COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2749, 18 April 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

; . • • INVESTMENT BHABES. ' . A' sale of Wellington,. Trust and , Loan lyhotes at £7. was made on 'Change yester""tlay. Tho quotations were as under:— - -• -Buyors.- Sellers. '£'s.'d.V. £ ! 'National Be-nk 5-2.6 — - i'V Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Ed.) 10.13 0 - i . Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 16 14 0 — t Well. Dep. and Jlort. . - . 0- 9 0 i Wellington Gas (£10) ' - --,;;15 10; 0 I. Standard Insurance ....... 117- 0 -r-'.; j-N.Z. Shipping (ord.) 20 0 0 . ' . ' — ■ i Union Steam (ord.) ........ 110 0 ■ 111 0 ■ i, Union' Steam (pref.) ...... ,11.0 — [ 'Well. Woollen-(ord.) .' 5 5 0' - i Westport Coal 1 9 0 — r 1.-Westport-Stockton (pref.) 0 10 0 — - - !, Leyland-O'Brien 12 0 '.. '.-r-,-, ( Golden Bay Cemont ....... 1 1' 0 .• — ■ I' C. M.' Banks 1 3 : 0 :—- [■. W.F.0.A.. (£5) 5 17 6 -i - ", i' Customs duty collected at tho. port of ! Wellington yesterday amounted rtei *£8004 ; 19s. 7d. ~ *v ; i '■ WHOLESALE PEODUCE 'PBKffiS. [ Messrs. Laery end Co., Allen. StreoCre-' ' port wholesale produce prices as follow:—' 5 Fowls' wheat,. prime ss. 6d... medium! ."ss. f Zd.; fowls' barley, • 4s. 9d.;' Cape barley, f fe.; feed pea's, prime ss. 6d.;-'good ss.';*'pait-'. S-ridge pea-s,!6s. Bd.; maize feed'6B.'.'6d.',','6Ccd (-.-65.: 'oatensheaf chaff, £6; oat-straw chaff, r £4 rids.; hay, clover; £6 10s.; flour, in S. sacks, £13 10s., ex store; oatmeal, £20; i bran, £4 155.; pollard, £7 10s.;. bacon,' I Bides le., rolls Is. 14d„ hams ls.'-ld.,'shoul-ders'- lOd.; cheese, medium, BJd.; linseed ; nuts, 13s.'6d.;'rice pollard, £7' 10s.;. onions, j £5 lOSi; potatoes, £7 "30s. . I ; Tho Department'.;of Agriculture, .IndusS tries and -Coramerco has'received the foli .'cablegrams from tho High Comf missioner'.'fbr.Ne'w.i.Zoaland.- dated London, !- April IS.';; (Not-e: '.Quotations, .unless- other-'

wise;', Specified, 1 are, average m&rkot prlcc#. on 'spot);—,:. • . iteat.—There' has been no material change in the- market during tills weelt. There is a very limited, supply o£ New Zealand meat. - , , , Mutton.—Canterbury and other brands than Canterbury, 7Jd. per lb.; quotations are nominal;'" ewes, 7id. Prices havo de-clined'for-all descriptions of Plato mutton, as demand has fallen off considerably .on .account.Vof high • prices. . Lamb—New Zealand lambs, all descripf tions, including 'this season's, 83d. per lb., although supply falls short of-demand. lieef.—New Zealand bull hinds, 7d. pel lb., fores 6d.; chilled hinds 91d., fores VJd

. Butter.—Tho market is quiet, but steady. Danish, per cwt., 1745. to 1765.; New Zealand;. salted and. unsalted, 1625. to 1645., fair to, good quality 150s. to 1585.; Australian, 1535. /to 1605.; Siberian,, 1265. to 1345.; 'Irish creamery,; 1565.;, Argentine, 150b.. to 1525.; Unsalted,' 1645.".t0 158& '

market is very. firm. Stock is small. Canadian, -per cwt., 106s. to 108s.; Ne\y Zealand, prices are. firm at:highest quotation ;• white . "and coloured, 104s. to 1165.; United Statee, 102s. to 1055.; English clieddar, '116s. to 118s.'

