COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2814, 4 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. t / Yesterday's quotations on 'Change. were as follows:— Buyers. Sellers. " £ s. il. £s.d. Bank of. Australasia 117 I) 0 Well. Meat Export. (£2 12s. 6d.) - - 3 2 6 Well. Woollen (ord.) - 6 0 0 +Taupiri Co.il — 0 14 0 Westport Coal 1.... 18 0 — Lcyland-O'Brien 119 fCum rights. v ' Customs duty collected. at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5295 14=. 4d. 1 ' HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET . REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce lias received the following cablegram, dated London, July 1, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— , ' • Meat.—With the exception of New Zealand mutton and lamb, prices are lower for all descriptions of meat, owing to increasing supplies of Argentine beef, home- ! killed mutton, and English lambs. There is a less demand for ewe mutton, but a good demand for. New Zealand lamb. New Zealand mutton. B£d. per lb.; ewe mutton, BJd.: Argentine mutton, 9?d.: New Zealand lamb,. 9id.: Argentine lamb, 102 d.; New Zealand bull beef, hinds 7d., fores 6id.; Argentine chilled, beef, hinds 9d., fores Ed.; New Zealand boneless beef, 73d. Butter.—The market is quiet, but steady. Danish, salted, 1745. to 178 a. per ewt.; Siberian, salted, 1345. to 1405.; Irish cream, ery, salted, 160s. to 1645.; unsalted, 1625. to 1665.; Australian,' market is steady, sal ted, 158s. to 1605., unsalted 158s. to 1625.: New Zealand', market is steady, salted 168s. to 1705.: .Argentine, i-alted " 1565. to 1585., unsalted 158s. to 1625. Cheese:—The market is very ■ quiet. Canadian, spot market is quiet, 'white 945. to 98s. per cwt., coloured 945. to 965.; English Cheddar, 106s. to 110s.; New Zealand, there is a fair demand, white, to 100s.; States, white, 85s. to 935., according to quality and size. :

Hemp.—The market is quint and rather unsettled on account of the American ami Mexican position. Good-fair per ton, £48 10s.: fair,' £47; Government graded, fair Manila, £51;- coarse, £49. Forward shipment, sood-fair New Zealand, per ton, £47 10s.; fair, £46; Government, fair Manila, £49; coarse, £47. The output of hemp at Manila for the week'end* ed last : Saturday was 27.0C0 bales. Wheat.—The market is firmer.. Holders are -not anxious to sell. Canadian, arrived 505., afloat 49e.j Argentine, afloat sfls. '6d Oats—The market is quiet, but steady. Argentine, arrived, 28s. 6d. * Wool.—The market is strong for all classes. BEEAD-STUFRS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, July 2. Wheat and flour afloat, for the United Kingdom totals 2,585,000 bushels; for the Continent, 4,580,000 bushel*. Atlantic shipments total 925.C00 bushels; Pacific, nil. The total for Europe is 1,690,C00 bushels, including from Indi-a, 47,000 bushels; Ar eentina, 170,000 bushels; and Australia, 51,000 bushels.