COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 1 December 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

; CUSTOMS DUTY FOB NOVEMBER. Customs duty collected'at the port of Wellington for the- month of November, 1915, .amounted -to £75,893 2e. 4d„ .as .comPflrcal iritli £54,539 19s. 4d. for the corresponding period lost year. The beer duty collected for the past month amounted to £984 Is. lid. . Customs duty collected at this port yesterday was £2127 18s. lOd. . . THE. WHEAT .MAEKET. . ' ' .By Telegraph—Press. Association. ' ■ Chrlstchurch, November 30. 'Although there appears a somewhat firmer tone in tho wheat market, due chiefly to the effects o? the weather of last .week on the crops, there is no demand for Wheat, and there is none offering. A line of good milling wheat was recently sold-by formers with, difficulty at 4s. sd. at a country station after' having vainly endeavoured to obtain 4s. 6d. Whet Bales that are being made for the North Island' ere of grain in stoic. Farmers holding wheat are not offering, and there is no disposition on the part of merchants i--/> jnillers to add-to their, present . stocks. 6hould no rain fall during the coming month the outlook .for most crops right through to Oamoru will bo seriout. The only districts where the crops are. better off regarding moisture are' tho6e near 1 the -hills where there have been more 6howers, end on the loamy soils on the plains where ■the showers have penetrated ,to the roots of the plants there are also promising crops of grain. On heavy land and very light land thoy are poorest. ■■■ There is no hnsinees doing in other lines of. grain and produce. tty Telegraph—Press: Association—Copyright. (Eec. November 30, 8.5 p.m.) * London, November 29. There is a good demand on the Mediteranean littoral for wheat for early shipment. . Steamers' cargoes, expected to sail fa January, have been, sold at the Baltic as -follows6oCO tons at 60s. 6d., and 5000 tons at 61s. . TEE METAL MARKETS. . (Eec. November 30, 8.5 p.m.) London, -November 29. Copper—On spot is quoted at £80 ss. to £50 10s. per ton,; electrolytic, £98 10s. Tin, £168 15s. to £169 per ton.. . leaxi.—Soft foreign, spot, £28 12b. 6d. per ton; future delivery, - £28. Silver.—Bar silver is Quoted at 27 3-163. per ounce standard:'. - . . ; P. AND O. 'COMPANY. (Eec; November 30,, 8.5 p.m.) : London,' November 29. The balance-sheet of the P. and 0. Company shows that after providing for' contingencies, depreciation, and raising 1 provident fund to £180,000, there is a credit balance of £499,863. The amount carried forward is £78,182.