COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2206, 20 July 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Tie sales of investment shares recorded on Saturday were:—Bank of New Zealand (£3 6s. Bd.), at £10 18s.; and Wairarapa Farmers', 2te. paid, at 255. 6d. The' quotations were ae follpiv:— Buyers. Sellers. £ e d. £ s. d. Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 16 19 0 17 1 0 Ohristchurch Gas (£5) ... 7 6 6 7 7 0 FcUding Gas 0 2 6 Wellington Gas (£10) 1610 0 - N.Z. Insurance 6 8 0 ' — Gear Meat (£1) - 3 18 Meat Export (£5) — 6 4 0 Meat Export (£4) ....; - 5 2 0 Meat Export (525. 6d.) ... — 310 Taupiri Coal 116 . — Westnort-Stockton 0 2 6 ■ — Ward and Co 5 0 6 — Kauri Timber — 019 6 HIDE AND SKIN SALE. ' Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Palmerston North, report:—ln connection with our U6ual monthly sale, we held our second special crutching sale, when we offered a catalogue of about 160 bales. A large quantity of our offering consisted of medium quality, some being very seedy, and there were only a fow- lota of extra good crutchtngs. Tho medium and inferior lots sold on a par with last sales' rates, but the better quality lots showed a decline, and we passed a number in.; however, prices realised were equal to those ruling at other markets. Quotations:—Wool: Crossbred, 9d. to 9Jd.; crossbred, inferior and seedy, 7d. to BJd.; lambs, inferior, 7Jd. to BAd.; dead, Bid. to 83d.; locks and pieces, 4}a.Ho 6d.; orutchings, good B|d., medium 7Jd. to 73d„ Inferior and seedy 7d. to 7id., very Inferior arid seedy, sd. to 5Jd. Sheepskins; Crossbred, medium to fine, BJd. to 83d.; crossbred, coarse, Bd. to Bid.; crossbred, quarter to half wool. %i. to 73d.; crossbred, pelts to ehort wool, 53d. to 7d.; crossbred, dead and damaged, 6d. to 71d.; crossbred, inferior, and -badly damaged, 25d'.to 4d.; lamp, salted, and green, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 10d.; damp; salted and green, 4s. 6d. to ss. lOd.j Hides: Ox, medium to heavy, BJd.; ox, light. Bid. to BJd.; cows, best lin.es, 83d.; cows, medium, Bd.; cows, wet and inferior, 7Jd. to 7 7-fld.; cows, cut and slippy, 6}d. to 'IH-: ..yearlings, BJd. to' 9d.; bulls, sd. to 6d.; horse, 7s. to 12s. each; calf, sound 103 d. to lid., cut and damaged, Bd. to Bid. Horsehair, Is. 6d.; rabbit skins, 7id. Customs duty collected at the' port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1401 la lid. ' i ■', '■.'.' WOOL SALES. NEW ZEALAND CLIPS. .. ;, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Ilec. July 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 18. At the wool sales there is spirited bidding for all sorts, and prices are unchanged . The following prices were realised for the fleece portions, of New Zealand clips named:—Santoft, 'top price 10Jd„ average price. IOJd.; Wainui, 12Jd., Hid.; Ithoborough. 14Jd., 13 5-Bd.; Clayton, ISJd., 14 3-Bd.; Brookdolc, 16d., 143 d.; Mocraki, 17d„ 15 l-Bd. BUTTER. . • (Eec. Inly 19, 6;5 p.m;) ,'" London, July 18. Butter, New Zealand, salted, 116s. to 118s. j unseated, 118s.: to'l2os. ; ■;' : FROZEN -MEAT. .' '(Roc. July 19, 5.5 p.m.) .. •• 't .. ~-..., 'London, July 18. The Incorporated.Society of Meat ImportSmithfield market 1 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 averago quality. The quotations aro not for selected Hne6, but for parcels fairly representative of the, bulk of the shipments now on the market. ' The prices which follow ore on the average a farthing per lb: moTo- than.'the.values ex ship, this difference representing the average cost in expense, handling! conveyance, and selling tho meat:— , ■ July 11; July 18. Mutton— 4. a. Canterbury, light 43 4J Canterburj', medium 4 3-16 43-U Canterbury, heavy ..' 315-16 315-16 ' Southland • * North Island, best ;4J 41 North Island, "ordinary 3J Jj Australian, light 33 33 Aiistralian, heavy .-. 33 33 River Plate, light '•• » ■ Hiver Plate, heavy • * New Zealand ewes 3J 3J Australian ewes 38 3ij Eivcr Plate, ewes ; 31 31 LambCanterbury, light 6} 63-15 Canterbury light, second quality — 53 Canterbury, medium 513-16 5l Canterbury, heavy ;... 53-8 / 5 Southland '. 5J 513-16 Nortu Island, selected... 515-16 5f North Island, ordinary 513-16 53-8 Australian,- best 511-16. 511-16 Australian, fair 511-16 511-16 Australian, inferior sij 5J Elver Plate, first 53 53 , Hiver Plate, second ,'. 5A SA BeefNew Zealand, ox fores... 33 3(| • New Zealand, ox hinds ... 43 45 Australian, ox fores 33-8 33-8 Australian, ox hinds 4 3-B 4} River Plate, ox fores 33 ' 3H River Plate, ox hinds ... 4J 43-8 Eivcr Plate, chilled fores 3 3-8 3* River Plate, chilled hinds 6 61 Uruguay, frozen fores ... 3) 31 . Uruguay, frozen hinds ... 4} 45 Uruguay, chilled hinds... * 5J "None Habbita aTe dull, of sale, with prices unchanged. SOUDAN LOAN. London, July 17. The Soudan Loan Bill has passed ita third reading in the House of Commons. SILVER. London, July 17. Silver is quoted at 2s. 1 l-16d; per ounce' standard. JUTE. London, July 17. . Jute, native, first marks, August shipment, £28 per ton. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHAKE MARKET. .The sales recorded in the mining market on Saturday were:'—Ross Reconstructed, at Is. lid.; Talisman, at £1135.; Waihi, «t 41s. 3d.; and Waihi Grand Junction, at 26s ~6d. The quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ «. d. Murray Freehold — *0 2 5 Woitangi 0 0 11 - ♦Premium. Tho Wellington: Stock Exchange has received the following telegram, from tho Worksop dredge:—Eeturn, 470z. 12dwt. 'for 108 hours... STOCK EXCHANGE.'; (By Telegraph.—Pross Association.) Auckland, July 18. Sales on Stock Exchange to-day were:— Talisman. £1 135., £1 13s. 6d. Waihi, £2 Is. Grand Junction, £1 6s. 6d. Clirlstchurch, July 18. Sales:— Kaiapoi Woollens, £5 6s. 3d. Waihi Mining, £2 os. 9d, (three parcels). Dunedln, July is. SalesStandard Insurance, £1 17s. 6d. Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.). £5 6s. 9d. Junctions. £1 6s. 6d. (four parcels). Waihi, £2 le. 6d.