COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2542, 17 August 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. ■ Nonbusiness was, done in the investment market yesiterda-y. The. qra>tation6 were as • follow:— Buyers. Soßere. £ 6. d. . £ s. d. National Bank — 419 0 Union Steam (pref.) — 10 J .. Westport Coal .-. ' . — 111 0 Westport-S'ockton 0 5 1. . — N.Z. Drug .V. — r 2 7 0 Golden Bay Cement -.- —.. -, -1 i, 3 Ward and Oo ;.-5 7 6- • —". :. . LEAD. • By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyrieht London, Aiugnet 15. Lead imports total 24,920 tons, including . 10,059 tons from Australia-. ,The exports total 7073 tons. ; WHOLESAiLE PRODUCE PRICES... ' 1'! Laery and Co., Ltd.. Allen Street, report; wholesale -prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat, ~ prime.'.-7s. 6d. per- bushel; fowl barley. ss. 9d.j Cape barley, 6s. 3d.; feed peas, prime, . 6s. 6d. good 65.; Prussian blue peas, Bs.; - maize,'.6a,-. Mis. oat sheaf chaff. £9 ss. to - £10 per ton; hay, £5 10s. to £7 10s.; flour. In sack. £16; oatmeal, '£23 Ids.; bran, £8

) ,:t0..£8'.55.;. pollard,-£9 to £9.-55.; rice, pol;lard-, £8 55.; rice mo;il, £7 55.; onions, £6 r : 10s. to £7.-lto.T pfttatoe, white' skin', table, ■ tt, N'ortti IstqncVffi 155., t0..£7, eouthirri grown g ;£7 10s. to'. £?.,15s;; .potatoes, .seed,' -Early 3 iliose and. Beauty ,o{.Hebron £9 10s. ( Korth- - em. Star and •'Gamekeeper £6 10s, Up-to- , 'date .£6 15s.:'bacon, sides 10d-., rolls lit]., ? hams 9Jd., .ehouldcrs 73d.; cheese, factory, I 94; linseed meal, £19 10sl; linseed nuts, t £11; whole linseed, £12. - SHEEPSKIN MARKET. The Bank of New Zealand has reecived' the following cable advice from its London - office, dated August 14:—"The , market is 3 ; restricted. ' Competition, all round chairs . a decline. Fine orossbrcds are 7J pea- cent., l and coarse c-rcesbrcds and pelts are 10 per J cent, cheaper." ■ fc HIGH COMMISSIONER'S GABLED REPORT. J The Department of Agriculture, Indus- ' tries, and Commerce has received the fol- ) lowing cablegram from the High Commist sioner for New Zealand, dR-ted London, i August 14. (Quotations, unless othcrwiso specified, axe average market prices on spow:— ' '. Mutton—The market me steady at last quotations for best duality- light-wcie-M. Owing to the short supply of wethers being available for the general public, heavy-weights'and-,ewes '"are more plentiful at ' lojver prices/ Canterbury, M. per lb. for, ' lfeht-weight«; 'heavy-weiglits,. 6Jd.; p North i Island, (T 13-16d''for best quality; ordinary . quality, .6 11 r 16d.; ewes, sjd.. Lamb.—Prices are' declining owing to a poor demand. The market is affected by Increase of arrivals, Scotch lamb is selling at Bid. per lb.; Canterbury, two's, 8 3-16 d.; heavy-weigltt fours. 7*d.; North Island, B'l-lid. for best quality light-weight; eecond-grode light-weight, 6Zd. Beef—The quotations fo.r chilled beef are nominal. Eindquartcirs, Sid. per lb.; forequarter,s/'7 3-Bd,-.., ' Butter—The. market is very firm, but quiet; ''Danish; firm, but a. limited demand, per- cwt., 170b. to 1745.; Siberian, a. good ■ demand, finest, 1325. to 1345., up to 1365.; Irish creamery, firm,, 1545. to 1585.; Australian, and Argentine, nothing, offering here. Oh<»se.-The market is quiet, but steady. ■ Canadian, quiet-. White and coloured, 745. to 7t0.; New Zealand, slow, white and coloured. 745. to 765.; United States, slow, 70s. to 725. per cwt. Hemp.—The market is firmer. New Zea-.land.-good fair grade, per ton on spot, £32 . 10s.; New Zealand, fair grade, per ton, on epot, ;£3O 10s. Tow, second grade, £19 10s. August-October shipment, New Zealand, good fair'grade, per ton, .on spot, £32; New Zealand, fair grade, per ton, on spt, £30; Manila, new graded, fair, £38. The output from Manila for the week was 17,000 bales. Hope.—Tho market, is firm, owing to reduced supplies, -which was fully anticipated on account of bad weather. The stock is . small. English, per cwt., 120 a. to 1305.; Californian, 100s. to 120s. , Wheat-.—The market'is steady and prices are well maintained. August to September shipment, American, per quarter, 495.; • Canadian, 555.; September to October shipment, Canadian, 495. .. Oats—The market id quiet but firm. Aug- . ufc-t to September shipment, Aruentionc, per quarter. 26^. Schoeldte.—Blaekwell's quotation for shcellte on August 9 was sfe. : , BUTTER AND CHEESE; Messrs. A. S. Paterson ond Company, Ltd., Wellington, have been, advteed by ■cable from tlleir London principals, Messrs. J. and J. Lonsdale and Company. Ltd.. as follows:—Butter: Market steady, finest scarce. Daniflh is quoted at 170s. Cheese: Market is very doll, and there are extremely heavy stocks of Canadian and American. Quotations: Canadian and New Zealand, 745. to ,7&. Customs' duty .collected, at,-the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to ££572 Ss.