COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. There were no transactions in investment stores yesterday. The quotations were aa under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 59 9 511 J Bank N.Z. (£3 6e. Bd.> ... - 11 11 \ Union Bank — 5/ / b Wei. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... 7 1' J Well. Gas (prof.) 1 0 0 — N.Z. Insurance 6 2 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 0 0 — Well. Meat Export (£5) ... 5 0 0 ~ Well. Meat Export £2 128. 6d.) 2 12 6 - Union Steam (prcf.) — 1 u 3 . Well. Woollen (ord.). 4 12 6 - . Wcslpcrt Coal — t Manning and Co 4 16 0 , N.Z. Drue 2 7 0 - Golden Bay Cement 116 1 & U i Ward and Co - 5 is u . Messrs. J. Duthie and Co., Ltd., inform us j that during the past week there , further advances on all mctale. ana nea.\y hardware. Cabled quotations on i-i y . J1 showed a general advance on j prices of from 10s. to 20s. per to?, but on , June 4 galvanised iron for A , Jf ust, ,^ U \ e o r .f i wa.3 further advanced by 2ls. fler ton, . barb wire by 15s„ plain galvanised by 2&. , 6d„ nails and staples by 12s. 6d.. gal- ( vanised pipe by 15 per cent, joists and } constructional steel by 17s. 6d., o iron by 15s. Wire netting, for *?"°I 1 to the war 60 per cent., off li»t ma a, . normal price, is now quoted at 1/iaa , vanco on list-, with remoto delivciy. V't. Ruplter for which £24 was an ordinal j J price before tho war, now co , s <'"& ' £90, it is difficult to Eay to what pucus , all galvanised Roods may rise. ( WHOLESALE PRODUCE PKIOES. j Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Alien Street, report wholesale prices as ; wheat, prime, 7s. 7d. per bUohcl, fowle. , harlev. 6s. 3d.; Cape barley, seed, 6s. 6d., . feed peas, prime, 6s. to 65., 6d.: parl peas. 7s. 6d. bushel: Prussian bluo peas, Bs.; maize. 6a. 9d.; oats, 4s. lid. to 6s. per . bushel: chaff, oatensheaf, per ton, £B Ms. to £9: hay, £7; flour.'in sacks, £18: oat, . meal, £23; bran, £9 55.; pollard. £10 55., onions, New Zealand, £5 ss. to £5 10s. per ton; potatoes, white-skinned table, £5 ss. . to £6 per ton; bacon all beet faotory sides, | 9*d. per lb.; hams, 9Jd.; rollu, 10ad., shornrters, bacon, 73d.; cheese, factory, medium, • Bld fro 9d. per lb.; linseed meal, £1? 10s.; ; luiseed nuts, 14s. cwt.; crushed linseed cake, 14s. ewt. ; HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED MABEET : EEPORT. Tho Department ol Agriculture, Indus- ; tries, and Commerce has received the lol* 1 lowing cablegram from the High Commissioner for K'ew Zealand, dated London, June 5. {Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Meat.—The market is excited, and prices arc advancing rapidly owing to the short supply. XJp to the present the Government lias placed only a small quantity of surplus meat on tho market. Mutton.—Canterbury, 7d. iper lb. for light weight; ordinary quality, 63d.; owes, 6 3-Ba. Lamb.—Canterbury, 83d. per lb. for all weights; second grade, 81d.; other than Canterbury, B}d. for best duality liglitr weight; second grade, BJd. Beef—New Zealand, nominal quotations, hinds,. Bd. per lb.; fores, 63d. The supply of chilled falls short of the demand; hinds, 9d. per lb.; fores, 7*d. , 1 Butter,—The market is quiet at the ceclinc. During this week pricos for colonial have declined 2s. to is. per cwt.; Danish, por cwt-., 1445. to 148e.; New Zealand, 140s to 1425.; exceptional, 1445.; Australian, 1365. to 1425.; Siberian, in good demand, 13i)s. to 1345.; Argentine, 1345. to 1355.; Jri»h creamery, 1345. to 136*5. Cheese.—The market remains firm, but there ib less demand. Canadian, in good demand, this 6oason'« make, white and colonred, 945. to 98s. per cwt.; Hew Zealand, firm, white and coloured, 98s. to ICOs.; English Cheddar, this season's malic, 98s. to 1025.; United States, in good demand, 925. to 965.. according to quality nnd size; Australian, none offering. Estimated Canadian and United States cheese stocks at London, Liverpool, and Bristol on J uno 1 were 63,500 boxer;, chiefly United States Hats, against 33,000 boxes at the same time last year. New Zealand and Australian cheese stocks at London and Bristol on June 1 were 13,200 crates, against 37,000 at the same time laGt year. Hemp.—The market is quiet at the decline. New Zealand, Rood fair grade, per ton, £32 10s.; fair, £30; fair current Manila, £39. June to Angnst shipment:-New Zealand good fair, £32; fair, £29 10s.; Manila, £39. The output from Manila for the week was 28,000 bales. Hops.—The market is steady, and iprices aro well maintained. English, per cwt., 105s. to 855.; 955. to 655. Wool.—The market is strong; all stocks arc advancing. Wheat—The market is weak aud inactive on account of good American crop reports. Canadian, May to June shipment, 58s. per quarter; American, July to August, 50s. fid.; August to Septcmbor, 50e.; Argentine, on passage, nominal lit 595. Oats.—The marltct is dull. Argentine, any position, 28s. 6d. per quarter. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2064 18s. lid. WHEAT AND FLOUR. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, June 6. The wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom is 2,895,000 Quarters, for tho Continent 3,535,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments 524,000 quarters, Pacific nil. Total for Europe, 1,460,000 quarters, including India, 352,000 quarters, and Argentine, 510000 quarters.