COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2326, 7 December 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES, : The 60lcs of investment shares recorded on Saturday were:—Wellington Woollen (preference) at £3 55., and Westport. Coal at,3os. 6d. The Quotations ivere as follow Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Bank N.Z. (old) - 10 3 6 Bank N.Z. (new) 15 10.0 — N.Z. and River Plate — 2 10 Well. Trust, Loan. Ltd. 7 5 0 — Ohristchurch Gas (£5) ... I 3 i — Gisborne• Gas 118 0 . — Napier Gas (£5) 8 2 6 ' — Palmerstori N. Gas — 12 5 0 Well. Gas (£10) 16 0 0 - Well. Gas (pref.) 10 0 — N.Z. Insurance 516 0 — Meat .Export (£2 12s. 6d.) — 215 0 Union: Steam (ord.) ! . 119 12 3 Union Steam (pref.) ...... 10 3 — Eaupiri: • ;..... — 0 16 9 Wwtport-Stockton 0 4 3 — Solden Bay — 0 19 0 Manning and Co 3 17 6 tFard and Co 4 19 6 — FEILDING MABKET EEPORT. Messrs. .A. H. Atkinson and 0o„ Ltd., report a small entry of poultry and a medium yarding of pigs at their weekly sale on Friday. For poultry there was igain little demand: pigs were inquired for, though competition was not keen, and prices were about on a par with last week's sales. A fair amount of produce, furniiure, and sundries was sold at 'usual rates, luotations:—Poultry, at per pair : Hens, 2s„ !s. 3d., 2s. fid.; roosters, ,2s. 6d„ 3s. 9d.j :hicks, Is. Pigs: Stores, 23a. 6d., 255., 255. id., Z6s. 6d., 29f>. 6d„ 305., 30s. 6d.; slips, 165., 85.,6 d., t9s., 19s.' 6d.; weaners, 95.,' 10s. 6d„ 35., 145., 15s. Potatoes, old, 3s. per sack; lew, ss. 6d„ 6s. per 401b. bag; cauliflowers, id. to 6d. each; tomato plants, 6d. and 9d. ier dozen; rhubarb, 3d. per bundle; goaselerrles; 4s. 3d. per half-case; The quilt ■affled on behalf of the Belgi&n Distress rund resulted in the sum of £5 9s. being ■ealised for thts object. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington on, Saturday amounted to £2417 6. 6d, FHOZEN MEAT MARKET. lyTelegranh—Press Association—Copyright • (Eec. December 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 5. The Incorporated Socioty of Meat Imlorters' Smithfleld: market quotations for . he undermentioned classes of frozen meat ro based on actuaTealeV of riot less than ne hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, r twenty-five quarters of beef, of fair

average quality. The Quotations aie not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of tha shipments now on the market. The prices which follow are on the average a farthir" per lb. more than the values ex ehi this difference representing the everaj cost in expense, handling, couveyauc and Cellini' ol the meat:— MuttonCanterbury. light and medium,s 11-16 d, Canterbury, heavy, 5 3-Bd. • Southland, 5 9-lfid. North Island, ordinary. 51d. North Island, best, fi£d. ...New Zealand ewes, 5Jd. Australian, light and heavy, 5Jd. Australian ewes, 5Jd. Biver Plate, light, sid. Hivcr Plate, "heavy, 5 3-Bd. Kiver Plate, ewes, 5Jd. Lamb— Canterbury, light, first quality, 6 9-16 d. Canterbury, light, second quality, 6jjd. Canterbury, medium. 6Jd. Canterbury, heavy, 6|d. Southland, 6 7-16 d. Australian, fair, 6d. BeefNew Zealand fores, 53d. New Zealand hinds, 6 3-Bd. Australian fores, 53d. Australian hinds, 6£d. River Plate, fores. 53d. Kiver Plate hinds, ,6 5-I6d, Hirer Plfrte, chilled fores, 5 3-Bi. Eiver Plate, chilled hinds, 6d. Uruguay, frozen fores, 53d. Uruguay, frozen hinds, 6Jd. Other meat are unchanged. BABBITS. The market for rabbitß is Aim, an prices are unchanged! TALLOW. The New Zealand Loan and Merc&ntil Agency Company, Limited, have the following cablegram from their. Londoi house, under date December Z:—Tallow Average advance sixpence. METAL MARKETS. London, December 4. Copper—On the spot is quoted at £55 7e 6d.: at three months, £56 12a. 6a.. Tin.—On the spot, £149 10s. to £150; a three month 6, £147 10s. to £148. Lead, £19. . Spelter, £27. Bar silver is quoted at 23d. per ounci etandard.