COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2446, 27 April 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Bank of New Zealand (£3 6s. Bd.) were reported to have changed hands at £1 is. on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday. Th< quotations were as follow:— Buyers.' Sellers, £ s. d. , £ s.' d. National Bank ~ H S Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 17 0 0 17 3 6 Canterbury Meat — ; 12 6 Wn. Mt. Ept. (£2 12s. 6d.) - 214 0 tJnion Steam (pref.) ... 1 0 7 — "Wn. Woollen lord.) 4 10 0 — Wn. Woollen (prof.) 3 5 0 — Weetport Coal — 113 6 Westport Stockton — 0 5 0 L'.'viand O'Brien 12 3 — Manning and Co — 5 0 0 Golden Bay Cement 10 3 — Sharland (ord.) 13 9 — Sharland (pref.) .*J. 3 9 — Ward and Co — 615 0 Auckland Trams (ord.) 12 0 — WHOLESALE PRICES. Laory and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat. 7s. 6d. per bushel: fowls' barley, 6s. 3d.; Cape barley, 75.; feed peas, 6s. 6d. Prussian blue peas, Be. 6d.; maize ,6s. 6d.; chaff, 0.5., per ton, £8 Ida.; hay, £7 to £7 10s.; flour, in sacks, £18; oatmeal, £23; bran, £8 155.; pollard, £9 155.; rice pollard, £8 103.; onions, ss. per cwt.; potar too 3, £5 15s. to £6 55.; bacon, all hest factory sides, 9Jd. per lb.; hams, ail best factory, ?Jd.; rolls, all best factory, 103 d.; shoulders bacon, all .best' factory, .73d.; cheese, factory medium, 9d. per lb.; superphosphates, £5 ss. per ton; bonedust, mixed, £6 15s. per ton; linseed meal, £19 10s. per.ton; linseed nuts, £14"per ton; linseed ground cake, £14 per ton; hens, 3s. to 3s. 6d. .per pair; heavy birds, 4s. to to. 6d.; cockorele, Is. 6d. to 35.; ducks, runners, 4s. to 55.; large ducks, 6s. to 7s, 6d. j turkeys, gobblers, lOd. to Ud. per lb.; hens, Bd. per lb. (live weight). Customs duty. collected at the . port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4341153. lOd. ■GBETJIOOTH'S COAL EXPOET3. (By Telegraph.—Pr'esj Association.) Creymouth, April 26. • The jGreymouth coal .export last; week totalled 10,005 tons Bcwt-. made up as follows:—Liverpool, 2286 tons 7cwt.; Elizabeth," 3!!18 tons 2cwt.; North Brunner, 323 tons 15cwt.; Brunner, • 488 tons.scwt.; Papiroa, 1198. toDs 16cwt.; Blackball, 2690' tons 13cwt. HIGH COMMISSIONER,*S CABLED REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, April 24. (Quotations unkvfl otherwise specified, are average 'market prices. ■on spot):— Mutton.—The market is very firm, partly owing to the Government buying Australian mutton. Canterbury; 65d. per lb., end as high as '6Jd. for best quality light weight. There is a limited supply or Worth Island at 6 l-16d. and as high as 6 3-Bd. for light weight; ordinary Quality, 6d.; ewes, 5Jd.

Lamb—The market ie dull and unsettled. Canterbury, Bd. per lb. for all weights; other than Canterbury, 73d.

Beef.—The market is very firm and supplies of American chilled arc small. The prices for frozen beef have been affected by large 'purchases for the Government of Australian and New Zealand beef at the market. New' Zealand hinds, 6gd. per lb.; fores, 6jd.; chilled • binds, 7Jd.; fores, 6id.

Butter.—The market is quiet bnt steady. There is a fair demand for befit quality, but a. poorer demand for lower grades. Danish, steady. 1425. to 1445. per cwt.; Now Zealand, market quiet, 1325. to 1345.;' unsMled, 138s. to 1405.; Australian, 128s. to 1305.; Siberian, in fair demand, 128s. to 1305.; Argentine, 1265. to 130s.

Cheese.—'There lias been no . alteration In tnc mttt'licL list week. Large quantities of United States cheese continue tn arrive. The Government buying keeps the market steady and prices well maintained for New Zealand.' There is a dull demand in the usual trade on account of tho high price. Canadian stock Is ttmall; ivhite,* 965. to 98s. per cwt.; coloured, 945. to 965.; Nov. - Zealand, steady, whito, 933. to 945.; coloured, 935.; United States in good demand, flats and doubles, coloured. 85s. to 88s.; white, 88s. to 905.; Aus tralian. white and coloured, 68s. to 906.;

English Cheddar aapplie6 are nearly exhausted, 104s. to 10bs.

Hemp.—Tho market is very quiet; there is nothing doing, and prices have do* ollncd. New Zealand good-fair grade, per ton, £S2 10s.; fair, £30 10s.; Manila, £30, Forward shipment: Good->tair, £31 10s.; fair, £29 10a.; Manila, £36 10a. Tho output from Manila for tho week was 25,000 bales. Hops.—The market is very dull and prices havo slightly declined for all grades. ■ English, 755. to 105s. per cwt.; Oalifornian. 70s. to 955. Wheat.—The market is firm, with an Improved demand. Canadian and American, 645. 6d. per quarter; Argentine, 565., any position. Oats—The market is firm, with an Improved demand. Argentine, 30s. per quarter. FROZEN MEAT. Messrs. Gilbert, Anderson, and Co. (Messrs. Mellsop, Eliott, and Co., local agon to), reporting on the frozen meat market under date London, March 16, state: 1 Thirty-seven steamers arrived from N.Z., Australia, and South America during February, and their cargocs of 863,000 carcasses mutton, 567,000 lamb, 335,CC0 quarters frozen beef 100,000 quarters chilled beef) were so slowly discharged that available stocks were greatly depleted and extreme prices prevailed. Larger quantities havo lately been released, however, and the position has been relieved somewhat. Chilled beef is plentiful and cheaper than, frozen for the meantime. Home-grown and Continental.—Compari, soli of prices between Home-crown and colonial meat showjj a smaller margin than at nominal times. Beef: Sides, Scotch, ??d.-81d.; English, 7id.-Bd.; Irish, M.-78d. Mutton: Scotch, Bid.-9d.; English, Bd.-B|d.;ewes. 71d.-7£d. Tegs: Scotch, Bjd.-9}d.: English, Sld.-SJd. Lamb: lOd.-ls. Pork, Bd.-Bid. Yeal, 5Jd.-Bjd'. Frozen 'Mutton— Best New Zealand, 56-54, 6d.; ordinary, 56-64, sgd.; ewes,. 48-64, 5 9-15 d.; Australian wethers, 40-60, 5 7-16 d.; 35-55, 5 3-8 d ; ewes, 30-50, 5 3-16 d.; South American wethers, 40-55, 5Jd.; 56-72, 5Jd. Frozen Lamb.—No Canterbury lambs on market. Wellingtons, 73d.; ordinary, 7*.d, Australian best, 7 3-16 d.; fair, 6Jd.; inferior, 63d.; South American, 28-36, 63d.; 36-42, 63d. _ ' Beef.—Chilled Argentine fores, 5 jd.; hinds, 63d. Frozen N.Z. fores, 6Jd.; hinds, 6 3-Bd. Aus-t.ralja-1 corps, 6 3-16 d.; hinds, 6Jd. LONDON MARKET. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable advice from their London agent, undor date April ?.6"Crosabreds anticipate come decline, the trade being fairly supplied, whilst tho congestion in the docks and railways causes temporary financial stringency. Sheepskins are likely to decline slightly."