COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2278, 12 October 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

- ; TNVESTHEKO , SHARES. On - Saturday there'wore'dd transactions in investment shares. The Quotations were as follow:— • '. Buyers. Sellers. £ .». fl. £ 6. d. Notional Eank 5 0 0' — Ran!; N.Z. (Si 6s. Bd.) ... 10■ 2 G 10 5:0 Bank 2J.Z. (£« 133. W.) ...15 2 '6 - . H.iS. and Biver Plate .... 119 0 —. Wellingt™ Gas (£10) .... 16 0 , 0 •' - ■ South' British (cum (liv.) 4 10 — Gear Meat (£4) - 14 5 0 Gear '£1) .. — .'■ . _ 3 12 6 Moat Exiiort (.£2 IS". 6d;) - 2 16 0 Union Steam (preE)-....: 0 1? 9 - Tiiuuiri Coal - 0 19 0 J.2.vlan<l-o'Brieu 116 13 0 Ooldcn Bay Cement — 10 6 Jlaniiin!; and Co 3 18 6 V/ard and Co - 5 10 • FEIIiDUJO IIAHKET HErOHT. At Ihoir weekly «ale on Friday, Messrs. A. fl. .Atkinson and Co.. Ltd., report'a (•cod'i entry of both noultry and. pigs; .the ■ fornivr sold well at late rates, but the de-

maud for pigs was hy no means so keen , ns at rcoent sales; the prolpngod spell of dry weather doubtless having hod its effect. A fair amount- of sundries, produce, furniturerand drapery w»6 disposed of unto tho hammer and privately. Quotations:—Poultry (at per pair): Hens, 3s. 6d., 4s. 3d., 4a. .6d... 4s. 9d., 55., ss. M-; roosters, 45.. 56., se. 3d.; chicks, 26. Id.; ducks, 4s. 3d., 4s. 6d., 4s. 9d., ss. 3d., 6s. 6d., ss. 9d., 65.; hen and ducklings, Bs. oil. tho lot; turken lion and chicks, 56. 3d. tho lot; Reese, 73. pair. Pi&o: Weencre, 12s. 6d., 13?., Ms. 3d.,'155., 15s. M., Ife., 17s. 6d.; slips, 18s. 6(1., Mβ. 6d.; stores, 275. 6d., Vie., 335. r porkers, 355.; eow in pig, 38s. 6d. Potatoes: Seed. 3s. 6d., 75., Bα 6d.; toble, 75., Bs., Bs. 6.1.; onions. l|d. lb., bag lots; cauliflowers, 4d., 6U., 9d. each. ">Customs duty collected nt the port, of 'Wellington! on Saturday amounted to £1673 3s. 3d. LONDON WOOL SAMS. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cablopram from their ,London office under date October B:—"The wool sales continue animated except for faulty merinos, which are 'often 20 per cent, lower. . Crossbred lambs are 20 pox cent, dearer." By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Kec. October 11, 5.30 p.m.) London, October 10 The wool sales o,re animated, and oU sorts eliow a hardening tendency. The following aro'tlie prices realised for tho fleect) portions of the New Zealand clips named:—"Bee," top price 13»d., average price, 12 3-Bd. ; "Oholto." too 23d., average, 21£ d. , .. : LONDON MARKETS. (Eec. October 11, 10 P.m.) London, October 10. The Incorporated Society of Meat Importers' SmithfleU market ■ quotations for tho undermentioned classes of frozen moat n.rn based on actual tsales of not less than one hundred carcasecs of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of beef of fair average quality. The quotations are not for oolected lines, but for parcels foirly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on t,Uo market. . The. prices which follow are on the average a farthing per lb. more than tho values ex ship, this difference representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and .selling of tho Mutton-Canterbury, Jitrht, s£d.; medium, SZd.j heavy, 53d.; Southland, 53d.; North Island, best brands, 53d.; North,lsland, ordinary, 5 11-16 d.; Australian, 5 3-Bd. Lamb.—Canterbury, 6|d.; second quality, 6 9-16 d.; medium, 6jjd.; heavy, 6 3-Bd. New Zealand beef—Fores, sgd.: hinds, 6|d.-; Australian fores, sild. : hinds, 6id. Argentine chilled fores, 5Ed.: hinds, 6|d. Other meats aTO unchanged. BABBITS.-. Babbits are selling well. New South Wales', blues. 155., ex etore. '■•■ HIDES AND LEATHER. Hides show an improved demand. Queenslend meat -works, medium and light, 83d.; kips. 8 3-Bd.; Now South Wales meat works, medium.and light, Bd.; kips, 8 3-16 d. Leather'ie firm. Australian, beet heavy, l&v-to- 17s. Basils are steady. New Zealand* ryjd. to 21d. . ■ ■ . . ■ METALS. .'.- "'. ' Copper—On spot. £55 10s. to £56. . Silver-Bar silver is quoted at 23Jd. per ounco standard. , LONDON MONEY MAKKET. > ■ ' ' (Eec. October 11, 5.30 p.m.) .'■■■-. . London, October 10. The joint stock banks have reduced the rate, of interest on deposits to 2 per cent, per annum; ■ . There !e keen demand for the New South Wales Treasury bills now on offer. Buyers are down to 43 per cent. TRUST COMPANY'S' DIVIDEND. London, October 7. The British-Australasian /Trust Loan Company has declared an' , . interim dividend of'five per cent., and the Trust Agency of Australasia a similar dividend., . .