COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2643, 14 December 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

' INVESTMENT SHARES. Thero was no business done in snvestmont shares yesterday, and the quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 2 6 — Bunk N.Z. .(£6 13s. 4d.)... 16 1 0 16 5 0 Equitable Building 9 5 0 — Well. T. and A. 4 - 011 0 National Insurance — 2 6 3 tGear Meat (£1) 4 0 0 — N.Z. -Shipping <ord.) - 38 0 0 N.Z. Shipping (pref.) 10 10 0 Well. Wcollen (ord.) 4 19 6 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 6 6 — N.Z. Drug- 2 4 0 2 5 0 W.F.C.A. i£s) .. - 6 10 fCum dir. Custom? duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6168 lis. 2d. , • . NAPIER "WOOL SALES. • By Telegraph—>*ree« Association. . Napier, December 13. For Wednesday's wool coles, 15,150 bales will be offered. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright {Rec. December 13, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, December :3. The wool sales have o,pened firm, at last week's advanced rates. . ! LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgcty . and Company, Limited, have received! the following cablegram from their London office, under date of December 11;—" Sales are proceeding with increasing -animation for all descriptions.. 3Hafty merinos are making exceptional prices, especially West Australians." HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OABLED MARKET ; REPpRT. -■ The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce ha© received the folowing cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, December 11. (Note—Quotations, unless atherwiee specified, are average market prices on spot):— Meat Generally.—Mutton and Lamb: The market continues dull except for ewes, swing to continued'largo supplies of Homekilled meat coming forward. Canterbury mutton, 7d. per lb. for light-weight; heavyweight, 63d.; North Island mutton, not luoted; there is more demand for ewes )wing to short supply of prime wethers ivai : able for the general public, price 6d. Canterbury lamb: Two's, 7£d. per lb.; lieavy-weights, 7d.; second-class quality iglit-wcight, 7d.; other than Canterbury, ' 3-3 d. for best duality light-weight; ordiniry quality, 63d. Beef: Only inferior luality New Zealand beef for sale. There <i good demand. Hinds, s*d. per lb.; 'ores, 43d.; chilled, a moderate supply, linds, fores, sgd. Butter.—The market is quiet, and prices ure slightly weaker. Danish, slow, per swt., 1565. to 180s.; New Zealand, «, briskir demand about the beginning of the veek, but .market " closed rather quiet at ,645. and up to 1685.; unsalted, 168s. and ip to 172s.;'Australian, 16Cs. to 1625;; Irish sreamery. very slow, 160s. to 1645.; Siberian, ' 28s. and up to 1405.; States, dull market, ,465. to 1505.; Argentine. Arm market, 158s. , x> 160s. • Cheese—The market is quiet, but firm. Canadian, white, per cwt., 91s. to 925.; col►ured, 91s. to 935.: English Cheddar, ICG" o* 1025.: New Zealand, market quiet, bi iteady, white and coloured, 905.; colourei iccasionally, 91s. Hemp.—The market is very firnrfor an: Jiing on spot; Offerings arc very sma or shipment. New Zealand, good fai :rade, per ton, £36 10s.; fair, £35; fai :urrent Manila, £44 10s.; coarse, £36 10s. Tanuary to March, New Zealand, goo< air grade, per ton, £36; fair, £34; fai urrent Manila. £44; coarse. £3v. The oitl >nt frpm Manila for the week was 18.0 C tales. Wheat.—The market is quiet, but firm vith .a good demand for all descriptions totiadian, on spot, per quarter, 60s. 6d. ifloat, 6d.*; December to January, 56s "d.; Australian, J/anuary to February teamer. 645;; sailer, 60s. Oat? —The market. is firmer, in sympathy rith other feeding -stuffs: Argentine <»t pot. 51s. 6d. p#»r quarter; shipment ii Member. 31-s.; January to February, 28s Wool. —The market is strong.