COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2455, 7 May 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

1" _ " INVESTMENT SHAKES. In tho investment- market sales were rep ported of Bank of Now Zealand, new, £17 1- 2s. fid., and National', Mortgage at. £4 Is. 6d. The quotations were as under: Buyers. Sellers. ; £ a. d. £ s. d. ' Bank N.Z. (£3 6s: Bd.) 11 2 0 — Well. Int. T. and A.-: 0 11 3 - Well. Tmet Loan, Ltd. .. 7 8 6 — 7 Well. Dep. and Mort.. .... — 08 3 i N.Z. Imm ran (xi 60 0 7 Canterbury Moat — 812 6 Union Steam (ord.) .... 14 0 14 6 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 5 2 0 D Well. Woollen (pref.) lit - j Wcstport Coal — 113 3 ? Golden) Bay Cement'.. 10 6 — 3 PALMEBSTON NORTH WOOL, SKIN AND 1 HIDE SALE. I Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reL port.—Wo held our usual monthly sale yesI tcrday, and offered a fair catalogue. Com- ! petition was fairly good throughout, al- ' though prices showed about id. to Id. drop - al" round on last Eale rates. j Wool: We offered about 60 bags of rough wool, and with the exception of one lot we sold the whole offering. We quote: Lambs, 93d., 10Jd., to 12Jd.; crossbred, 9Jd., 10d„ lid., 113 d„ 123 d., to 13»d.; black, BJd.; dead, 6d. to 9Jd.; locks and pieces, 4Jd„ 6d., to 6id., to 7d.; crutchings, BJd. . f Sheepskins: We offered nearly thrco thou--3 sand skins, and sold every lot under the 5 hammer at the fo'lowing prices :-CroESbred, fine, B£d. to 103 d.; crossbred,'B3d. to ' 103 d.; crossbred, all faults, 6d. to 83d.; lambs, 3d. to 10Jd.; dead, 7d. to Bd.: quarterwool, 6Jd. to 7id.; black, 6d. to 7d.; skins, at per piece: Orossbred, a vera go 61b. each, 4s. 4(1.; 71b., 4s. sd. to ss. Id.; BJlb.; ss. fid.; 121b„ Bs. Id.; 141b.; Bs. 7d.; quarter-wools, . 3s. Id. each.' Salted skins, orossbred, fine, . 6s. to 7s. 5d.; crossbred, ss. 6d. to 75.; crossI brod, damaged, 4s. 5t1.; lambs, 45.; halfi wools, 3s. 6d. to ss. 5d.; quarter-wools, 4s. dead, 4s. 1 Hides: We offered nearly 400 hides, and 1 sold them all under the hammer as foli low.—Ox, Bd. to 83d.; cows, 7id. to Sid.; I heifers and steers, 7 3-Bd.; cut cows, 7Jd.; I bulls, 6d.; horse Hides, ss. to 7s. eaoh; yearlings, 6|d. to 7jd.; cajf, 83d. to 9id. Tallow, in casks, 235. 9d. .per cwt.: tins, 235. per cwt.; horse hair, 9d. to Is. 4d. per 1 lb.; washed cow tails, Is. 7d. per dozen. WELLINGTON PBODUOE MAEKET. . Messrs. L««ry and Co., Ltd., Alien Street, report wholesale prices as follow:—Fowls wheat, prime. 7s. 7d. per - bushel; fowls' barley, 6s. 3d.; Oape barley seed, 6s. fid.; feed peas, prime, 6s. fid.; partridge peas, 7s. 6d. bushel; Prussian blue pees Bs.; maize,' 6s. 3d.; oats, 4s. 6d. to 4s. Btt. per bushel; chaff, oatensheaf, per ton, £8 55.; ' hay. £7; flour, in sacks, £18; oatmeal, £22; bran, £8 155.; pollard, £9 to £10 55.; onions, Now Zealand, £6 to £6 10s. per ton; potatoes, white skinned, table, £5 to £5 15s. per ton; bacon, all best factory rides, 9Jd. per lb.; hams, 9Ad.; rolls, 103 d.; shouli ders. bacon, 7Jd.; cheese, factory, medium, i B£d. to 9d. per lb,; basic slag, £6 per ton; superphosphates, £5 55.; bouedust, mixed, £6 155.; linseed ineal, £19 10s.; linseed nuts, 14s. per cwt. