COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2412, 18 March 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

; & -' Cnstomß. -dnty collected; at the 'port: of a Wellington yesterday amounted to £1986 C( • /. • .' B< : 'wool, hides, and skins. . . " Jlessr's.fvDaJgety and Company, Limited, , Daniievirke, report having offered a fair JJ catalogue' to the usual iattendonce of buy- 2 ers. ■; Wool: and skins-of all classes. met fc< irith. keen, competition,, and a total clear- t <ince '.was ' effected under the hammer. J Hides were' considerably lower than last " sale's xeport by fully jd. to Id. per lb. ci Tallow showed a rise of about £s: per ewt B compared with last sale. ; The following, is 11 ■a ra,ngo of prices:— Wool—Sough fleece, 9jd. to ICncl.; crutch- e: tags, 6id-.to. 9d.; pieces, 7Jd. to Bd.i'looks, t: 6Ja. to ,63d..;. : ■ • s - Skins.H-Butchers'auarter to half-wool, 9d.; .. farmers' lots full-woolled, 83d. to lOd.; " dead, Bd.;', pelts, Is. 9d. each; oho extra ei long . skin,' lis. 3d. E Hideo.—Butchers' cow,' 91d.; butchers' ox. n 9d. .to, ,93d.; farmers' cow, 7Jd. to 73d.; H yearlings.'- 73d.; calf, 9}d. to 93d • J 1 Mlow.T-In, tins, 21b. 3d. to 225. 3d. per b cwt. ' • -r. • |j Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., Danrie- ■_ virke, report having held their usual peri- a odical sale of wool, skins, hides, ctc., on 8( Tuesday, when they offered 30' bales and 5 fadges,-andis2 bags wool, .2266 sheopskinß, 1.; 165 : hides, .67calfskins, and 177 packages ~ fat to a representative attendance of buy- J ors.' Bidding for wool, and sheepskins was f< spirited throughout, and sold .at par to u }d. rise on last Eale. Hides. dragged under the hammer on account of a drop of Jd. to Id.; but the whole of the catalogue was nuittcd'ot satisfactory prices. The quotations are'as follow:— 5 Wool.—Crossbred, 105 d.' to Is.; dead, 82d. n to 93d.;* pieces. 73 to 9id.; locks, 6id. to 7d.; block,. BJd. -to BJd.; lambs, 93d. to 10d.; crntchines, BJd..to 9d.; horsehair, 16. sd. Sheepskins.—Orossbired, . full wool, 9jd.; half-wools,.- B}d.; quarter-wools, 73d.; black, 1 63d.; first peits, 15..-7 d. each; second pelts, Is. sd. each; .inferior pelts, 3d. each; hog- P gets, 73d.;: firet lambs short wool, 81d.; s first lambs long wool, 9d.; dea4 lambs, 6jd.; g crossbred, .dead, 73d.; second crossbred, l Bd.; salted,fi'quarter to 'half-wools,''dead, ? 4s. 6d.; crossbred, quarter to half-wools, " 3s. to se. 5d.; quarter to half-wools, 4s. d lOd.; oro6sbred, fUll-woolled, 7s. 4d. to 9s. a 4d.; lambs,-'35..6d. to ss. 3d; pelts,;2s:: 1 7 3-8 d: to 3d.; cow, cut, 7d. to L 73d.; ox; 9d.; ox, out. 73d.; heifers, B#d-: 81 weaners, 73d; ;"to 8 3-Bd.; wcaners, cut,- 5Jd. a to 7Jd„- bulls,- sjd.; dry. sd. to 7}d.; <&,lf, . prime, 9jd.j light, 91d.; cut.and slippy,,,4d. \ to Bd.; dry, Is. each. . ° Tallow, 225.' 3d. per cwt. . d , SIDNEY WOOL SALES. (By Assn;—Copyright.) (Eec. iMarch'l7, 11.30 ip.m.) . - a .- v-v-\ March 17. h At the wool' sales' a continued d ■advancing market. Two lots of crossbred a wethers sold.at.,l7ld.:and 18d. respectively, l th 6 season's records, the latter standing ° as the record!' t f< .: • JIETAL HAEKETS. •' London, March 15. the 6pot, £66 to £66 55.; three months, "£66"'los. to £66 lEs.; electrolytic, b £71:53, to £71 15s. - ' i, Tin—On the spot, £188 10s. to £189; three l months, 1 £168 10s. to £169. 1 n Lead,—Soft foreign, £22 15s. to £23 ss. ' a SILVER" I London, Maroh 18. L . Bar silver is. quoted at 24jd. per ounce 0 standard. ■ \ '; j LEAD STATISTICS. . ; London, March 16 This imports of lead in February totalled .? 20,492 tons, Australia supplying 7611 tons, t The exports amounted to 3470 tons. J h WHEAT. j ■ London, Maroh 16. s Whe;lt.—The market is firmer,' and there Is a better- inquiry. c . (Eec/ March 17, -11.30 j«.). , * London, March 17. The American .visible supply- of: wheat is estimated .at 78,989,000 , bushels. I , Chicago' May; options, 157ic. to 160 c,; July 'options, 123jc. to 125|e.