COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2795, 13 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

V; • • . :INVESTMENT SHARES. ; 1 A , s n ale » 0 / Union Rtc-am (ordinaryfshares at 325. 9d. .-was made on. 'Change.' The ,quotations;:yere as' under:— . . : •; Buyers. Hellers,. -nt ; l i , . S * & *>■ d. { Bank .. Australasia 115 0 0 — • National-IBank • ...- \"5 9 6 5 10 6 Auckland Gas (paid) „.... — 110 0

N.Z. Insurance 6 5 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 7 6 — Well. Meat Export (£2 lis. 6d.) -t - . 3 2-6 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 15 0 Union Steam (pref.) 10 6 112 Kalapoi Woollen (ord.) 1 — 1 6 2 6 Well. Woollen (pref.) .... — 319 0 .Wttipa Coal 0 18 3 — Taupiri Coal ' — 0 14 0 Westport Coal 17 0 19 0 Leyland-O'Brien ■ 119 — Golden Day Debents. . (£SO) — . par Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2560 16s. 2d. PRODUCE MARKETS. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd.,' Allen Street, report Trh,olesale prices ug follows :— Fowls' wheat, prime, ss. 4d.; fowls' barley, 4s. 3d.; Gape barley, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.partridge peas. 6s. 3d.; maize feed, ss. 3d.; oatensheaf chaff. /£6 55.; oaten straw chaff, £4 55.; clover hay. £6 55.; flonr, £13; oatmeal, £20; bran, £6; pollaTd, £8 155.; bacon, sides Is., rolls Is. Id., liams Is. Id., shoulders 10(1.; cheese, medium, 9{d.; rice pollard, £6 155.; onions, £8; potatoes,'£6 to £7 10s..

LONDON WOOL' SALES'. ' The Bank of New .Zealand has received the following cablegram from their Lon,don office, .nnder date June 10;— The wool sales have closed firm, current prices are:—Orossbreds, fine, 21Jd. per lb.; crossbreds, medium,, 18Jd. to 19d. per lb.; crossbrcds. coarse, 17Jd. per lb.; merinos. 6uper, 21Jd.; merinos,. inferior, 16Jd.;'halfbreds, 22d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABtiED , MARKET REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received tho following cablegram, dated London June 10, from the. High Commissioner for -New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Meat—New Zealand mutton and lamb continue in active demand. t Demand is in excess of supply, and prices are unchanged. Argentine lamb is in fair demand at lower prices, owing to increasing supplies of Argentine beef, together with a moderate supply of Patagonian. New Zealand'mutton, Efjd. per lb.; ewe mutton, 81d.; New Zealand lambs, 9id.; Argentine mutton, lOd.; Argentine lamb, 12d.; New Zealand bull beef, hinds; 7jd.; fores, 6Jd.; Argentine chilled beef, hinds, 10Jd.fores, 83d. ', Butter—The market is quiet. Danish, market steady, salted, 1765. 'per cwt. Siberian, salted, 1365.; Irish creamery, 1625.; Australian, 1605.; New Zealand, salted,- 1705.; unsalted, ,1705.; good to fine quality, salted, 1665.; .Argentine, salted, 156s.;«nnsalted, 160s. ... ■ Cheese.—The market is steady. Thero is no business doing. Market is quiet, but steady for new season's make, at:—White, lC€s. per cwt.; coloured,- 1045.; New Zealand cheese,-market somewhat steadier; white; 110s.; coloured, 1065.; New Zealand, white and coloured cheesed for new season's make, white, 1025.; coloured, 100s, . . Hemp.—The market is steady, with a very good demand. New Zealand, good fair, per toll, £49' 10s;; high-point, fair, £53; fair,' £47 10s.; Government graded, fair Manila, £53; coarse, £50 10s. New Zealand,hemp quotations are nominal. June-August shipment:—New Zealand, good fair, £4B; high-point, fair,- £47; fail', .£46; Government graded, fair' Manila, £51; coarse, £48 ,10s. ' The output of hemp at Manila for the week ended last Saturday ■was 20,000 bales. ■ Wheat.—Tho market is weaker, and supplies are increasing. Canadian, 50s. Oats.—The market is' dull; -very littlo business ■ doing. Hops.—Business is xestrictcd on acconnt of Government import prohibition. . Wool.—There-is a better demand-for all grades of -medium and. coarse crossbrcds. Bradford tops havo advanced a penny halfpenny per lb. WHEAT AND FLOUK. ' . '. By Telegraph-Press Association-Capyrigfht London, June 11. Wheat—Flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 3,335,000 bnshcls; for the Continent, 4,420,000. bushels. Atlantic shipments include 829,000 bushels; Pacific, nil. The. total for.Europe is 1,546,000, including fromi India. 60,000 bushels; Argentina, 188.000 bushels; A.ustralasia, 105,000 bushels.