COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2506, 6 July 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

, : ■ INVESTMENT SHAKES. ' In bli'e-investment market-yesterday a .sale of CHristchurch llcflit at £16, 7s, 6d. was .reported. Tho quotations were aa follow:-;'.' ■ . ' '■ v • ,• Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £' a. d. N.Z. and Kiver Plate ...... 2 19. \ Well. Has (£10) : . - 17-0. 0 Gear Meat (£1) 1 0 0 ■ Well..Meat Export (£4) .. + ! 0 V ; Union Steam (pref.) ........ 10 5 Well. Woollen (ord.) '....... 4 14 0 Well."Woollen' (prof.) ;3\B. 6 Taupiri Coal , . — 018 0 Westport Coal 1-11 .6 Leylond-O'Brien 119 1,30 Manning aAd Co. ....... —' 4.15 0 N.Z. Con. Dental.. 10 0 —. • Ward, and Co. ;;... ■' — 515 8 Crown Brewery — 115 0 •v : 7 ' . EXPORTS OF TAIiLUW. .'■'"■ • 'According to the figures compiled' by' : Dalgcty. and Co., Ltd., the exports of ..tallow from New Zealand- for tho- twelve mouths ended June .50 -totalled. 22,142. tons,' as compared-with. 24, 355 tons in the' provioara. year. Wellington's figures were 6516; tons, as against .7102 ton 3. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. . Messrs. Laery and Co., £td„ Allen. Street, report wholesale prices aa follow whiat, prime, 7s. 7d.; medium, 6s. 9d.; fowls' barley. 65.; Cape barley, 6s. 6d.; feed peas,. prime, 6s. 6d.; good, 65.; Prussian blue peas, Bs> "-M.; maize, 6s. 6d. to 6a. 9d.; chaff, oat-sheaf, £10 10s.; . hay, : £7to £8 10s.; flour, in sacks, £18; uatmeal, £24;. bran, £9 10s.; pollard, :£11; rleo pollard, £8. 10s.; onions, ,ss. 6d... to 65.. cwt.; potatoes, white-skinned table, £7.. to i£B; Deru'ents, £8 10s.; bacon,'all best faitory, 6ides, 9id. per lb.;.hams, 9id.;:rolis. 10Jd.; "shoulders, 7jd.;'cheese,, medium, 91d.; linseed meal, £19 10s." ton-linseed nuts. ;£l4 ;ton;: >linseed ground;. ; cake, ...£l4 .ton; -whole linseed,'£lß ton; . • ' -OuStonk :.duty" collected at the 'port of .Wellington .yesterday.: amounted to . £2806' :Bs/ 6d. LONDON MARKETS. Dalgety- and Wdlington. hav©:-'received'> the following, cable--jrrarn from 'their : London oifice, under date •July- li-Kabbitskine: 1216;. boleß >offerctL; : ;925'-sold;:--pre6ent5'>stocks estimated 44C0 ; .;l/ales.:-;f:Bette'r. quality Australian ..firm, New ZeaJfind fair to "Rood Jd. higher;: commom , qualities'or. the average Id. cheaper. ..Wool-sales: Wool, sales, continue mfli. in-, cl-emsing-animation.- ;. BIGH'COiSiMIONER'S-CABIiED MARKET REPORT ';The"' I)epart'ment of 'Agriculture, Industries, jahdvCo'mmerce has received the fol-lowing-cable gram from the High Commissioner *for New Zealand, dated London, 'July 3: ' '(Note: .Quotations, unless otherivise specified, aire avewise market prices on spot):—, Mutton.—A • poor ' demand continues, and there is. "no change, in prices, . although, there is less home-killed. at the market. Canterbury, 7}d. per ■lb ' for ■ light-weight; North Island, T. l-Bd. for light-weight, ewes 6gd.: - " market is. quiet, but firm. |~Tli&cfiiif, feature] cin,"; the' market is a,. dc-. ir<\nd- for - Canterbury, 8.. 3-Bd.". rer'. 1b.. : ."f0r.. light-weight; . heavy-weight l fours, cid.; other than Canterbury, BJd. iper 'Ib.iifor 'bestVcquality lighjrweight. ' New "Zealand beef cannot/ be.quoted. Chilled; in' small supply; hinds 9d.. per lb.-, .lores.'.7Jd. : . • J '-''fißtt«.- i Thep i imtket 'is quiet .but steady. "Chase!— The'"market. Is vciy . -unsettled this r 'iweek, and';-prices. are 'irregular. Cana'dianV'inr.mbderaite'"<lemajid, .white and col-.' ,oured, iß&s,' to. 903. .English,: firm. 985.; ,to 102sV:r.-New.' Zcaland.- demand quiet, colour-. 'ed,"925.~ t0"'9357,-dhd"up t0,945.;- white,. 935. tot;.94s. an'di,up*:it6 955.; Australian; quiet, w]iit€ - dii<l'' colo,-urod, -' 85s. . to 925.; United States, •,qnipt,:"white , .and coloured,' 86s. to • according to quality' -'and - size:- Estimated - Canadian cheese .stock, at-.London; Liverpool, -'and' •iristol on 'July.'.l,-was'l24,ooo boxes.' against.9l,ooo at the same Jime last year. New' Zealand and Australian ohcese • stocks it Londoh-iand-Bristol on July 1 were 12,800 (■rates, against 18,000. art same time last .year.' . " v Hemp—The market is quiet, and, small business is doing. "New Zealand, good-fair grade, :jer- ton.- £32; 'fair. £30; fair' cur;rent\:Monila, £38- lCs.v July to September shipment: Good-fair; £31 10s.; fajr, £29 10». Manila, '■. new "graded, i fair, £36 10s.; dium, £32."-The- from-Manila for the -week :wa5%19,000 ■■ bales. ■ market remains Jlrai. English,. pefrc-ivt.,!' 90s. -;to ,1155.; Oalifornian, Bte to'loss "Wool—The/market is very active.', 1 .'Wheat.s—The,5 —The, market. is .somewhat steadier, jwitll a" .rather better demand. Canadian, Jutio to. July shipment, 545.' 6d. perquarter;l.American/July to August. 465.; .Argentin'eiV-not'Vquoted.. < - •;Oafs.—The.fmarket is 'quiet.-. Argentine," June to < July- shipment, 255. - 6d. per quar-, -.ter;. New. Zeala'nd.'Spajirowbilifi. "355, . .. ' , \ WHEAT. By Association—Copyright London, July 3. Wheat.—Sellers are now asking 6d. to'is.. advance. ' ' ' . . The wheat arid flour afloat for the Unit:ed: Kangdom, totals 8,205,000" quarters; Atlantic shipments, - 431.000, quarters; Pacific): ■nil.-. The total for Europe,is 1,355,000; 'In-'. :diGn,-"586,000;'' and- Argentine,' 161,000 quarters. " ; ~'•■" • Mr. P. P. Corkill, land agent, NewPlymouth', . has. a "'Teal' estate advertise-, .merit, in . this . issue. J. : i ~. '~ : : * '■ \-The last. furs, of the season are now: "being sold below cost by Mrs. Smith, Willis Street. ■ . v