COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2397, 1 March 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

• INVESTMENT SHARES.. | In the investment market on Saturday ! sales were recorded of Union Steam (ord.) at 23«. lOd. and Manning and Co., £4 19s. fid. JChe quotations were as follow:— • Buyers. Beliert £ s. d. £ s d. National Bank 6 8 0 510 0 Bank-New Zealand (old) 10 12 6 — Union Bank 55 0 0 — N.Z.and £. Elate' 2 0 0 — Wn. Int. T. and A. ...... 011 . ' — v Wn. Trust Loan, Ltd. ... 7 6 0 — Auckland Gas (paid) ...... 18 3 — Cimh Gas (£5) 710 0 — Wellington Oaa (£10) 16 0 0 — WeUlnq'ton Gasipref.) ... 1 0 0 ' — N.Z., Shipping (pref.) ... 10 5 G — Onion Steam (pref.) 10 6 1 0 10 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 5 1 0 — Mosgiel Woollen 315 0 — Well. Woollen (prcf.) 3 2 6 — Westport-StocWxm — 0 5 3 Leyland-O'Brien 116 12 6 Consol. Dental i.... — 14 0 Ward and Co — 5 17 t, D.I.C. /.pref.) 10 3 — MONTH'S CUSTOMS RETURNS. Customs dnty collected at the port last month amounted to £52,108 15s. sd.' as compared with £73,519 Bs." 6d. for the corresponding month last year. The amount collected on Saturday was £1685 15s. lid. The bear duty collected amounted to £1144'85. 6d. for the month of February, while £1164 10s. 3d. was collected for the same period last year..-

LONDON. WOOL SALES. Messrs. Murray. Roberts and Co., I/td., lave received the following cablegram, dated February 26, from their London friends. Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, and Oo.;—Markets strong.. Compared with last sales closing rates, .best merino ten per cent, higher., American buyers operating freely. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., received the folowing cablegram*from their London office, under datfe February 25;—" At our sale to-day opening rates were fully .maintained. America was buying freely. The date of our own next sale is March 4." LONDON TALLOW SALES. Jfessrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. have received the following cablegram from their London office:—"At . the tallow auctions, prices advanced Is. to 25., except good mutton, which was nnohanged." FEILDING MARKET REPORT. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltil., report a slack market for pigs and good values/ruling for all fruit lines. Potatoes wero Easier in price. All grain and chaff lines show increased values. Quotations; Slips, S?.. IDs., to 125.; small porkers, 235. to 255. 6d. Aged mare, £3 10s. Hens, per pair, 25., 2s. 6d., to 35.; cockeralß, 2s. to 35.; pullets, 4s. 9d.; ducks 3s. 9d. to 4. 6<L Produce; Pig potatoes,' 3s. 6d.' bag, prime table, 3s. 6d. to 4s. owt." Onions, Bs. ito 12s. cvrt. Prime peaxs, 4s. to 55., others 2s. to 3s. half-case. Apples, 2s. 6d. to 35.; plums, 2s. to 3s. 6d. Tomatoes, 4s. Paasion fruit, Is. 3d. case.

SOTJTEEBN MAEKETS. ■ CBy Teleewipli.—Prese AtfaaciatioA.) Chrlstchurch, February 26. Tho wheat market has further advanced during the week, and the pnecs that a If)',' days ago were outside the ltmit have been generally paid since. For Tuscan and Hunters 6s. Ed. to 6s. 9d. has been paid, and np to 6s. lOd. for pearl, at oonntry stations. Prices having reached this high love], some ot tho millers aro now holding otf tie market or reducing their limits, but otner Buyers with, contracts to fill are still operating, and tt. Is chiefly through tlielr anxiety to cover toat the market has been advancing, as they had to outbid other buyers to enablo them to fill their requirements. Samples or Canadian wheat to nantt by the Hesperos have been Shown in tne city. The wheait Is classed as No. 2 hard grain, is red in colour, an<l vmy lard, but email, and some of the grains are pinchcd.. There aro a lew oats aufl small black- seed probably combine in it. Tho wheat weighs a slia<to over 611b. to the bnshfil. It Is stated that similar Canadian wheat milled In Wellington requires 54 bushels to mako a ton or Hour, as a-gftinst 47 bushels of New Zealand-grown -.vhe&t.

As showing tho exceptionally One quality of l.bis season's wheat, a number of samples weighed 661b. to 681b. per buslicl, most of them going 661b. to 66&1b., a much uicrher average than Usual.

' There Is a sligMJy eaacr tone in the oats market. During the week as high as 3s. lid. has been given for gartons, but 3s. lOd. at country stations is now stated to be the limit. There is, however, not a large nnamtity of oats offering. Algerians are very scarce, and although they have been -bought at higher prices during tho week, 1 6alcs have also been made at 4e. 6d. at country stations. The demand is principally for seed for the North Island. Oats as well 06 wheat aro weighing heavy, this season's gartons going up to 44tb. to 481b. per bushel. Oatsbcaf chaff is firmer, and £5 ss. is now being paid at country stations, but growers are not wililng sellers. The markot has opened for Peninsula cocksfoot seed and it is soiling at 7d. to Bd. per lb., the seed being very light. Potatoes for immediate delivery ore bringing £4 6s, and for March delivory £4. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—PreßS Association—Copyright London, February 27., Competition at the wool sales was animated:—Merinos: "Taf," 26d.. 22 7-Bd.; "Ifcinna.rr.m," 25d., 24 7-Bd.; "Kainimlah," 23Jd., 103 d.; "Bunda," 26d„ 16* d.; "Maradadown," 15d.. 14d.; "Coloralnij.' 13Jd„ 12d.; "Yondenooka./' !2d., 93d.; "Mardie,-" Ud.. 6iii.; "De GTcy," lUd.. 93d.; "Cordillo," 26d., 15 5-Bd.; New Zealand "Stonyhurst," l&Jd.; "Spur," 16d., 15id.