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington, yesterday amounted to £1776 9s. 4d. LONDON WOOL SALE. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright-) London, May 5. There was better competition all round, and orossbreds were often, a halfpenny dearer; merinos were unchanged The fj lowing were the prices realised for tho fleece portion of the clips named:—Australian: "Moonbria," top price 14Jd„ average 122 d.; "Shiel," top 13d„ average 12 3-Bd.; "Wyoming," top 12d„ average Old. New Zealand: 'Twaapata," top 15d., avera/go 14Jd.; "Alahia," top 15d., averge 14 J-Sd.; "Jo," top 18d., average 15! d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London houso. under dato May 4:-The market is weaker. As compared with March 31, the following descriptions aro lower:—Merino, medium, 5. per cent.;' inferior, 7; per cent, to 10 per cent.; greasy, crossbred, fine, 6 per cent.; medium and coarse. 10 per cent. Slipe and scoured are about par. The Bank of New Zealand' has reccitrd the following ca.ble advice from its London office dated May 5:—Wool market: Current prices for crossbreds ere—Coarse, 14|d. to 15|d.; medium, 15d. to 16d.;-fine, 16id.; haitbreds, 17d.; merinos, inferior, lOd.; superior, !5Sd. TALLOW. i (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ! London, May 5. At the tallow sales, 1912 casks ware offered, and iooo were sold. Prices realisod: ' Mutton', line 405., medium 365.; beef, lino ' 395., medium 34.? i i The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile , Agency' Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date May s:—Tallow: Wo ' quote'present spot value for the following • descriptions:—Fine mutton, 38s. per cwt i ' good beef, 355. 9d.; mixed, 335. 9d. The , market is stoady. , , RABBITSKINS. London, May 5.Messrs. Anning and Cobb's report on tho | rabbitskins sale states that 1600 were of- j fered and 1300 were.' sold at an average ■ decline of a halfpenny. J < I METAL ;MAEKETS. ' 1 - London, May 5. I Copper.—On spot,'£7B ss. to £78 10s.; three . months', £79 15s. to <<£30; electrolytic, £M ' •10s. to £87 10s. •, Tin.—On spot, '£161' '10s. to £162; three i months', £162 10s. to £163. . 1 Load.—Soft foreign, £20 2s. 6d. to £20 16s : Stiver.—Bar silver is quoted at 23 9-lfid. ! per "ounce standard. 1 WHEAT. ' j (Hoc. May 6, 9.45 p.m.) ' " "• London, May 6. } The American visible supply of wheat i east of tho Kockios is estimated' at 46,649,000 ! bushels. J HIDES.'SALE. * (Eec. May 6, 9.45 p.m.) ' ' j ' Melbourne, May 6. c At tho hide sale a. small supply was offered. Heavy and medium in good condition were unchanged, sloppy and inferior were Jd, to id. lower. AUSTRALIAN PItODTJQE MARKETS. (Bee. May 6, 9.45 p.m.) Sydney, May 6. 6 Oats, Tasmanian, ss. sd. to ss, 6d,; New r Zealand "A" grade Gortons, se. 6d. Barley, J: English, 65.; Cape feed, ss. 9d. Maize, > white, ss. 9d.; yellow, ss. lid. to 6s. Pota- C toes, Tasmanian, £6 to £7 10s.; Victorian, £6. Onions, Victorian, £6 10s. to £6 155.; 0 New Zealand, £5 10s. to £6. Butter, se- r locted, 1245.; secondary, 119s. Cheese, 9sd. > to lOd. Bacon, Bid. ' Adelaide, May 6. * Wheat, 86. 3d. to Bs. 3}d. Flour, £18 ss. Bran, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 4d. Pollard, 2s. sjd. to 9 2s. 6Jd. e c