COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2777, 23 May 1916, Page 9

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. ' A Ealo.'ol National Eank shares at £5 Bs. 6d. was reported on tlie Stool! Exchange yesterday. The quotations were as follow.—

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs.'Laery .and Co., Limited, Allen Streot, report wholesale prices as follows:— Fowls' wheal, priim% sb. .3d. to 63. 4(1.; fowls' barley, <6. 3d.; Capo barley, 4s. 9d.; partridge peas, 6s. 3d.; maize, feed, ss. 3d.; oatenslieaf' chaff, £6. to £6 10s." per ton; liayi lucerne, £6 10s.; flour, in sacks, £13 135.; oatmeal, £17; bran, £5 10s.; pollard, £8 55.; bacon, sides .Is., rolls Is. Id., haniß 15.,1 d., shoulders 10d., cheese, medium 9d., loaf 9Jd.; linseed nuts,. £13 10s.; rico pollard. £6 155.; onions, £5 to £5 10s.; potatoes, £6 10s. to £i.

[ Customs duty collected .at . the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4106 ■ 18s. fid. HIGH COM i EBPOET. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received, the following cablegram, dated London, May 20, tvom tho Jhgfi Commissioner fw New Zealand. (Note.—Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot-;;--Meat.—A good demand 1 continues for all descriptions of meat.owing to the'shortage of supplies. The price of New Zealand and Hortre-prrown mutton and lamb has advanced. Canterbury and North Island mutton to-day is Bgd. per lb.; ewes, ill very limited supply, 83d.; \New'Zcaland lamb of all descriptions, 9Jd. There is no Now Zealand beef- of any . description on the market; supplies of American chilled beef are small; hinds 103 d., fores 8-Jd.. Butter.—The market remains firm. Danish, quiet, 170s. to 1745.; Siberian, in good demand, 130s. to 138&; Irish creamery, steady,! 1625. to 1665.; Australian, 158s. to 1.645.; New-' Zealand,, in active demand, 168s. to- 170 a., /or both salt and unsalted; fair to good duality. 158s. to 1605.; Argentine, 1545. to 158s. . Cheese.—The market is very firm,' and prices are firmly maintained. Canadian, of which stocks are light, 115s. 9d.. per cwt.; .English-Cheddar, 118s. to 1225.;. Sew Zsn- ; land,' whitci' 114s. to 1155., coloured 113s. to 1145.; United States, less offering, 108s. to 110s. , nemp—The market is quiet, ■ with a -tendency in favour of buyers, caused by heavy, shipments having, come to hana from Manila, It is reported that there is very little New Zealand hemn offering. Now Zealand good-fair is realising £49 10s. per ton; fair, £47 10s. Manila, fair, £55. For May-July delivery, New Zealand, good-fair is quoted at £48 per ton; fair; £46; Manila, fair, £54: coarse, -£51. The output from Manila for the- week was 32,«00. bales. . : Wheat.—The market is. quiet, and Canadian ' offerings are very email. Canadian arrived,.sto.: April-May delivery. 575.; Australian afloat, 615.; Argentine, 60s. . - Oats.—The market is (lull and very little business doing. - Argentine arrived, 335. per quarter. Linseed.—The market is quiet. Calcutta, 735. per. quarter; Argentine,'67s.' Wool.—Th« market Is etronK; all stocks are advancing. Hops—The" market is quiet, but steady. , Kauri Gum—The market is quiet. There was no gum oifered at the monthly public sale, and It li impossible to give any quotation. , DECLINE IN .COPPER. g By .Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, May 21. There has been a decline in copper, owing to America, forcing sales.

■ , Duyors. Sellers. £ s. li. £ B. (1. Dank N.S.W 39 5 0 — Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 8d.) ... 11 4 0 ' - Union liank — 56 0 0 Well. Invest. T. and A. ... 0 11 0 - Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... 7 0 0 7 1 0 Napior .Gas (£10) 15 10 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4'6 0 N.Z. siiipiun?, (oi-d.) 2<i (i 0 — Kaiapoi Woollen, (ord.) ... 5.15 0 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 5 12 6 — ■Well. Woollen (prcf.) 3 11 0 — Wcst,port-StocW:on ' 0 5 2 — N.Z. DruB -2 5 0 — Wliitcombo and Tombs ... 6 5 0 —