COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2572, 21 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. There were no transactions in investmen shares yesterday. The, quotations were ai under:— Buyers. Sellerfi £ s. d. £ s. d National Bank 4 16 0 — Bank N.Z.. (£3 6s. 8(1.) ... 10 4 0 - National Mortgage —. 10 1 ■Well. Dep. and Mort. ... — 0 7! Gear Meat (£1) — 4 8 "Well. Meat' Export (£5) ... — 6 0 1 Well. Meat' Ex. (£H 12s. fid.) - ' 2IV C Union Steam (ord.) 12 4. — , Union Steam (pref.) 0 19 9 — Westport-Stoclctott 0 5 0, , 0 5.£ Leyland-O'Brien 12 3 — Manning and Co : 12 -6 415 I Customs duty collected at' tho port, ol Wellington yesterday amounted to £6721 17s lOd . , FEILDING PRODUCE PRICES. - Messrs. Atkinson,' Ltd., Feilding, reporl week-end prices as follow:—O.S. chait £1 to £8 10s.; straw chaff, £4; baled hay, ££ 'is. 'to £6 -10s;; feed oats, 4s. 9d. to 55.; seed, 7s. 6d. to Bs.;, feed. barley, ss. 6d.; seed, 6s. 6d.; grey partridge pca\ ss. 9d.j blue peas. 7s. 9d.; Scotch tares, 1 75.; potatoes, £6 to £6 103.; seed. £4 to £6 10s.; feed maize, ,65.; onions, 10s. to 125.: good wcaner pigs, 16s. to 215.; others, 10s. to lZfc.; slips, to 215.; cows to early profit, ' £fi 16s. to £9; poultry, per pair, hens, 4s. to 55.; ducks, 6s. ,■.. . BUTTER AND . CHEESE. ■Messrs. A. • S._ Paterson and Co., Ltd., lia-vo been advised by cable from their London principals, Messrs. J. and J. Lons'date and Co.,' Ltd., as follows:—Butter: Market firm, finest scarce. Cheese: Market steady, New Zealand 765., ,775. ■; HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED MARKET •- REPORT. . The Department of Agriculture. Industries, and Commerce, has received the following cablegram from tho High Commissioner for New Zealand,'dated London, September 18. ' (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— ' Meat.--Durlng Sis week the demand has considerably fallen off. ifor all descriptions .of frozen meat as a result of heavy arrivals. Chilled beef is-selling at lower prices on account of the weather. "Mutton.—Canterbury, .7 -3-Bd. • per lb. for-light-weight; heavy-weights, 71-Bd. 1 There are only a few other New Zealand brands available, and they are not Quoted. Ewes, a fair demand, 53d. per lb.' Lamb.—The. demand is chiefly for lightweights. '.Canterbury,' two's, 8 l-Bd. p?r lb.; heavy-weight, four's, a pool; demand, 7gd.; second-class >, quality! ' light-weight, 7ld. ; oth'jr New Zealand brands, 8 l-8d! for best 'quality light-weight. : • Beef.—New Zealand beef is not quoted, and only inferior quality is for sale. "Hinds. . 61d. per lb.; fores, 82d.; chilled hinds, 6Jd.; fores, Bjd.

Rom—New Zealand pork is'selling at Ejd. per lb. owing to the absence of Dutch pork.. ' ' '■

■Butter.—Danish butter, prospects little doing, per cwt-.,' 178s. to 181s.; Siberian, ih good.demand for finest, 1345.' to 1385.; Irish creamery, firm, in fair demand, 1645. to 168s. .'

Ohceso.—The market is steady. Canadian: The market is quiet-, but' steady. White, and coloured, per cwt., 765. to 785.; English Cheddar,' 1 firm, :945.; Cheddar 'lonf, 965.; New Zealand: :The .market ■is Quiet, but steady; VVhite and. coloured, 765. to 775.: occasionally for; coloured,: 785.; United States, iu good'demand," 72g. to 743. for good to fine;, other, quality, 60s. to 68s. ■_ Hemp.—Tho market is quiet, but steady. ■ N.Z.good fair, per ton, on spot, £33; N.Z. fair, £51. Foriyard shipment: itf.Z.-good fair, £32 10s.; N.Z. fair, £30 '10s.; Manila frt'r current, per ton,, on spot, £38 103. Tho output, from Manila, for the week was 19.0C0; bales. ....

: Wheat.—The market is very unsettled, and prices are irregular. Canadian, new crop, September to October shipment, <ss. per quarter; October _to November shipment,, 445. 6d.; American, September ;to October shipment, 455. \ Oats.— I The market is steady, but the demand •is only moderate.- Argentine, on spot, 255. 6d. per Quarter; on passage, 245. 6d. ; ' Wool—The market remains firm. Scheelite—Blackwell'e quotation for sclieelite as fixed by the Government until tho. end'of the . year, is 555. WHEAT 'AND FLOCK. By Telegraph—Pres3 Association—Copyright London, September 19. 3Tie wheat and flour.afloat totals 720,000 quarters; for :fche Continent, 1,450.000; Atlantic shipments, 543,000; Pacific, 1000: India. 5000; other' countries. 27.000.