COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2194, 6 July 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAItES. Tho only transaction reeorded in tho invent incut market on Saturday was a lvilo ot V.F.O.A. share* 20s. paid, at 255. 9d. Tho quotations were «is follow :*- Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d £ «. U. nk. Xcw Zealand (6fc. Ed.) - I W" 0 Well. Investment 011 2 — ■ Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 5 6 7 B 0 Christchurch Gas 7 6 6 — Meat Kxporl (£4) 5 0 0 - Union Steam (ord.) 14 3 — Union Steam (prcf.) 1 0 ° . ,"7 . Westport Coal 19 6 1 10 0 C. St. Hanks. Ltd 1 a 6 — Word ami Co 5 0 0 - Wilwn's Portland Cement 17 0 ■ — W.F.O.A. (205.) - 1«0

FEILDINO MARKET KEI'OTtT. Jiciow. A. 11, Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report on their Friday's talc as follows:— Poultry in full supply and values equal to, and in. eomo case.3 above, late rates. \o pigs wero offcrinj, and there would appear, to be a general shortacc. Potatoes, very dull and In full supply. Some good furniture.•was otTered and disposed of, olso fruit, goncral produce and eundncu. Quotations :—Poultry, nt per poir: Hens, 3e„ 3s. 3d., id. 6d.. 3s. 9d„ 4s. 3d.: rooster?, 3s„ Is. 6d., 3s. 9d., 4s. 3d.; pullets, 3s. 6d.; drakes, te 6d., 55.; ducks, sa; turkey.?, 7«., all at per poir. Gigs, a S*., £6 55.; trap, £5 6i. 6d. Produce: Potatoes, tablo 7s. to 9s. 6d. per rack, pie do. 2s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. per sack; carrots and swedes, 2s. bag; applet, Is. 9d„ 2s. 6d„ 3s. Ed., to.. 4s. 6d„ to ss. 6d. cafe; onions. Id. per lb., haslots; baled hoy. 3s. to 4s. per truss; bran, 55.; .to 6s."per rack. "Customs'duty eollccted «t the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1329 7s. 6d. ' BOUTHERX MARKETS. (By Tolez'raph.-Pr««s Association,) '',-.,. Oamaru, July 4. Offerings'of wheat froiu the country have not been large. Prices of all descriptions ,'of wheat at* much tho fame oh last week. Komo life was inruscd into the oats market in the early part of the week by the fact that tho Jlnmari would take away about *CO-sacks, iliut the prico was not Affected. Indeed, iti ;mw weakened somewhat owing to the drop in London. There ie not much demand fpr oat sheaf chair, which sells nt 555. The potato market has suffered a laose owing to tlio lower quotations at ether nuicft. A few »!«• we re m< ! de Q <-' £3 in-theNearly part of the week, but of late, therefore, no buyers. MEAT. By Tclcgraph-Prepi Aesoeiatlon-Copyright . -;. (Hec. July 5, 5.5 p.m.) . ii London, July 4. The Incorporated Rocicty of Meat Importers'' Smlthfield market quotations for tho undermentioned classes of frozen meat- nro based on actual sales of not less than ono hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five, fQuarters of beef of fair aver'og« quality. Tho quotations aro not for selected' llties. but for parcels fairly representative, of the bulk of tho shipments now on-the market. The prices which follow «re on tho average a. ,t« ; rthln E per lb. mbro' than 'the this 'diffcrcnco'Toprcsentlng the average cost in exponas, hcaidling, conToyancc. and selling tho meat:--Juno 27. July 4. Mutton-. '„ ''• dCanterbury, light 4il U Canterbury, medium 4 316 4 3-18 Canterbury, heavy 3! 33 Southland ' * . Kbrtli Island, best 41-16 41-16 North Island, ordinary 3S 35 " Australian, light 33 39 • Auetralian, heavy 3J 3J Itivcr Plate, lieht • * : "Ttlvcr Plate, heavy * " New Zealand, ewes 3916 3\ Australian ewes 311-16 35 Ttivcr Plate' ewes ' 39-16 ■ 3J lamb- .... • ■ Canterbury, light. 6J 6i Canterbury, medium 55-16 51! ' Canterbury, heavy 6 53 Southland 61-16 515-16 North Mand, folccted .. 61-16 6 ':' Korth Island, ordinary 513-16 5J Australian, best 511-16 511-16 •Australian, fair' 511-16 511-16 ".'; Australian, inferior 51 51 Itiver Plate, first 5* 5K Kiver Plate, second' 51 51 BcrrNcw Zealand, or fores... ii 33 Jfow Zealand, ox hinds... 4 715 4 7-16 Australian, ox fores 35-16 31 Australian ox hinds 415-16 415-16 River Plate, ox fores 3J 3H River Plate, ox hlndc ... 3J 3S lliver Plate, chilled fores 3! H River Plate, chilled hinds 5 51 •None offering. Thero is no business in rabbits, owing to the hot weather. ANTWERP WOOL SALES. ■ • » Antwerp, July 3. ; The Wool sales opened briskly yesterday, but there were very few cros*breds. Germany was tho chief buyer. Compared with tlio April Mies merinos were live' centimes higher. There was a good selection of Video merinos to-day, with a fair quantity of good erossbreds. Merinos advanced fiom three to four per centum, and fine crornbreds. rather more. German spinners bought praotionlly all the better classes of merinos and crossbred*!. Tho tendency for spot ond futures is very strong. KAURI STOCKS. London, July 3. Kauri stocks amount-to 591 tons. COrPElt. (Ree. July 5, 5.5 p.m.) ...London, July 4. Copper—On spot, £61 7s. 6d.; three months, £61 lfe.