COMMERCIAL-ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2743, 11 April 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL-ITEMS

jf ■;,-!.'; INVESTMENT.BEABER ; ;;;/ : I. "Yesterday's quotations for-Mnvestmeht i':' sh&rea'-were.as follows:— I.- 1 -.-.',-. .';:■..:' • Buyers...-.-; Sellers. !: v-v:'; l ; ■• >■ '.£-sVd?- . S, s.d. I-'. Jfatibnal,"Bank —■ B 2 g : ■■■.- •-:■-■- i? Union Bank .-. ol 0 0 :,"",- V National Mortgage .....:... — . ; 3 18 .». I": N.Z:'.and Elver Plate .... 3 0.6 ,„-',, i Well. Trustr' Loan, Ltd. — 7-1,0 i' -Napier ■ Gds.'..(£s)', .:..... . 8 S: ,0,, '~ ~-.;; ■ ■-■ Well. Gas.(£lo) ...:........... --■'-• •Ml" 0 i 'Hiiddart-Parker '•'......:..... 1 ! » ' — ': i UnionS Steam- 5 (ord.) 1 9 0 . - f. Union-.Steam, (pref.) 1 0 U : — r Well.,' Woollen lord.) ...;/.:;. *:*'■*' i. Waipa r :o6'al;:i -...::. -~..► , — •_ J J 5 !;'" Westport- Odal If? 1. 9 J i ,: WestportStdckton lord.) 0. 6 1 — j-'-.- Wes'lportStockton (pref.), — .fl 11 » ), ;Le.v)and;o'Brlen 11 « . -■ j; Ward and Co. ..;.. S 17 6 5_19 ■ 0 I -Golden"Bay, 1 Cement .'.....'1 1 o ,:: T 3- !.'•'■■ Shoriendvford.)-. :. 1 4 £ -~ r 1 !■: Sbarland-lprei.) ..'. 14 6 >-■ y-vw?'- -*irj"' [h'BJf Telegraph-'Press'Association—Gopyrieht jrij:: ■].:..: .''■; London, April 9. -'"' The wheat and flour afloat for tho United f- Kingdom.. totals; 3,465,000. quarters; for . the. i' ! Continent;-: 3,745,000; ■; Atlantic v shipments; t- "716,cOO;VPacific. 2000. 'The total shipments. [■'■ to' Europe during the week amounted: -to | : -1,475,000; quarters, including -..302,000 from., | v Argentina and 211,000' from Australasia, j ''■ EtGH'OOMIIKSibNEB'S-CABLED MABKET i.-. —■" f. : pr - -: repobt; •.,-■ ■':', Thei Department of Agrioulturo; Indus- ':. tries,-and Commerce lias - received.the' fol- ; lowing-cablegram Irom the' High Oommis- , Kioner "for New, Zealand, dated London 1 April."B. (Note: Quotations, unless other- | j-'■ wise ;'6peotfled, are average, market pricea,. ';.- ;oil.spot)—. ..!.*.'.\,." ..;;.'.....*' -.'-. ;.. I -. Meat.—There is only, a small, traantity of ?■■".-Knw "Zealand meat,available; : ° . . \ '. f-.-.-' : JTuitbh—Canterbury and other brands ! than-Canterbury, 7Jd. per lb.; ewee,-7Jd.; >:; •Plate';mutton selling'at 10d.,: owing to a h 'short-supply. -,-,'..■ : • : j.-.'. Lamb:—Now Zealand lambs, all doserip- \":' tions.-jper 1b.,. 83d... including ..this, season's.. I: Australian' lambß, all .descriptions, ■'E?d.; r-.'Hate'lambs selling at 10Jd.,--,ovring-'.t0,6, i,'; short?supply. Australian and New Zeal'. land,'together with Plate, pricea now-under. > ; fiovernment control. . • ~ i'; .': New Zealand bull beef at the ! -mairket,' selling at—Hinds. 7d: per lb.; fores;' i,6d.;'chilled hinds, Bid.';. fores, ,7d.. ...,.;..-' <■ . 'Butter.—The. market-is et-eady.-■■■ Danlß}), ».::-2rmer,''per cwt'.,- 1745.-.to 1765.; "New 'Zea. f land, '^steady,•■'.'l6Zs:!.i"t6- '- 164 a.;' .Australian, i' quiet,'. 'ÜBs. to 1605.; Siberian,. a fair.-: de- . mand;''l26j. to 1345.; Argentine, steady, 148s. it,to 1525.' ' i Cheese—The market is very firm. Cano. f "dlon.-M-m. The stock.ie small,, per-ewt, i ' 106s. to : 108s.; New Zealand, market firmer, '. white-.'-and coloured, 103s. to 104s'.;'.United I- etatesY-firm, ICOe. to. 1035.; KnglishCheddar, K very: firm,; 114s. to 1165.; OhesWre, 12C9. to i -1225. '• On April 1 the estimated. Canadian i '-< and United States cheese stocks.at London, f and Bristol. 97,000 boxes, against 1 'iW,500 :;at the same time last year.. New ! : Zealand and Australian 'cheese stocks, | " London vand Bristol,'2B,ooo crates, against. -19.000 lait year. ■■-• . I-:,' : . Hemp.-Tho market is firm, but not active,

1 owing to difficulty regarding shipment, although prices main tamed. New Zealand, good-fair,'per to'h, on spot, £49; fair £47; Manila., new graded, fair, £54; -coarse. £50. April to.. June shipment:—New Zealand, good-fair, --£47 10s.; fair, £45 10s.; Manila, new graded, fair. £53; coarse, £49. The output from Manila for tho week end od April 8 was 26.0C0 bales. .. • Wheat—Market firmer. Prices have improved, but there is only a moderate demand. Canadian, arrived, per quarter, ■625. M. April to-May shipment, 685., M.;Australian, shipment in April, nominal, 64s Oatsl—Firm market. There is more-de-mand.. Argentine, arrived, per. quarter, 31s. M. Customs duty collected, at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to > fcitui 7s. 6d.. -~ , - .