Hemp.—The market- is firm, but unsettled on account of the delay in delivery: New Zealand parcels purchased under contract oausod. by freight difficulty. Prices P..TO nominal. Now Zealand good fair, per ton, on' spot, £49 10s.; fair, £47 10s.; April to June shipment, New Zealand, good fair, £50;. fair, £47; Manila, new graded fair, £63; coaree, £60. The output from Manila for tho-week ended April 15 was, 27,W0 baler.'-.'" " i . .. . • 1 Wheat.—The-market as quiot, but firm. Canadian,: arrived, per quarter, 625.; April ..tb'..:,llay I .6lifpnieht,': Canadiau,. 585.; American, -64s<;-> Australian, 645.

' Oats.—Market, -'firmer. Small shipments :aro,'expcCted.'.VAT"gentine, per quarter, 535. ■ Hops.—Market; quiet but firm. Stock is small. English, per cwt„ 1305.' to ,1505.; : Oaliforniah. 100s. '.- to 1205.. ' ■ /• Wool.—Market firm, with hardening ■ tendency. Merinos id. dearer, crossbrcds unchanged.

-FKOZEN . MEAT IIABKET. .'Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Messrs. Mellsop, Eliott land' Co., Palmerston North, local-agents)- report- on '.-'the frozen meat market, under date London, February 18, as follows:—

■ i-Home-grown.— I The market has recovered .'a'gain..ibn'.,lighter- supplies. It is feared, however, that the season is drawing to an end, and -with it the removal of the only thing that has kept prices for frozen meat at reasonable levels. :

' Frozen Mutton—Australian sheep none, South American very few, and New Zealand ewes also exceedingly short. These' fetch: 7&d. readily, .although. : there are sellers at 7d. 'regardless of the shortage-'of stocks. : Frozen Lamb.—An extraordinary. position hafe arisen, Canterbury lambs' being sold in soma'-'quarters. at. 8d„ and Australian agents obtaining ;the same, price for their third-quality. "Australians'. Until the demand,,is checked by higher prices there Trill ; be a great 'shortage.. Beef.—Frozen beef of any quality sells readily. Chilled ox beef has advanced J—3-Bd. IXDNDON markets. . | Messrs. Dalge'ty and Co., Ltd., have received the -following cablegrams from their London office :—Tallow • (under date April 12) : At, the tallow, auction mutton was still neglected. ' Other, descriptions were from par ",to 6d.. per cwt. lower. Shespv okins (under date April 13): At the sheepskins sales merinos- showed .dn advance of id. to id. per lb. as compared with prioes ruling at the; last salo on March 2. ■Orossbrcds were ; unchanged. • • 'The Bank : of ; New Zealand 'has received ■the following cablegram from its London office, dated April' 15:—"Sheepskins, 5 per cent, dearer." , • WHEAT AND FLOUR, By Telegraph—Prose Association—Copyright London, April 16. Disappointing advices from Winnipeg bavo quietened the wheat, market.'■The wheat and flour afloat totals 3,535,000 bushels. For ■ the Continent, 3,875,000 bushAtlantio shipments'total 746,000 bushels ; Pacific, 15,000 bushels: The total for Europe -is 1,385,000 bushels, including A?gentina, 188,000, . and Australasia 254,000; I . mining'news . | : WELLI>'GTOX SHAKE MARKET. Yesterday'b mining quotations were as follow:— fluyers. Sellers, £ s. d. £ b. d. Blackwafer Mines — 0 15 0 Succcss-Dredge- . — 0 111 Talisman'i 0 11 6 012 6 -Waihi '...1......... 1.15 3 — ff; STOCK-/EXCHANGE.,,' - - 'fiytTelegraph— Press Association. Christchurch, April 17. Saleß:—Bank of New Zealand (fully paid), >616 ! :155,V Crown; Brewery, £1 135.; Westport Coal, £1 ,9s. '6d.; :N.Z. Insurance (on "Change), £6'ss'.; South British Insurance, £5 (r).. ..

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