COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2577, 27 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. INVESTMENT .SnAE.ES V, In the investment, market on Saturday a sale of :' Wellington Woollen, ordinary, -shares at £5-Is:: was reported. Tho quotations were aa follow:— 1

"WOOL, 'SinjfS ,'AND HIDES. Messrs. Dalgel'y and Co., Ltd., report:— At our. nsuikl mootlily gale at PaJmerston North on Thursday,. September 23, ivc offered a good catalogue of sheepskins, hides and. tallow,'with a small quantity of wool. Competition was' Kcod for all sound lines of full-woolled..skins■ and best' lines ■ of hides, but some of the inferior lines, of sldris were a little slow of solo, more especially seedy description's. Crutchings, medium, lOd. to 10sd.; seedy and inferior, from ,<d., t0.7i1.; host lines doad wool, 13d.; other lots, -lid. to 124,; • rough. flccce in bass, 9Jdto Is.; loclis and pieces, 6d. to

Bid. Sheepskins: Full wool, coarse, best line, 9}d. to 9.\d.» do., medium find line, 9i?d.; do., rough and damaged, 7Jd. to 9d.; lioggots, woolly, 82d. to 9t1.; short and shorn, 6d. to 7d.; do., broken oiid damaged, <!d. to 6id.; dead, 6£d. lo Hd.; do;, dead, hoggots, 7id.; seedy and inferior, 2d. to 4d. Butchers: Damp, salted and green, at each: Medium to good lines, to., 85.4 d., Bs. 9d. to 95.; light, 65., 6s. Bd. to 7s. 6d.; hoggets, ss. to ss. 6d.: pelts, Is. sd. each; spring lambs, I s., Hides: Ox, heavy, 103 d. to 10id.; light, ICd. to 10i<l.; steers, 9d.; cow, "best lines, 83d. to 82d.; to good, 8 3-Bd. to Bid.; rough country lines, Ed.; do., cut, 7id.; slippy, 6ld. to 7d.; ox, cut and slippy, 6id. to BJd.; stags and bulls. 6d.; yearlings, 7id. to 8(1.; cut and ddmagod, 6d. to fid.; horse'hides, to 7s. 6(1. cach; calf, best lin-cs, IOJd.; medium to good, 10d. to IOJd.; cut, meaty and damaged, 6d. to BJd. Sundries: Tallow, in tins, ?.ls. 6d.; cflsks. 235. 6d.; rough fat, 155.; horsehair, Is. 2d. per lb. Nest sale, Thursday, October 21.

. PEILBIfTG PRODUCE PKIOES. Messrs. Atkinson, and Co., Ltd., report prices as under at the week-end;— For pressed hay and chaff tiiere is little demaud. Table potatoes are inquired for at nigher: rates. Feed barley, 6s. bushel to ss. 9d.; seed, 65.; bay, £5 to £6 ton; horss oarrote, £2 -lCe.; table potatoes, £6 10s,; seed, £4.t0.£7; pig, £2; onions, 1 2s. cwt.;. fci. bushel; oatshea-f chaff, £8 ton; straw chaff, £3 155.; feed oats, 55.; seed; to 7s. 9d.; v.'eaner pigs, 16a. to 216.; suckers, 155.; 6torea, 31e.; poultry, at per pair: good table hens, sa. to 7s. 6d.

: Customs duty collected at tho port of -Wellington on Saturday amoumtcd to £579 3s. 6d. - - , ■ IiONDON WOOL SALES. ;By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 24. i .Faulty merinos were neglected. Ehafty wools were firm arid crossbreds strong. Tho following prices wore realised for tho fleece portions, of'the clips named:—O'Beirue, top 27d., average 23»d.; Bainwoi'6, 15Jd. and" ISd.Elmina, 15id. and 14d. Now Zealand: Gl'D, 2314. and -215 d.; llataura, 21Jd. and 18id. : Meadowbank, 13|d: and 172 d. ' All the arrivals-to tho 1 18 th ha/re been in tho seventh series, totalling 217.CC0 balm of which 150,100 are Australian and 16,600 New Zealand; 156,000 bales have been forwarded. direct to manufacturing centrcs. . ' OROSSBREDS STEADY. (Kec. September 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 25. . At the wool sales good crossbreds fully .maintained their values; shabbies "we're slow of sale. There was a poor selection 1 of /merinos offered.' The following prices were realised for tho fleece portions of the clips named:—"Malvern Downs," top price 17d., average price,.KM-•' "Gore," top 18d„ average 1784. To date 130,856 bales havo been catalogued, and 109,442 bales have been sold.

