COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2487, 14 June 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

' CRUTGHING SALE. s The United Farmers' Co-operative Assoj elation, Ltd., and tiio Wairarapa, Fanners' ' Lo-opcraUve Association, Ltd., reporting on their second crutching sale of the season, state that prices v/ero lower bv Id. to Hd! . per lb., as compared with previous sale, tho principal drop beins: for seedy and in- ' lorior lots. The firm made a satisfactory ) clearance of their catalogue. The follow--3 ins are some of the prices realised:—ll B - over BhNTWATER, lambs, Is. «cl.; CHELHFIELD. crutchinfrs, Is. 2d.; TYNESIDE 5 crutchings, Is. lid.; ABBOTSFOIJD, first ] pieces, Is. lid.; MOffLAND, erutciiings, is. t mrimP 0W Is. ljd.; UJIATA, crutclimits. Is. Did.; JH over K " crutchings, Is. Old.; AB over E, crntoh--1 mgs, Is. OJd. The coastal steamer Hippie passed the Ileads at 10.20 last night, bound apparently for I'ictoii. 0 LONDON MARKETS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Hoc. June 13, 5.5 p.m.) Quicksilver, 2905. to 2955. per bottle (nomi- • nal). Cotton.—June-July shipments of American middling eottou ore clearing at 5.24 d. per lb. 0 ute.—Native first marks, June-July shipment, x2l 10s. per ton. New Zealand Hemp—June-August shipments, £52 ss. per ton. Rubber.—Hard fine Para, 2s. 7d. per lb.- : plantation, 2s. 5d. ; smoked sheets, 2s. 4M. Copra.—June-July shipment, £21 per ton - Danish Butter-In short supply, from 1 1465. to 1495. . Hides.—Prices upward tendency. Austra--1 Iran. 9Jd. to IOJd. ; Leather.—Good demand for best heavy , Australian at 16d. and 19d. Basils are quiet t email business. Flmt Sydneys, 15d. to 17d.; - Aew Zealand, 18d. to 20d. \ FROZEN MEAT » CRec. June 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 12. The incorporated Society of. Meat ImI porters' Smithfield market quotations for the undermentioned datees of frozen meat ara based on actual sales of not loss than olio hundred carcasses of mutton or iamb, or twenty-five quarters of heef, of fair average quality. The quotations are not \ for selected lines, hut for parcels fairly i representative of the hulk of the ehipj mentis now on the market. Tho prioofl 9 which follow are on the average a. forthj lng per lb. more than the values ex ship, jj this difference representing the average * cost m expense, handling, conveyance, aud J selling of the meat:— S Mutton— Canterbury, light 7 Canterbury, medium 7 Canterbury, heavy .t 62 North Island, best 7 North Island, ordinary 6a Nov,- Zealand ewes Australian, heavy 63.8 Australian, light 67-16 Australian, ewes 6i River Plate, light gz River Plate, heavy 63 L<amD— Canterbury, light 8 3.8 Canterbury, seconds 8 3-8 Canterbury, heavy 8i North Island, ordinary 8 5-16 North Island, selected 83-8 Australian, best ...... 81-8 Australian, fair 8 Australian, inferior 7K .River Piate, light 7J River Plate, heavy 7? Beer— Argentine, chilled foTes 3 3-B Argentine, otyUed hinds 01 Rahbiltj.—Market steady—holders firm. WHEAT. (Rec. June 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 12. Wheat prices are a- ffhilling cosier all round, owing to lower American and Cauanian advices, and the pressure to sell at spot prices. Parcels of Chicago-July options were quoted at from 104J cents to 1051 cents; September, 102 3-8 cents. 105* cents. LONDON QUOTATIONS. London, June 11. Stock and sharemarket quotations include:—Broken Hill Proprietary, 43s'. 6d.and 44e. 6d.; Briseis, 4s. 9d. and ss. 9d«; Mount Lyell, 255. 6d. and 265. G<l.; Boulder, 15s. and 165.; Grand Junction, 235. and 245.; Talisman, 18s. 9d. and 21s. 3d. (ex div.). THE METAL MARKETS. London, June 11. Copper.—On the 6flot, £84 7s. 6d. to £84 126. 6d.; three months, £85 7s. 6d. to £85 12s. 6d. Tin.-On the spot, £168 to £168 10e.; three mouths, £166 to £166 10s. Lead.—£27 10s. to £28 ss. Spelter—£lls and £105. Bar silver is Quoted at 23 3-Bd. per ounco standard. DREDGING RETURNS. Dunedln. June 12. blcctrie 11. 340z. 13dwt.; Golden Bed, 250z.; Rising Sun, 240z. 3d\vt.; Kleetrk I. 2ooz. 17dwt.; Rise ond Shine 11. 16oz. ldwt.; Rise and Shine I, 801. 6dwt. HKiGINSON AND MACSHANE, 143 Featherston Street, Wellington. SHAREBROKERS and ACCOUNTANTS. MONEY TO LEND on First-elsss FtkoI) &oia smsity