COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2695, 15 February 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions in investment shares yesterday. The quotations were a 6 under;-* Buyers. Sellers. £ s. <1, £ s. d. National Bank 5 0 0 — Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. Ad.) ... 16 7 6 - Union Bonk 50 0 0 — Loan and Mcr. (ord.) 60 0 0 • i Loan and Mer. (pref.) ... — 83 0 Q I "Well. Gas (£10) - 1515 0 Well. Gas (pref.) — 018 6 j National Insurance 2 8 0 •- I N.Z. Shipping (ord.) 18 5 0 — I N.Z. Shipping (pref.) 10 5 0 — I Union Steam (ord.) 16 9 17 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 5 0 — : Wcstporti Coal 18 6 18 9 I Manning and Co 4 12 0 — | Golden Buy Cement 019 9 10 0 ! Ward and Co. ' 5 13 0 — W.F.C.A. (£5) - 5 2 0 "Cum dividend. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. I Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow Fowls' : wheat, prime, 6s. 6d.; fowls' barley, 4s. fri.; j Cape barley, 4s. 9d.; feed peas, prime. ss. ' 6*1.; partridge peas, 6s. Bd.; maize, feed, yellow, 65.; white, ss. 6d.; oaten sheaf chaff, £6 ss. per ton (s&cks in); hay, £4 lGs. to £7 lUs.; fiour in sacks, £14 55.; oatmcai, , £$>; bran, £3 15s. to £0; pollard, New | Zealand. £9 155.; Australian, £9; rice polI lard, £7 10s.; onions, £5 to £6; potatoes, £3 10s. to £9 10s.; bacon, sides, lid.; rolLs, j 12id.; hams. Is.; shoulders, cheese, | medium, Bi<L; linseed nuts, £13 10s. 1 Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3422 lis. 6d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S KEPORT. 1 The Department of Agriculture, Indus* 'tries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High (iumloissioner for New Zealand, dated London. February JZ. (Note; Quotations, unl<wa otherwise specified, are" average market prices on spot):— . Meat.—There is a good demand for all descriptions' of mutton and lamb, and prices are advancing on account of the decrease in. amount of Home-killed, together with a small supply frozen available for tiie general public. Mutton.-'Canterbury, ?2d..per lb. for lightweight; medium, 7id,; other brands than Canterbury not quoted officially. Ther» are only < a lew selling at 7£d. for best. quality light-weight. Ewes, average price 7 l-26d. Lamb.—Canterbury, 'Ed. per lb. for all weights; second grade, 7gci.; other brands than Canterbury, Bd. for best quality; ordinary quality, 7gd. Boef.—Only New Zealand qow beef available. Hinds, 6£d.; fores, s£d.; chilled, a moderate supply, hinds, 7£d.; fores, (ijd. Butter.—'The market is quiet but firm. Daiti'sh, market firm, with, an upward tendency, per awl. 15Sd. to lt*2s.; New Zca.Jfi.nd, spot market is very firm. Mamari's butter, is not yet available; 1525. to 1545.; un« suited, 160 a. to 1685.; fair to good quality, 1465. to 1505.; Australian, 1465. to 143s!j Siberian, 1245. to 1305.; Argentine, 1425. to 144". Oboese.—Tho market is firm. Canadian, quiet, wHite and coloured, per cwt« 975'."; IJnrted States, Cheddar shapes, 965. to 97 s ?. j flats, 955. to 965.; English Cheddar, 102s. to 104 a.; Cheshire, 114s. to 118s. Hemp.—Manila, rather leps active this week owing to heavy receipt figures. The outpu', from Manila for the week ended February 12 was 20,0GQ bales. The estimate for the next two weeks is 52,000 bale*. Freight difficulty still acute, and 6cllcra arc not pressing. February to April shipment: Manila, now, graded fair, £55 10s.; New Zealand, market, nuiot, but steady at last quotations. Dominion offerings are very small. Tho stock on, January 31 was till tons. Wheat—Firm market. Prices have advanced. In Australian wheat, 675.; Bailor, about. 685.; steamer, 695.; Argentine, February shipment, 675. 9d.; American sailor, 6&5.; Canadian, 675., direct. American and Canadian offers aro .*curce on account of tho freight difficulty. Oats—The demand has improved, though still small. Offers aro scarce. afloat, 31s. 6d. to 325. 6d., according to position. Hops.—The market is quiet. Prices aro firm. English, per cwt., 130s. to 1505.; Callforaian, 955. to 115s. These quotations aro for 1915 hops. Wool.—Thts market remains firm. .

WHEAT AND FLOUjI. fly 'I'elegraph—Press Association- Copyright London, February 13. Wheat Is 3d. dearer, oil 'scanty offerings. Tlie wheat and. flour 'alloat for the TJui-tei Kingdom is 1,165,C00 quarters; for the Continent, 3,090,0C0; Atlantic shipments, 962,0031 Vaoino, J50.00U. The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted to 1,440,000 auarters, including 53,000 from Argentina.