COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

\ INVESTMENT BHAREB. , There wero no transactions in investmcnt ehares on Saturday. The quotations wero as under:— Buyers. Bcllere. £ s. <L £ a. d. National Bank 5 10 — ' *Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 0<l) ... 918 6 10 3 0 Equitable Building 9 5 0 — Loan & Mercantile (ord.) 80 10 0 — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd..,. — 7 5 ( Napier Gas (£s} — 9 0 n National Insurance — 2 6 6 S. British lu6uranco 4 14 0 Standard Insurance 114 0 N.Z. Shipping (ordj — 18 0 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 f — ICaiapoi Woollen (0rd.)... 5 4 0 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 4 19 6 — Westport Coal — 18 6 N.Z. Drug S4 0' S4 9 Golden Bo;,' Cement .... — 10 0 *Ex dlv., 'FEILDING PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report week-end pricw aa follows :-O.S. chaff £7 ;? r p 9 r 4011 » straw chaff. £3 10s. to £3 155.; -feed oats, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. per bushel; maize, ss. 6d. to 75.; new potatoes, 12s. to Us., per cwt.; peas, ss. 6d. to ss. M." per bushel; feod barley, <9. M. to 55.; plums, •is, to 45. : loraons, ss. per case. Poultry, per pair, Kens, ?.s. 6ci„. 3s„ 3s. 3d., 3s. 6d„ 3s. 5a.; chicks?.- 9d.; ducks, ss. to ss. 6d.wcaner pige, 10s., lis. 6d„ 12s„ 13s. 6d.. 155.; slips. 18s. 6d„ 205., 215., 225.; stores, 28s. 6d.: baconere, 445.; sow, 30s. i

Customs duty collected at the. port of Is lOd "Cn Sa^urdfty amounted to £538 LONDON WOOL MARKET. . Messrs.. Johnston and Co., Ltd., have refollowing cable message from tr 0I1 r on a & en t®' Messrs. John Connell and. Co., Ltd."Anticipate crosebreda will a<tvanco 7i per cent." : FEOZEN MEAT. By 'Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ; (Kec. December 5, 5.5 p.m.) • ' v . London, December 4. Tie Incorporated Society oi Meat Importers' Smithfleld market quotations for frozen meat aTe based on actual 6ol«e of not less than ono hundred carcasses ol mutton or lamb, or -twenty-five quarters ol peer, of fair average quality The quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels .fairly representative ol the bulk M.the-Bliipmente now on the market. Tho prices which follow are on the average a farthing per lb. more than the vaJuei ex ship, difference representing the aver* age cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat;— Mutton— Canterbury, light 7' . Canterbury, light (seconds) .. 7

Canterbury, medium 63 Canterbury, heavy gj Southland.- .'. 73.3 Now Zealand, best . none offering New Zealand, ordinary .... nono offorine • North Island, ewes 7£3 Iscw Zealand, ewes 53 Australian, heavy ......... none offering ' Australian, light ................ none offering • Australian, ewes none offering River Plate, light a •River Plate, heavy d River Plate, owee a a Lamb— Canterbury, light % Canterbury, seconds 71 1 Canterbury, medium 71 Canterbury, he<ivy 7 ; Southland 7 . North. Island, ordinary fit Aortli Island, selected , 73 Australian, best none offering Australian, fair none offering Australian, inferior none offorlne ' River Plate, first quality & . Elver Plate, seconds 6} Beef— . . « Argentine, chilled fores 5* Argentine, chillod hinds , • ' BABBITS. Babbits.—The market is quiet, with'' an easier tendency. ■ / . WHEAT. '

" ®ec. December 5, 5.5 p.m.) TO , , . London, December 4. * Chicago December options, U2?c to 110JC.J May options, 1143 c. to 11210. IiONDOJT MARKETS. (Eec. December 5, 5.5 p.m.) ' London, December 4. Ctotton.—December-January shipments of American cotton are quoted at 7.25|d. per lb Jute.—native • first marks, DecemberJanuary' shipment, £26 15s. per ton. Now Zealand Hemp —January-March shipment, £35 15s. per ton. - Copra.—Decpmbcr-January shipmont, £29 10s. per ton. Rubber.—Hard flno Para, Ss. lljd. per lb.; plantation, 3s. 5Jd. smoked sheets, 3s. sd.