FROZEN MEAT. (Eoc. September 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 25. ' The Incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Smitlifield market quotations' for frozen, meat arc based on actual gales o£ not lesa than one hundred carcasses of mutton 'or lamb, or twenty-five Quarters of ■beef, of fair' average quality. The quotations are not for selected lines; but for parcels fairly representative of the- bulk of the shipments now on tlio market. Tho prices which follow are on tho average a farthing per lb. moro than tho values ex ship, this difference representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat:— i Kutton— . d. Canterbury, light 73-8 Canterbury, medium 75 Oantorbury, heavy 7 Southland ;.. nono offering Now Zealand, best none offering New Zealand, ordinary ... none ottering ..New Zealand, ewes 52 Australian, heavy 5? Australian, light 53 Australian, ewes. 5J River Plate, light Cj Itivcr Plate,' heavy : i 6 Ui'ver Plate, owes 5J LambCanterbury, light.: 8J Canterbury, seconds 7? Canterbury, medium 72 Canterbury, heavy 7i Southland 73 North Island, ordinary 75. - North Island, selected 8; Australian, best none offering Australian, fair ; none offering Australian, inferior 7 River Plate, first quality 71 liiver Plato, seconds 7 Beef- . / ' Argentine, chilled foresv......_ 5 Argentine, chilled Mnda 61

i RABBITS. " Hie market for rabbits is very, strong, spot supplios being short. New South Wales blues, 245. 6d., ex store. Australian and Now Zealand rabbits are retailing at higher prices than Jsnglis.li, tho condition of which as unsatisfactory owing to tho hotweater. LONDON MARKETS. (Rec. September 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 25. Wheat is firm, and is being sparingly offered. Chicago December options,. 934 cents to 94}. ccnts; May options, 96 cents to 97j cents. Breadstuffs.—The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 755,000 quarters, for tlio Continent .1,420,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments,- 273,CC0 quarters; Pacific, 70,000. Total for Europe, 525,000 quarters; Russia, 10,000; Argentine, 2000; other countries, -14,000. Butter.—Danish • butter is quoted at 190s. to 1945. High -jArices »to checking business. It is reported that the Gornrans are paying 200s. in Copenhagen. ■ Oheese:—Some forward business is passing in New Zealand;cheese outputs, DecemberJune. on the. basis of 795. per cwt., c.i.f. ' New Zealand Hcmi>.—The market is dull; Ootober-Decomber shipment, £33 per ton. Jute.—Native first marks, October shipment, £26 10s. per ton. Rubber.—Hard fine Para, 2s. 4Jd. per lb.; plantation and 6moked sheets, 2s. 4d. Copra.—September-October shipment, £22 ■6s. per ton. - . Cotton.—September-October shipment, 6,55 d, per lb.

• METAL MARKET. London, September 24. Copper—Tor forward delivery, £70 12s. Cfl. to £70 17s. 6d. Tin.—On tho spot, £151 7s. M, to £151 17s. 6d.; three months.. £152 2s. 6d. to £152 12s. 6(1. Lead.—Soft £24 ss. to £23 pel ton. ■Silver, 233 d. per ounce standard. Antimony, 95., 9s. 6d..

' Buyers. Sellers. • •' > - ■ i ■ £ 6. d. '£ b. d. National Bank ...v.V... 4 17 6 5 0 0 Bank of N.Z.-,(56 13s. 4d.). - 16 7 6 Union Bank ' ...r.-.v... : — 5115 0 ;>r.Z. and River Plate !.... — 2 2 6 .Well. Invent T. .and',.A..... — 0 11 0 •Well. Trust Loan,- Ltd.' . V. 6 0 — Well. Dep. and' Molt. ... . — 0 .7 9 CThch. Gas (£5) — . 710 0 uiich. Gas (£2) 2 10 0 ' — Ml. Gas (£10). .....:.i.;..... 16 .0 0 16 5 0 Gear Jlsat (£1) ................ ■ — 4 8 0 : CTnion Steam (ord.) f l 2 9 — Union St«vm. (pref.) ; ' — 1 '0 3 Kaiapoi Wobllen (ord.),.;.' . — 5 6 0 Well. WooLict (prcf.) : 3 5 0 — 'Westport-Stoclcton .. 0 5 0 0 5 4 LeT , la<ntl-0! i Brien .: 1 2.3' — .ITenning 113 G . —