COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2789, 6 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Taitpiri coal at 14s. was reported on the Stock Exchange yesterday. The Quotations were as follow;— Buyers. Sellers. £ b. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 9 0 — Unic-n Bank — 53 10 0 Levland-O'Brien 11' — N.Z. Drus 2 5 3 — Golden Hay Cement 12 3 — Waijia Coal 0 18 3 — Customs duty. collected at tlie port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5351) 17s. lOd. WHOLESALE I'RODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow:—Foils' wheat, prime, ss. 4d.; medium, ss. 3d.; fowls' ba.rley, 4k. 3d.; Oapu liarley, 4s. 9d.; feed peas, good. 4s. 9d.; partridge pens, 6s. 6d.; maize, feed, Ea. 3d.; oatensheuf chaff. £0 ss. per ton: oaten straw chaff, £4 10s.; clover hay, £6 55.; Hour In sacks, £13 ss. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £17; 7's, £19; hran, £6 55.; pollard, £9; bacon, sides, is.; rolls, Is. Id.; hams, le. Id.; shoulders, 10(1.;

choese, medium, 9*d.; loaf, lOtl.; rico polled £7; potatoes, £6 to £7 10s. NAPIER WOOL SALE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Juno 5. A supplementary wool sideband sale or oddments was licld to-day. There was a full bench of buyers, including Yorkshire, Continental, Japatuse, and colonial repre* sentatives. The total number of bales offered was 4102. There was an advance in prico for the better classes, as compared with the February salaa, but all .seedy and inferior lots were neglcctcd. There was limited demand for lambs' wool. Bidding was keen for good lots. Tho highest prices were: 151-d. for greasy crutchiings, 182 d. for scoured crutchings, ; 16Jd. for lambs, 15id. for merino, and for medium crossbred. 'WOOL. SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, June 4. At the wool sales 31,065 bales were catalogued, of which 29,713 were sold. The stronger tone for crosebreds, . continues, and there is spirited competition for merinos at full late rates. The top price realised for the Awahea clip was 19id., with an average of 18 3-Bd. SHEEPSKIN SA"LE." Slossrs. DaJgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office, iffitier dote Juno 2:—"At the sheepskin eales 15C0 bales were offered, and practieajly all sold. As compared with rates ruling in April, merino combings showed an- advance of Id. to Ud. per lb., and clothing skins id. to Id.; crossbreds, combings, wero Id.; and clothing, 3d. to rid.' higher. Lambs' skins advanced Id. .per lb." HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED MARKET RE-POUT. The Department, of Agriculture, Indus* tries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London; June 3, from tho High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note.—Quotations, unless otherwise specified, arc average market prices on spot) :~ Moat.—The demand is in cxccss of tho supply for all descriptions of frozen meat. Home-killed mutton and lamb are in small supply, and prices arc liigii. Owing to scarcity of N.Z. miittou and Jamb, record prices are being made for Argentine lamb. N.. mutton, Bjjd. per lb.; ewe mutton, 81d.; N.Z. lamb, 9id.; Argentine mutton, 10d.; Argentine lamb, 12id.;- home-killed mutton, 13d.; English lamb, 15d.; Argentine beef is very scarce. Chilled beef, hinds, 12d.; fores, lO^d.

li utter.—The market is quiet, and prices are slightly weaker. Danish, per cwt., 1725. to 1765.; Irieh creamery, salted, IGOs. to 1645.; unsalted, 1625. to 16&.; Australian, salted, \ls6s. to 1605.; unsalted, 158s. to 1625.; good to fine quality, salted, 1525. to 1545. j unsalted, 1545. to 1565.; N.Z., salted, 168s. to 17C\j.; unsalted, 168s. to 1705.; good to line quality, salted, 16i's. to 1665.; Argentine, salted, 1545. to 1565.; unsalted, 158s. to 1605.; Siberian, 150s. to 138s.

Cheese.—Tho market is weaker, and tendency downward. I'riccs are irregular. Oanadian, white, per cwt., 104s. to 1065.: coloured, 104s. 6d. to 106& 6d. ; English' Cheddar, 118s. to 1225.; N.Z. while, 106s. to 110s.; coloured, 104s. to lMs.; States white, 100s. to 1035.; coloured, 100s. to 03s. Estimated Canadian and States cheese. stoekß at London, Liverpool, and Bristol on Juno 1 wore 59.5C0 boxes, against 63,500 boxes at. same time last year. Estimated New Zealand anil Australian cheese stocks at London and Bristol on June 1 were 7000 crate, 'against 13,250 at samo time last! year.

Horni).—The marltct Is auiet. but steady. Manila, supply meets t-lie domain!, but though large shipments are expected a scarcity of other sorts maintains prices. Government graded fair Manila, per toil. £53 10s.: coarsc, £51; N,Z. Eood fair, £49 10s.; fair, £47 10s.; June-August, Government graded fair Manila, £53; eoarsc, £50; N.Z. good fair, £48; high-point fair, £47; fair. £46. The output of hemp at Manila for the week ending last Saturday was 27.C00 bales. _ Wheat—The market is dull and declining. English harvest prospects are favourable. Canadian wheat, afloat, 535.; JuneJuly, 525. Gd.; Australian, none offering. Argentine has been taken on account of Continent. Oats.—Market continues dull. Hops.—The market is firmer, as Imperial Government has prohbitited the import after June 7. Wool.—The market is very stronjr for mori'no, - and all grades of fine crossbred.", and is Quiet but steady for all grades of medium and coarse crossbreds. Home clip is now coming on tlie market. WHEAT AND FLOUR. B# Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, June 4. The wheat and flour afloat, for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,390,000 quarters; for the Continent. 4,270,000. Atlantic shipments total 816,000 quarters, and Pacific 18.0C0. Tli'' total to Europe for the week" was 1,485,CtC quarters; from Argentina, 102,000; and from Australasia, 119,K0. ' HIDES AND LEATHER. London, Juno 4. Hides-Queensland hides are auoted at; Best, 11,3-Bd.; medium, 10, Id.; inferior, 10Gd.; and New Squth Wales, at llid., lljd., and IOJd. Leather.—Be6t Sydney, 19d. to 21d., with prices for Jlelbourne the same.

Basils.—First Sydnoys, 20d. to 22d.; Now Zealand (nominal), 21d. to 24d.