COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2517, 19 July 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions in investment shares on Saturday. The Quotations were ;as under ~

Cnetoms duty 1 collected ,at the port of ''Wellington on Saturday, amounted' to £1095 15s. - ■ - LONDON. WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, July 16. At the wool Bales some shabby lots were withdrawn. Good stylish merinos sold well, and thero was more competition for oro'sbrcds The following prices were realised for the. clips named"Gingie," top price 18$ d.,'. average 16gd.; "Jimenbuan," 174 d. and .16 3-Bd.; "Needlewood," 12Jd. and 12d ; "Lanrlieidol," 31d. and 30id, New Zealand: ''Bee," 17£d..an<l 16 3-Sd. _ .The selling brokers propose to suspend the sales on July 24 and reconuncn .e on August 5, giving an opportunity for offering wools which have arrived but are not yet available. The • buyers protest against the adjournment. . The question will be. decided in a few days. (Rec. July 18, 5.5. p.m.) London, July 17. At; the salce there was better competition for crossbreds, and prices are harder. Merinos are firm at recent rates. The total catalogued to date is 131,051 bales; of which 119,252 bales have been sold. The following arc the iprices realised for the fleece portion of th New Zealand, clipa named :-"Otemata," top price 15} d„ average. price 14Jd.; "Galatea, ■ top 17Jd., average 15|d. • ' FROZEN MEAT. (Rec. July 18, 5.5. p.m.)

' London, July 17. -■ The. incorporated. Society o! Meat Im-porters'-Smithfield market quotations for ■tho undermentioned claeecs of frozen E«« are based on actual 6ales of not less than one hundred carcasses of' mutton or lamb, .or • twenty-fivo quarters ol heef, of fair averaee, quality. The quotations are not for, selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the «hlPments now on' the market. The prices which .follow are on the' average a fartnIng . per lb. more than the values ex Bhip, this difference representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, end selling of the meat:— , , ■ ' Mutton— , . d Canterbury, light . Canterbury, medium '••• W-8 " ' Canterbury, heavy J. . Southland £1-8 •: North Island, best • ■ 1-8 . North Island, ordinary J New Zealand, ewes 69-16 ' AuetroJian, heavy |i" 8 . .Australian, light • 7-16 Australian, ewes 63-8 Elver Plate, light / ■ Kiver Plate,-heavy • Lamb— - . ■ Canterbury, light 85 ' Canterbury, medium , —83-8 Canterbury; ■ heavy CJ .. North Islatid, ordinary 85-16 '""North "Island, selcct«tt 83-8 .., Australian, best 81-8 Australian, fair 8 . Australian;--' inferior ...' 11' - Eiver Plate, light 8 Biver Plate, heavy 73 Beef— .. ', Argentine, ohilled fores 75 Argentine, chilled hinds 81 :. 1 ~ : RABBITS. /■ : Babbits are firm New .. South Wales blue 0 ;' 245.-' .•• ' IfAKKETS. . ■ v r,-,L-- London, July 17. ; ' -(Eec.- July 18, 5.5. p.m.) /• N.Z. Hemp.—The market is dull. -High point-July-August shipment, £30 10s. per | ton 1 • ,

Copra—July-August .shipment, quiet at £22 15s. per.,ton.Rubber.—Hard flno Para,, 2s. 6Jd. per lb.; plantation','-i'2sl 62d.; smoked sheets, 2s. 6 3-ed. .: Cotton, . July-August shipment, 5.05 a. per

lb. : , S:.'. Quicksilver! is quoted at 3705. per bottle. Silver—Bar silver is quoted at 22 9-16 d. per ounce standard.- ' n »(Eee.-. July 18, 5.5. p.m.)

Wlieat is quiet and firmly held. ■ Obicago; July-options/'llsc. to 117 c.; September options, 10756. to 110 c. ••wl'lic-jwhoati and flour afloat- totals 1,315,000 quarters; Continent, 1,365,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments, 268,000 quarters; Pacific, 13,000 quarters. Total for Europe, 695,000 quarters; India, 103,000. auarters; Argentine,;.4l,MO.quarters. Argentine, shipments for Jnne totalled: Mutton, 44,000 carcasses; lamb, 16,000; frozen beef. 249 quarters; chilled beef, 81 quarters. New - crop jute, August shipment, is quoted at £26 10a. per ton. Flour.—Market quiet . ' S 'Oats.—Market inactive. Bahiar Blancaj: July-August,. Z4s. 9d. . — ■ . ■' - Peas—Firm, and prices unchanged.

h.Bea-ns.-Quiet a,t late rates.. • -. Sucrar is in steady demand, and prices, unchanged. • -The market is firm. Australian unchanged. New Zealand cleared, Danish at -158s. to 160s. . - .

i Ohcese.—Market: very dull, there being a. reaction following the high prices. There arc'r large supplis. from all sources, and an-absence'.of Government orders.' . New Zealand is Quoted at about Ms. ~ ; THE METAL MARKETS. London,-July 16. : Coppe:-.—On tho'spot, .£75 7s. 5d to j.'75 125.':6 d.; .three months, £76 17s. 6d. toi£77 2s. 6d.; electrolytic, £91 to £92. Tin.-On the spot, £169 10s. to £170; three months, £163 ss. to £163 15s. - Ijoad.—Soft foreign, £24 12s. 6d. to £25 iper ton. Spelter, £102 and £90. Silver-Bar silver, is quoted at 22jd. per ounce standard.

i. . • ' Buyers. Sellers, '■•■t' ■■ £ a.d. £ u.d. »\AUonal -,, BMk ...» - jj 1° 0 Loan and Merotle- (ord.), - 83 10 o Well. Gas (£10) - 17 2 6 Olu'istohurcli Meat — 16 7 6 Gear -Meat (£4) .. — 17- 0 0 Gear:.Meat (£1). J 5 J 4 10 0 'Union , Steam > (prof.) 1 8 5 — ■ Wcstport' Coal - 111 6 "Leyland-O'Brien — 12 3 N.K. Drug - , 2 7 6 N.Z. Portland Cement ... 0 9 3 0 10 0 Sharland (ord.) 12 3 — Sliarland (prof.) 1 2 3 — Kauri Timber (15a.) ,015 6 —