COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2828, 20 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. prices-; of investment stocks yesterday were as follow:— 1 ... ' Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. S. British Insurance 418 0 ' — Well. Meat Export (£2 12s. 6<U - j 2 6 Union Steam (nrd.) — 1 18 0 Wcatport Coal 18 6 — N.Z. Drug 2 6 6 — ,_^"^ OTn3 -duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to ££011 6s. 2d. " LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian-New Zealand Oable Association, i ' London, J,aly 18. There is a, strong demand for merinos and fine cvossbrcds, but many lots of medium crossbrcds were withdrawn. The following prices were obtained:—Dagworth, top 46d., average 45id.; Parknock, top 24§d., average 23d.; Westdone, top 22d.,. average 201 d.; Tourerel top 21d., averago lfcßd.; Oruamatua, top ffljd., average 283 d. ' LIVERPOOL ipPLE MARKET. " ' London, July 18. _-A further five thousand of the Benalla'a Tasmanian' apples have beeu gold in Liverpool, oil a. strong-market. Quotations:—New Yorks, 10s. 3d., 13s. 3d.; Sturmers.'lls. 9d.» 135.; crabs, 125., 135.; others, 9s. 6flS to 12s.' 9d. j The Horticultural Society lias awarded ; the Banksian silver-gilt medal to Messrs. i JLori'ison, or Ounedin, for their fine collecI tion of apples. I V FROZEN MEAT-1IABKE1). Messrs. Gilbert, .'Anderson, and Co. 1 (Messrs Moll-sop, ISlzotL, and Co., Palmerston; North, local agents), report on the frozen meat market under f date 'London. May 19, 1916, as follows Home-grown.- I The demand for beef and pork has been less on account- of the hot weather, but other classes of meat are $d. dearer, supplies not meeting with tho requirements of the trade. Frozen.—Colonial mutton and lamb are Jd. per lb. dearer than last week. General supplies are very short, but with the commencement of tho Patagonian' season and advice of several, steamers loading in New Zeaaind it is generally thought that present stocks are at ,a. minimum, and in tho near futurol prices should. be lower for Governmeut-controlled meat. No New Zealand ox or cow beef is being released, and the only sheep are the over-weight wethers and tho ewes. ♦ Market prices for week ended:—. May 19, May 21, May 12, 1916. . 1915. . 1916. , d. d. d. d. d. d. Home-grown— •. Beef, sides ; 10M1J. 9J-IC3 • 11-12 Mutton: . . ■ / ■ Wethers • 12 -13 115-123 Ewes : 101-lli % B 9J-11 Tegs 12J.14i -lOi-12' 11M4 •Lamb 14 -15* lli-12J 135-15* Teal, best 12 -16 — 11 -13* Pork, best 11 -lli 9 -9i'' 11 -11* Frown— Mutton: N.Z. wethers r.. 8§ . 6J-6J 8&* . N.Z. ewes 8J . 5 13-16 7»} ' Aus. wethers ... 8* . 7')* , Australian owes "6i 5 11-16 7} S. Amer. wethers 10-93 6 93-9* Lamb: . • ■ N.Z. & Australian 9J 8-7 A 9 Sout.h American 11 j 7$ 10-? Pork, U.S.A . — gi Chilled: •l J iato. ox fores ' and hinds 82-103 7J-9J Bi-11l »*Nominal.