COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2297, 3 November 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES.'"' , ' •. There, wore rio .transactions- in invest-ment-sharea yesterday. The Quotations were as follow— > : Buyers. Sellers, ci V . V ' £'S. d; , ■£ e.-d. ; National-Bank . 5 J- 0 ■N.Z.' and -It. Plate 119 '0'" '—- .Meat. Export, (£2 12s\6d.) •. 215 0 Well. " Woollen ' (prcf.) '... •' '3-50 Jlanningi-and Co. (ex.) ~.<:3 14 0 ' —.. ,TY&Td 'and Co. .'. , .. .. 5 10 - Ourtoms' duty coiiected 'at tie port-'of ' Wellington amounted to .£IBOS 9s. 3d. . ; . "■ - ■ HIGH COMMISSIONER'S : CABLED- MAK- - ;; KET BEP.OST, ...., 1 The Department of ' Agriculture, industries, .end > Commorce has received-the following cablegram, from: the High. Commissioner'■ for' New' Zealand;'- dated. 'London. November ,1.; (Note.—.Quotations,, unless ,bthcf\rise''spccifled l ': are" average market -prices ,on spot.) '• ■ ' Mutton.—The market is firm.'. Stocks ot mutton.:on hand are. light.- i Canterbury. 6d;: per lb.- for light weight: North Islond/ ,'f 13-16 d;; owes, 53d. tr ;:>/■ Lamb.—The mai-ket is dull: very little business doing on account of high prices., Tlie market show's '.- elgns. of weakness' owing, to arival of thi6 season's Australian; which is selling- at 6 5-Bd.- per lb. Canterbury; twos, ,63d. per lb.: heavy weight." 6 -3-8 d;; other than Canterbury. 6 9-16 d. [or light 'weight.: . Beef—Stock,v"of New Zealand beef, on hand are light. Quotations are nominal. New Zealand hinds.-'6id. per lb.'; >fores. 5 '5-8 d; There is a moderate supply. :,of chilled beef this week. Chilled hinds 6d. per lb.; fores, 5Jd. V • Butter.—The market, is easier. Banish, slow, .per cwt., 1345. to 138s::, Siberian; quiet, 1185. to 122a;;-Australian, quiet. 124 a. to< 1265.:' Irish creamery, dull, 1225. to 1285.; ..Argentine, slow," 1205.. to. 1245. ~ Cheese—The market' i's. quiet. Canadian, market quiet, white and coloured, nor ■cwt., ,755. to 765.; English prices are firm, with-a fair demand,-82si to 865.. ■„ 'Hemp—The market is dull.-with a'downward tendency. > There is little demand. New Zealand'Kood : fair. grade, per ton. £22 10s.: 'fair,- £21; fair current Manila, £23' 1&3; , The output' from Manila for the week "was 26,0C0' : -'bales. Wheat.—The market is firm; but little doing. Australian, -45#., o.i.f. •••• ..Oats.—The..'market , is- firm. ; New Ze<U land. .Gartons,- 283. 6d. cx store. Beans;— The market is firm with more Inquiry. New Zealand beans. f.a.q. (new crop),'per 5041b.| 355. 6d.' Peas.—The' market is -quiet. • New Zealand peas (partridge). per ,5041b., 606; -Kauri Gum.—The market is very quiet, nothing dofng., DaTk, bro\yn selected, rescraped, 1405.: dark brown, three-quarter scraped, SOS.: dark brown chips, drossy. 425. ,6d.; re-scraped, nalo. amber, £12"10$.: .three-quarter scraped.' £9: diggers' chips, good, 655.'-.

, WHEAT AND FLOUR. , - 1 / By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . London, November 1. "The market is firm. Holders are asking sixpence more, diid this 'is checking' tho demand; ..» ■ . ■' The-whoat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom' totals 2,030,P00 riuarters; lor the Continent, 1,470,000; 'Atlantic .'shipments, $4i;CGO; Pacific, 95,000. The total shipments to Europe during'the week'amounted to 945,000 quarters—lndian. IOOiOCO,' ff-om other placcs, nil ■ , v.