COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2530, 3 August 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

'' ...il'jXmTllEXT SHARES. ' There ivere no transactions ini investr ment shares . yesterday... v The., Quotations wero as follow:— ' : , Buyers. ' Sellers. . ■ >■■■■■■. £s. d. £s. d. National Bank . '5 4 0 N.Z.'and ~liiver, Plate .2 0 6.- '' — Well. Trust,- Loan..Ltd.... 7 6 6 , fChristchuieli-'Gas (£5) ;.; •• 7 13;, 16 5.0. ; •••-- Well 'Gas (pref.)'■..■ ...:" 019 .6 : .1. 0.0 .■Well: Meatus.;(£2l2s.6d,) '2 15 0- 3 0 0 TJnion Steam :(pr&).-.......... - ? Union ...-.. , :.v-1: 0:-3 . /i--., 0. 6 •KeiapoiiWoollen' (ord.)>.i 5.3. b ■ •• — Westport" Coal ' ni o 'W'estpoit-Stbckton ti*.;..... 0,5 0 — Leyland-O'Brien 1 , Golden Bay Cement... — 1 1 6 Sli-ailasd 1 (ord.) 1 : .2 6 Sbarland,'(pref.) :.y.:....."1:Z 6 - Ward and Co. — , 5 10. U i.I.C. (nref.) 10 3 fEi dir. "Cum div. ' '.WHOLESALE PRODUCE'PRICES. .. ' ' Iflery. and Co.. Ltd., Allen Street, 'report, wholesale-: prices as follow:-Fowls wheat, prime. 7s. *.'6i; medium, 9d.; fowls' barley, 6s.'; Cape 6s. 6d.; feed 'peas, prime, 65.. 6d<; good, fe-; Prussi^n ( blue peoa, Bs. 6d.; maaze, 6s, bd.-to 65.-.9 a.; chaff, oflitsheaf, £10 ,to £10 55.; hay. £6 15s. to £8 ICS.; flour r :in sacks, £17; oatmeal;" : £24; : "bran,/ £8 15s.' to £9; ■pollard ."£10.5a.'; rice pollard, £8 10s.; rice meal, £7,105.: onions,7s.toSs.cwt.': potatoes, ■white-skinned, table. £7 to £8; .bacon, all best factory, .sides, 10d.' per. lb.; hams, 95d.; rolls, 10Sd.; shoulders. .73d.; cheese, factory, medium? 914.; linseed -meal, '£19„ 10s., ton;' linseed-nuts, £14 ton; linseed ground.cake, £14 toB; whole linseed,'-18s. ton., ; ■ >

■ DUTY. • ' oii9toms duty collected at the port of Wellington tor the month ended July'3l amounted to £90,822 18s. 2d. The beer duty colloeted for the same period amounted, to £936 17s. lOd. . Customs duty'collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6960 lis. 7d. ■' " ' HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED MARKET . REPORT. ' . The Department, of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce lias received'the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, July 31. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Meat.—The market is weaker and tendency, downwards, partly owing to increased supplies available for the general public,: together with,- a very moderate de-mand-far-all descriptions. Mutton: Canterbury, 7Jd. per lb. for light-weight: heavyweight, 63d.; North' Island, 7d. for ,7 best quality; ewes,- 63d. Lamb: Canterbury two's, 8 3-Bd. ■ per lb.; heavy-weigM, 83d.; other \ thari Canterbury, 83d. for best quality light-weight. Beef: There is only a small quantity of New Zee-land-beef on I tho market, and is selling at—Hinds, 7Jd. per lb.; fores, 63d.j chilled hinds, 83d.; fares, 67-Bd. . : . ..... •

Butter.—Tho market is quiet, but firm. Danish, firm' but quiet, per cwt., 1645. to' 1665., an'diup to 1685.'; Siberian, a good demand; finest, 128s. to 1325.; exceptionally, 1345.; Irish creamery. Arm, 148s. to 1505.; exceptionally, 1525.; Australian, 138s.'to 142s.Argentine, unsalted, firm, 1465. to 1485,. dieese;—The market is quiet, with a tendency in favour of buyers. Canadian, a little better in tone, white and coloured, per cwt., 745. to 765.; English cheddar, market quiet, 945.-to S6s.New. Zealand. market quiet, white and coloured; 745. to 765.; exceptionally. 785.; United States, market dull, 65e. to 745., according to quality and size. - Hemp—The market ie steady, but the de-. mand -is only moderate. New Zealand, good-fair grade, per ton, £3110s.; fair. £29 10s.; Manila, new graded, August to October shipment, fair, £36; medium. £32. The output from Manila for the week was 17,(M0 bales. ■ Hops—The market is firm. English, per cwt., 105s. to 1305.; Oalifornian, ,90s. to 105s. Wheat—The market is quiet; prices are slightly weaker. August to September shipment;. Canadian, per quarter, 545.; American,,'47s. t... : ? Oats.—Thomarket ig-'<iuiet, but steady. August to September shipment, Argentine, per.quarter; 255. ' •.. .'' BUTTER AND CHEESE.' Messrs.' A. S. Paterson and Company, ■Ltd.,' Wellington, have been, advised by cablegram from their' London prinoipals, Messrs. J. and- J. ■ Lonsdale and' Company, Ltd., as follows:—Butter: .Market is strCng, 1 choicest is scarce.; Danish quoted at 1655. Cheese: Canadian, ■ 745.; New Zealand, 745.' to 765. ''. 1