COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2238, 26 August 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

:: : '■' ■'• Customs duty. : colleoted at the port of '•■■• 'Wojlingtou yesterday amounted to £7763 ;/:... ■%■ W;;;! ...;.;:. " , ,'■;;-■, ':..-. U' ''■■ ! " ; ; '■■'.;; SOUTHEEN MAEKETS; ; : ' '. -" .'■ ' Association.) : . - L -,'.-■ :. V "ohristchurchi'August 25. ' The wheat market keeps-very firm, with vevy little offering. .Growers arc holding 'firmly, 'and"genexally decline to put-o, <•-. . jirico upon their grain. Milling wheat is I- •'■"' ■■" 251b. bass... Bran is still quoted at,£-l 55., '>■'■'■ but poilard'has'advanced to £6'105.-There \\. '■■ is a- slightly easier feeling.in tlte oata t- .. market." '. "A"' Grade' Is-mostly inquired i ■""-. ■ ■'for, but;.i3 scarce. If freight.wore;nvail-, • •:.••'' .able. there would probably.be <i demand >■■'■■■ ior export on the 1 part of those' Who cared \'k ■:> to take'tlurrisk of shippings -There J» no '.'•'■ 'change in the prices. . Oateheaf chaff'is !''■ ' difficult -to obtain, ond tip to' £2 15s. in ;•', * being offered.'.at handy . stal-ione.;; ,There is- ►.'■''... onlv a moderate-.,demand, for. .potatoes, [-/''. owing to "the. difficulty of-getting the-n '--.'"• shipped, as it is not'expected .that there '■'.:"■'■■ will be a- boat. for Auckland this .week. t ".-: The price "ris stilt'£2 to £2..55.,' andsome !'■:',- 'buyers wili not pay more 'than'the former !'V. ,'' figure. A"goo'd demand has- set in for rye- [':: :-u grass for 'spring sowing. Eed clover js 1.-.'.' , * firmer'..iiu.consequence, of tho stoppage, of I'- supplies, from Gormauy.'■■.-. . '' "' K'.'•;'„','.:;'; ;';. ,WLD;.FOR .THE , V.-,,-, j ';. -.'■ By i ; '.-"' : August 25>.8'p.m.)' ?•.. V . London, August 2.4.: : . ; Sinco tile last return,.of,':.tho'Bank...of. I - /•'■ England -.was. published,. the -Bank has rev i ■;'.'.! ' ceived over. £3,500,000 ingold:' ;•-.; ••;• ;.;.-.' ''.;• ,-•-'.- ''"?.. ■ .METALS. .-\v£ . "„£'.;:.. !.'':';-.:-/ ' ..- (Eec\J August 25,; 8 p'.m';). :": s ' '■"''•■*-'' ". -It.-' '. - London,; August 21.-. i' ; Silver.;-Bar silver is iquoted. at, 25.9-16 d. -' -'■ per ounce 'standard. -; .-,'--.. '>- ' v j' •■.. , Mddlesborough 'No;.; 3; 51s:' sd. '■■!-.!'. per ton.. ,:-;>■-•;;•■';•-- ,■:.-■-