COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2578, 28 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

v WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. . . Ifessrd. Laery end Co., Ltd., Allen Street, ; report 'Trliodesale prices as follcxwFottlb' 'whee.t,' v prime, 6s. to 6s.'6d«; fowls'• barley, 65.: Capo barley, 65.; feed pea©, prime, 6s. 3d.; good 6e.; Prussian blue peas,;Bs. 6d;; partridge'peas, 6s. 6d., **iaize feed. ss. 3d., 6eed 6s. • 3d. ;y oaten sheaf chaff,- £7 106. to £B.los.';' hay,'£6-to £7 10s.; flour in racks, £14; oatmeal, £22; bran,«.£ 6 10e.; pollard, £7 10s.; rice pollard, £7; rice meal.-£6 10s;; onions, Oalifornian, £14 10s. per ton; potatoes, southern,,£7 :to £7 10s.; potatoes, seed, Princess' Victoria! British Queen, and Up-;to-Bate'/.£6.105. per ton; bacon, rides 10d„ hjams 9Jd., .shotilders 7|d., rolls Ud.; cheese, 6id.; linseed meal, £19 106.; lineeed nuts, £14; linseed,- ground cake, £14; . ground linr •esed,-£l7. ■-

Customs duty collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £993 3s. 7d. HXGH?COin£IBSXOH , EE'S CABLED • MA& KET BEPOKT. < : ; He ; DeTartmcnt - 'of AErriculture, ■' Indus--tries, and Commerce'haß rec-eived-thofol' lowing 'cablegram - from the- High. Commte--Bioner:fo'r New Zealand, dated London, Sep-tember-'25. (Note: Quot&tionß, unless otherwise specified, are averaso market prices on spot) : Mces have declined for heavy-weight ;mutton';:and lamb'owing to a large supply of. chilled beef selling at a low rate. ' Mutton.—Canterbury, 7 3-Bd.' • per lb., for light-weight, of which there aire only a few available; heavy-weight, 7d. Other brands mutton cannot be quoted; ewes, a fair de-m'ainl,fs3d.,.-and ae high as 6d. for . very quality. ' - t La/^.'-rThere'is a good demand.. The .chief feature in the mankct is a demand for Jigiht-weight. Canterbury tvfo'e, .>>. 84d. :per';ib.; heavy-weight four's, a poor ae,mana, 7Jd.;- second-class quality lightweight, 7|d.; other brands of lamb, BJd. for .beet quality lightweight.. Beef.—New -Zealand beef is not.'quoted.-. Chilled hinds, 6id. per lb.; fores, sd. Butter.—The'-'market remains firm. Danish,.slow, pec.cwt., 190s. to 1945.; Siberian, i l34s. ; :to-140s.;:; , Xrish creamery, firm, a small supply, 1725.-.|t0:1769.-• , ■ Cheese—The market is quiet but steady, .with, a 1 moderate, demand.- New .Zealand output .for'forward' delivery, DecemberJune, is quoted at 795. per cwt., cost, ineurancs,< freight, : 81s. landed terms, but trading' is quiet. Canadian, white, per cwt.;r76s. to 775:; coloured, 775. to 785.; fine, white' and coloured, 745. to 765.; English -cheddar,-' 943. to 963.; New Zealand, whi}e . and .'coloured,', 7fe.- to-775.; and up to 785.; Australian;-725. to 745.; United States,-725. to'74s.';"good to fine, 60s. to 70s. ' • " riHeinp:—Manila: The market remains firm, especially for spot and near parcels. Deri: and is chiefly for'soft fibre. Newrgraded, fair,'.' October to December' shipment, fair current Manila, per ton; f38.--.1C9. The'output from Manila for the -week was 11,000 bales. -New Zealand: The market is quiet bnt'"firm:- Dominion offerings are. ' very small. October to December-shipment; New. Zealand, good-fair, £33-per ton; fair, £31; spot' is 10s. more per ton.' Tow: October to December shipment, second grade, £20; third'grade,- £19. . , ;Co6ksfoot.—A limited business has been done with. Continental seed-at firm:'prices. Good 'Danish'is QTioti'd at SSs., ex woreKouse. ;'\V' .. - -Wool.—There is no change to'report. Quotations ' for merinos and- fine crossbreds, all grades,'are weir maintained; medium ahff - coarse crossbreds, all grades, are eome- ' what irregular. The current Bradford qiiotiiftbns for tops low cross-

breds, 2Jd. per lb.'; 40*6 low crosfibrods, 23Jd.;' 44' a medium crofisbrode, 25d.; 50's halfbrcds, ZM,;» 56's quarterbrcds, 324.; - 60's. merinos, 37d. , i Wheat.—TMie market is rather, firmer with moro iuquiry. New crop Canadian, October to November shipment,- 455.- 9d. per quarter; American, August to September enipment, '46a. ■ ' Cms.—The markot i 6 steady at last quo* tationa, but rather better demand LONDON WOOL SALES. . - MoEsrs. Levin-and Co., Ltd., hare received cable advico from their. London apenta that the following clips have been sold on their'account'at tho sales how* current, the prices named being the average price realised for the 'fleece wool in each ..instance KOMAI, Wanganui, 1 143 d.; TALA.NA HILL, Wanganui, 142 d.; MAIIAHAU, Wanganui, 13& d.; All, wanpamii, 161 d.: To HOB, Alfredton, 16gd.; KHOIKUTU, Maetorton, 16Jd. . SYDNEY WOOL SALES. By Teleffrapli—Prefes Association—Conyrlthi . f (Itec. September 27, 10.45 p.m.) 1 Sydnoy, September. 27. At the wool sales there is an improved demand for flue crossbreds <wd sood merinee. . French buyers arc operating moro freely'than, for some time. Greasy'" merino touched 16d., and greasy crossbred 15Jd. Inferior sorts were hard to sell, and many lots-were passed in. i MINING NEWS STOCK EXCHANGE. : By ToloEranh.—Ptosh Association. <• . Dunedln, September 27. The following :n lo . was mode ■ on • tlie Stook Eichonco to-dey :-Eank of New Ze<iamd (now). £16 4s. HIGQINSON AND MAfiKTTAWR 143 FeatEerston Street, Wellington. SHABEBROKERS and ACCOUNTANTS. MONEY TO LEND on First-class Free- ' hold Seonrity.