COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2656, 30 December 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1497 14s. 74. WOOL SALES. Tlie Bank of New Zealand has receiveS the following cable advice from its Lon: don office, dated December 24:—"Wool sales close very firm for all descriptions. Immediate prospects are favourable. . Four thousand bales of New Zealand are held over. Current prices are a,B follow Coarse crossbred, 18d. to 18Jd. per lb.; medium crossbred, 19Jd. per lb.; fine crossbred, 20d. per lb.; halfbreds; Zld. por lb.; inferior merinos, '12Jd. per lb.; merinos, 205 d." : HIGH COMMISSIONER'S 'lUSPOBT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce hee received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London December 24, 1915. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are averago market on spot):— Mutton and Lamb.—The market has been active at higher prices during this week, although a large supply of Home-killed was available for the Christmas trade. Canterbury and North Island mutton is rot quoted owing to short supply. There arc' only a few carcasses of Canterbury muttou' on the market, and they are selling at 7id. per lb.; ewes, a brisk demand, 6Jd. Lambs: The market remains firm. The demand has been ohi'efly for .heavy weights. Canterbury two's, 7id. per lb.; heavy-weight fours, 7 3-Bd. ;• second-class quality light-weight, 7d.; other than Canterbury, 7 3-Bd. for best quality; ordinary quality, 7Jd. Heel. — I Tile market is Arm. Only secondclass quality cow beef is available, and it is felling at: Hinds, sgd. per lb.; fores, bil drilled—A moderate supply; hinds, 7Jd.; fores, 53d. Butter—The market is dull, with a downward tendency. Danish, market very depressed, 160s. to ,1685.; New Zealand, 148s. and up to 1525.; iinsaltcd, 1525. and up to 1565.; Australia, 1445. to 1465.; Siberian, 1265. to 1345.; Argentine, 148s. to 1525. Cheese.—The market is firm, 'with hardening tcn.dency, Canadian, white and coloured,' por cwt., 945. to 955.; New Zooland. firm market, with good demand, 91s. to 925.; English Cheddar, 100s. to 1025.; Cheshire, lC6s. to 110s. Homp.—The market remains firm. I thi'nk th 3 advance will be maintained: on account of the henry freight rates Manila offerings are very small, as shippers cannot arrange for immediate shipment. Fair currcnt Manila., per ton, £46: coarse, £39; New Zealand, good fair, £39; fair, £37. January to March: New Zealand, good fair. £38; fair, £36; fair currcnt Manila, £45; coarse, £38. The output from Manila for the week was 22,000 bales. Wheat.— I The market is firm, and prices continue to advance. There is a general and active demand. Canadian, on snot. 635. per quarter: January to March, 61s.'; Australian, January to February steamer, 645.: sailer, 61h. Oats.—The market is firm, with an rpwavd tendency. Argentine, on spot. 325. 6d. per quarter; January to February, 31s. lid. Hops.-The market 1» vsr,v nuicti llcJ> thing (loin*. It it afitaM by tiic uaccr.talou- jfwdiag lAcfflslftß ;