COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2742, 10 April 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

FEILDING MARKET. Messrs. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report weekly values a« under:—'Weonor pigs, ss, od. to 13a.; stores, 19s. to 255. 6d. Poultry, per pair, hens, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d.; pood sorts, to 4s. 6d.; puilete, to 12s; 9d.; roosters, 4a. to 5e.; cockcrels, to 7s. 9d.; ducks, 45., ss. W. ( to 75.; geeae. bs. Horse, gig, and harness, £10 155.; hocks, £3 to £6 10s.; table potatoes, Bs. to lCs. per sack; pig, 3s. 6d. to w.: pumpkins, Bs. per bag; apples, 4s. to.6s. per caee; pears, 2s. 6d.; bai-ley, ss. per bushel; Scotch tares, 17s. 6d. ( LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Hoc. April 9, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 8. Wheat.—Quiet; prices steady. Chicago May options, 119 3-8 cents to Il7i cents; July, 1172 cents to 1153 cento, • The Washington Wheat Bureau reports that tho condition of the winter wheat supply'i6 78.3 per cent., the worst on Tecord, which indicates a yield of 14J bushels to the acre, 'or a total of 595.Cf10.0C0 bushels. Cotton.—April-May, 7.47£ d. per lb. , Jute;— Native first marks, March-April, £33 l£o. per ton. New Zealand Hemp.—May shipments, £48 lCs. per ton! £35 15s. per ton. Rubber.—HardiinePara. 35.0.58 d. per lb.; plantation, 3s. per lb.; smoked, 3s. 4d. per lb. Pi'Qzen Meat—The official quotations are still suspended, and little mpat is being marketed. Sheep are nominally at. from '7id. to 73d.' per lb.; lambs, 82d. per lb. Rabibts.—Large, very firm; 6mall, practically unsaleable. • Customs duty collected at tho port of Wellington Saturday amounted, to £1108 185. 3d.