COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2801, 20 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. ■£ s. <1. £ a. d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) 10 17 6 — Union Bank — 5510 0 Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. — 7 10 Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) ... 1 A 0 15 0 Union Steam (ord.) — 1 13 6 Xaiapoi -Woollen (ord.) — 6 0 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 6 10 Well. Woollen (pref.) — 3 18 0 Wcstport-Stockton 0 6 0 0 6 9 ■Leyland-O'Brien 119 — Kcoullar 13 6 — Customs duty , collectcd at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4002 9s. lid. HIGH COSOIISSIONER'S CABLED MAB- ' KET REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industjies, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, June 17, from the Kigh Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices »n spot.):— Meat.—New Zealand mutton and lamb continues in good demand owing to continued small supplies. Prices are unArgentine beef, American chilled beef, and Home-killed mutton and beef ore in fair supply.; New Zealand mutton, ffid; P<n' lb.; ewe mutton, Bid.; Home■i„ij s'ntton, 14d.; Argentine mutton, 10id.; New Zealand lamb, 9Jd.; English lamb, 15d.; Argentine lamb, 12d.; New Zealand bull beef, hinds, Bd.; fores, 7Jd.; Argentine chilled beef, hinds, IOJd.; fores, BJd.; llome-killed beef, 12d. Butter.—The market is quiet. Banish salted, 1745. to 1765. per cwt.; Siberian, salted. 130s. to 1545.; Irish, crea-mcry, ealt* ed, 1535. to 1635.; unsalted, 160s. to 1645.; Australian, salted, 1565. to 1605.; New Zealand. sailed, 168s. to 17Cs.; unsalted, 168s. to 1705.; good to fine quality, salted, 16Us. to l/os.; unsalted, 168s. to 1705.; good to fine quality, salted, 160s. to 1665.; Argentine, salted, 1545. to 1565.; unsalted, 158s. to 1605.; Canadian, salted, 150s. to i«Cheese;— The is steady. Canadian. white, per cwt., 104s. to lC6s.; coloured, 102s. to 1045.; New Zealand market is quiet, but steady; white, 108s. to 110s.; coloured, 104s. to lC6s.; States Plats, white, 100s. to 1025.; coloured, 98s. to 100s.; English cheddar, new season's make, ICBs. to

Hemp.—The market is quiet. Deports of heavy supplies expected from llanila, have reduced values. Quotations ore nominal. . Ncw Zealand hemp, per ton, * tos.j\falr r £47; Ooverument-grade<i 1 fair, Manila, £50 55.;. coarso, £47; JuneAugust shipment, good fair, New Zealand, ton, £47 106.; fair, £46; Qovemmentgraded fair Manila, £48 10b.; coarse, £45. The output of. hemp at Manila for the week ending last Saturday was 28,000 bales. -

"Wheat.—The market is quiet. Canadian, arrived, 495.; afloat, 47e. Oats.—The market is weak. 'Argentine, arrived, 295. .

"Wool.—Tiio market is firm, with a-good demand. ' ;

FROZEN MEAT 3IAKKET. - ilcssrs. Gilbert Anderson an<l Co. (Messrs. Jlellsoo, Eliott and Cp., I'almerston North, local agents) report on the frozen , meat miu'ltel under datc_London, April 20, as follows:—

llome-grpwn.—Market insufficiently supplied, aim prices are highest on record. Business still interfered with through irregular deliveries from railways. - Frozen.—The releases from the Government, were about 50 per cent, greater this week than of late'. The increased quantity was readily, absorbed, but no higher prices were made; although buyers wero quite willing to' pay more if they could secure quantities. The chief demand was for- lambs, as usual at Easter, and these constituted the bulk of the offerings: Ewe mutton, as well as wether, is very short. There is still 1 , no good frozen beef, and this, combined with the deamess .of Home-grown, has .enabled chilled to make high values' April 20, 'April 14, - 1916; -3916. Home-grown— " d. d. d d Beef, .sides 9g to 10J 9 to 10* Mutton,-wethers 10J to 12J 10§ to 12J Mutton, ewes : io to 10?; 9fitolo4 , lli to 13" lli to 13 Lamb n 12-J to 14 to 14 Veal (best) io to 14 io to 13 ' It to 12 11 to 12^ Frozen— ■ Mutton, N.Z., wethers . 7« nom. 7g nom. Mutton, Aust., wethers 7i nom. 7* nom Mutton, Aust., ewes .... 7s nom. ?£ nom. Mutton, South American wethers 94 to 91 93 to n Lamb, and .Aust.■.. 83 83 Lamb, South American 10 10 to 105 Teal) N.Z.. 63 nom. nom. Ohilled— Ox fores & hinds (Plato)l BJa,nd92 7Jand9i