COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2608, 2 November 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. ; Tiore were no; transactions' in investment shares - yesterday. ; The quotations - were as under:— ■ . ..Buyers.. Sellers. ? . : • £s. d. £s. d. National Bank'4l9 6 . - — .' BaaK'N.Z. (£3 :6s.'Bd.) ... 10 2 6 - — •ikiuitable Building 9 5 0 — Well. Trust-; Loan, Ltd. —. '7 7 6 'Auckland G-ai (paid) 1 9 0 ■Well. -Meat Export (£s)' ... -- ' 6 0.0 Well. Meat Ex. (£2125.6 d.) 2.15:0 .TTnion - Steam (ord.) 13 9 14 3 tfndon Steam (pref.) 10 6 . ■ Well. Woollen- (pref.)3 6 o.' ' — . Taiiipiri Ooal -.- — . 0 15 6 VTestport- Coal- — . '19 0' - N.Z.- Drug :.. 23- 6 .2 5 0 ; Sharland (ord.) 13 0. — i Sharland (pref.) 13 0 —

. ■ '. .CUSTOMS REVENUE. ; : 'Custom's.-duty collected at tlie port of . 'Wellington for .the month of October, 1 .1915, amounted to £59,174 19s. 2d., as compared -with. £73,664 . 35. ; for ■ the corresponding month last year.' The beer duty amounted to £1195 16s. 7d., and the corresponding month last year yielded £1170 - 43. Bd. Custom? duty collected at this port yesterday, amounted to £2776 3s. ■ , y- WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES'. Messrs. Laary and* Co., ltd.,. Allen Street, •roport wholesale prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat, good, ss. 6d. to ss. 3d.; barley, 55.; Capo barley, ss. 6d.; feed ipeas, , primo 6s„ good 55." 6d.; partridge peas, 75.: maize, •••feed ss.,.seed 6s:;-oatensheaf chaff, £8 ss.' to;£8 10s.; flour in sack, £13; oatmeal, £20; bran, 1 £6 ss. to £6 10s.; pollard,. £8 >10s.; rioo pollaxd, £7; onions, Victorian, £11 10s."; • potatoes, £10; bacon, sides lid., rolls Is., liams Is., shoulders BJd. ,■ • cheese, medium SJd. linseed meal, £19 10s.; linseed-meal, £13 10s.; linseed ground cake, £13 10s.jRholo. linseed, £18. . ,- : ; NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. By Telegraph.—wess Afisociation. . ' Dunedin, November 1. The accounts of' the National -Insurance Company for the year , show that £15,0C0 Wfl£ to the reserve fund. The directors reopmmend a. shilling dividend and ' e, bonus of sixpence per share, making a total distribution of. 2s.i6d. per share. Tlie ' sum of £32,920 was c.'U'ricd: forward. * HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED MARKET REPORT. The !of . Agriculture,| Indris- • tries, and Commerce has received it.he following cablegram from:the High Commissioner. r for Now Zealand, dated London, October 30. (Note—Quotations, unless other- ■ wise specified, arc average market prices on. . spot):—, ' ' .

Meat.—The market is Quiet, and small business is doing as a result of 1 heavy arrivals of Scotch, together with a largo supply of chilled beef, both . selling • at low.T-prices. Mutton.—Canterbury, 7 3-Bd. per ,Ib. for Ifcht-iveigiit; other brands .than' Canterbury cannot be Quoted. Etvo3, 5 13-16 d.

Lamb.—Canterbury, two's, BJd. per lb.; h!ea.vy^weij^kt6 ) , 7Jd,; Becond-cl&sg quality lightweight, 7Jd.; other .than Canterbury, BJd. for best quality light-weight; ordinary quality, 76d. . , ■ . , . .. Beef.—There is only inferior Quality Acw Zealand beef for sale. Hinds, 53d.' per lb.; fores, 4}d.; chilled hinds, ,7Jd.; fores, 6d. Butter—Tho market is dull and unsettled. Danish, a poor demand. Prices are irregular, per cwt,., 158s. to 1646.; New Zealand, Kotorua-sMpment met with,a fair deraaud, 158", to 1645.; Siberian low grade is in largft'quantities on tho market, for which there is no. demand, 128b. to /1345.; Irish creamery, 148s. to 1545. ' ■Cheese.—The market remains firm, with a fair demand. Canadian, wbite, per cwt., 83i. to 855.; oolourcd, 84s. to B6s ( ; fine, 81s. to 835.; English Cheddiar, 965. to 100s.; Chesire. lCOs.' to 1045.; New Zealand, white and coloured, 825.; United States, tho stock is small, 745. to 785.; low grade,' 665. to '70s. ' . : • • Hoinp—The market is very firm. New Zealand good fair, per ton on ..swot, £34 10s.; fair, £32 10s.; Jfanila, n»w graded fair, £41; coarse, £32; forward shipment at the same price. The output from Manila for the week was 13,C00 balos. Wheat.—The market js firm, with an improved ' demand. Canadian, October to November shipment, - per quarter. 525. fid.; American, none offered this week. Oats.—The market is firmer. Argentine, on, spot, 1 per Quarter, 325.; on passage, 31s. LONDON WOOL BALtS. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wellington, beg to advise having received the following' oabegrain from their. London house, under date October 29:—"At the wool sales , the opening rates were fully maintained for all good wools. Russia is still buying good scoured- merinos, aver ago? 64's, costing 2s. lid. to 3s. Lambs, merinos,' and crossbreda are par, except elipe, which is id. to Id. per lb. dearer.' Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., rcport toving received the following cable message from their London- agents, under date- of October 30Americans buying, good demand for all descriptions. fine and medium, 7* per cent, to 10 per cent, ad•vance, coarse 5 per cent, advance." STDXEY WOOL SALES. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Bee. November 1, 11.25 p.m.) , Sydney, November 1. At the wool sales there was strong comand. tlie previous high prices were • maintained. ■