 16 0 0 - Metropolitan Building ... - B0 0 Well. Investment — J « * Gisborne Gas - • 2 6 Napier Gas l£lt) ,-•• 15 15 0 - Well. Gas (£'O) 16 5 0 - Ghrletchurch Meat 15 17 6 — Union Ktcam lord.) - 15 0 TJnibn Steam (pref.) 10 2 - Well. Woollen lord.) 4 i i — Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 0 0 - LoylandO'Brien : - 1 1 « Golden Bay Cement .„ 0 17 0 — Sharlsnd's ordinary 110 — Sharland's preference l 1 » — Ward and Co 5 0 0 . ' ~ „ W.F.C.A. (tt) '-• «« J W.F.C.A-. (£1) ~ 16 0 ARGENTINE SHIPMENTS. The Department of 'Agriculture,. Industries J ar.d Commerce has received the following cablegram from Buenos Ayres, dated ■. April 4:-The following shipments of produce were dispatched from tho Argentine to the United Kinjdom during March, 1914 (compared with March, 1913):— 1914. 1913. Frozen beef,. quarters 166,000 141.0C0 Chilled beef.--Quarters 374.CC0 161000 Frozen mutton, carcasses... 163,000 161.CC0 Frozen lamb, carcasses 61,000 57.M0 Butter, cwt 16.088 9,286 TEADE IN ALLEN STREET. Fruit—The Navua is due hnr-i to-mor-low with the usual shipment of bananas from Fiji. The Westralia, with transhipments of Island oranges, ex Talune, at Auckland, reached port yesterday. ■ Several parcels' of the oranges wero condemned for fumigation on account of scale. The shipment was rather a heavy one, and low prices had to bo accepted for the lot. Apples and pears are in. Rood supply.' The supply of peaches-w getting smaller. Passion, fruit is reaching tho market from Auckland. Quinces are now more plentiful. The market continues firm for tomatoes. Vcßetablca—Green peas end pumpkins are in good demand; cabbages, are telling at fair ratiqs; marrows are in'-hcavy supply, aiid prices are moderate; carrots and turnips aro making, satisfactory rates. eupplifis are available, and the market rules a.t £5 to £6 per ton, no-. cording to auality; pickling onions are quoted at 2d. to Id. per 11). Potatoes.—Tho market has a firmer tendency, ahd the curront. quotation ..is £4 Id?, to £4 15s. per ton for first-class samples. ,-.■■■ ..,.,-., , Flour has advanced ton since last week, and Is now rrilins:' at £lt per ton, ex store.

Fowls' whoat his ijbod inquiry at 4e. sd. to 4s. 6d. per bushel. Fowls' barley h e!ow of sale at 2s. 10d. per bushel. Capo barley for eeed is ruling at 3s. Id. to 3a. 3d. per buehel. Maize is dull of sale at 4s. 9d. to 4s. 10d. per buehel. Bran.—Heavy eunplies are held in the south, and the We'.'.tnßton Quotation ie £4 ss. to £4 10s. per ton, Pollard.—ltegular weekly shipments are cominK from Australia, and tho Wellington price is £6 10s. to £6 15e. per ton. Pigme&l has fair inquiry at £5 se. per ton. Barley meal has fair sale at £5 15s. per ton. Oatmeal.—B«Bt brands are Eelling at £12 10s. per ton for 251b. baes: £13 for 71b. bOES: and £12 for 2001b. sacks. Rolled Oats.-Tlii£tle brand, in 4}lb. bags, end Crcamota, in 41b. bags, are selline at IC*, per dozen.

Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf chaff is in. good demand at £4 lOe. to £4 15s. per ton, saiks in, ex store.

Broken peas for feed tove good inquiry at 3s. 6d. per bushel of 601b.

Shell grit for poultry ie in excellent demand at £4 lCs. per ton. Fresh esgs are in good demand at Is. Sd. to Is. 10d. -per dozen, while preserved are quoted at la. sd. to Is. 6d. Butter.—Prime milled, in bulk, ia ehnrt of rer/uiremorits. West, rmnlity, lCd. to 10} d. per lb,;.good quality, 9Jd. Poultry.—Hens,,?«. to 3s. a. pair; heavy boilers realising .5?. 6d. to 45.; cockerels, is.- to 5?.; Indian Runner ducks, M. to 45.; hwy your.g Pekin ducks, *s. 01 to sa. 6d.; turkey. gobblers. Iβ. per lb., live weight; hena, lCd. to lid. • ' CUSTOMS DUTI'. Custom!) duty collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending April 7 amounted to .£1.7,275. The beer duty collected, for the vreok was £344 13s. 2d. The amount of Customs duty collected at Wellington yesterday was £4998 6s. : SOUTHERN MARKETS. fßj TeleeraDh.—l'resa Association.) Christchurch, April 7. The local grain markets are very firm in consequence of moderate offerinj?g of wheat and oats. Both classes of grain aro Teadily saleable when prices cen be aerced upon. Oats, if anything, arc a shade firmer, but there is no change in wheat. Better inquiry is coming to hand from the north for potatoes, and priceo have hardened somewhat. Although eomo buyers are only offering £2 10s. at country stations, it is eaid that few purchoec3 con now be mado at this figure for clean samples. FROZEN MEAT. Messrs. Gilbert, Anderson and Co. (Messrs Mellsop, Eliott and Co., local agents), ■writing under date London, February 27, report as follows on the frozen meat market :—Home-grown: On short supplies the market has ruled firm, and prices are higher. Beef: Scotch 6ides, 63d. to 7d.; English, 61d. to 63d. Mutton: Scotch, 7Jd. to Bd.; English, 7Jd. to 7Jd. (small. 7id. tp Bdl- ewe*, 6d. to tjd. Tegs: Scotch, 8!d.

to 9(1. • Enelish lamb, IOcJ. to Is. Teal, B}d. to 9d. Pork. 6ld. to 7id. Frozen: The approach, of/spring weather should mean the expansion of the lamb trade. . This will be necessary if the heavy shipments afloat arc to 'be met with no reduction in values. Mutton:, Heavy-weights continue to predominate, and South American arc celling at a.3 IoV as 33d., but there <vre indications of these finishing up in the near future. There has been no quotable reduction in prices this week. Best Aew Zoo.lands.-56 to-64, Aid.: ordinary. 55 to 64, 4 i-Sd • owes, 4S to 64, <d. Außtralian wethers, 40 to 60. Hi.; lfcht second nualitv 33d • ewes, 3 13-16 d .; South American, 65 to ri. 41d.; over Tl Hi. Lamb: Values show but little variation, tlw primest brand« still roinoinins at a premium over secondary sorts, the absence of Canterbnrve nartlv bcinc the reason.. Best Jew Scalinds. 28 to «, 6 5-16(1.; ordinary, ZS to 42, 6d. Australian, host.. 28 to 42 sad: fair.- under 56.- 53d.: infci"lor, 5 9-15(1. South American; 28 to «, Hd.-. <? 42 -. 5 Ad- Chilled beef at the besmmne o£ the week was short, and {r o« n therefore met with a- better Inquiry. Chilled forea 4(1., hinds 5Jd. IJcw Zealand fores 4d., hinw «ld. Aiiatralian crops 4d.. hinds 4 i-Ba.. South American fores 4d.. lunde 4Jd. BIVEB PLATE MEAT. By Tclcßrftph-Press Awnple-tlon-CoßTriirM London, April 6. River Plato shipments of mutton total ..ftm ( .ftrca3»<"- lamb. 146,500 carcaswos: frown lir™ 119.500-quarters; and chilled beef, 349.CC0 Quarters..