COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2832, 25 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. ' - INVESTMENT SHARES. > Tricos of Investment stocks yesterday were as follow;— 'Buyers. Sellers. ' £ s.'d. £ s. d. tNational 'Bank, — ■> 5 7 6 . .Well. Gas.:(£lo) : .14 15 0 . —. 6.- British: Insurance ...... 4.18 6 — . Well, Heat 'Export (£5) — 6 5 0 Well. Meat Export (£2125.. ' 6d.) . - 3 2 6 Hiiddart-Parker (ord.) ... l .3 9 -•. 14 6 Union Steam (ord.) 116 9 2- 0 6 Union Steam (pref.) . 1 0 10 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 6 0 0 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 15 0 , - Weetport Coal 18 6 — N.Z. Gonsol.: Dontal... 116 — Sharland - (ord.) >1 5 6 — tharland; (pref.) :... 1 6 6 ..- .— • tEx dir.. •; • - WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., -iLtd.,' .Allen Street, report wholesale priccs as .follows :—Fowls' wheat, prime, ss. 3d. per bushel; fowls' -wheat; medium, ss. 2d. por bushel; fowls' barley, 4s. 3d. per bushel; Capo barley, ,4s. 9d. per bushel; partridge . peas, 6s. 6d. per bushel; maize, feed, ss. •per. bushel; chaff," oatsheaf, £6' ss. per' ton; oat straw,.£4 ss. per ton; hay, clover, ' £6 per ton; flour, in sacks, £13 15s. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £18 10s. per ton; bran, £6 per ton; pollard, £8 15s. to £9 per ton ; potato seed, Northern Star £6 15s. "per ton,, Up-to-Dato £7 6s. per ton, Game-: keepers £6-15s. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides Is. per lb., rolls Is. Id; per lb..' liamsfls. Id. per lb., shoulders IM. per lb.; cheese: (factory), medium, .10d, per l ' lb.; linseed. nuts, 13s. per cwt.; linseed ground cake, 13s. per cwt.; rice pollard, £6 15s. per ton; rice flour, £15 per ton; ouions, VictoHan, brown Spanish, £7 to £7 10s. per ton;- potatoes, white-skinned table, South Island, £8 10s. to £8 155.. per ton. .

Customs 'duty collected. at_the.. pori_of. " Wellington- yesterday amounted to £766 18s. 84. * . • •.'■'•• - HIGH COAUIIS-SIOXER'S MARKET V" HEPORT. The '• Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, July 22, from the High Commissioner for' New Zealand. : (Note.-tjuotations, unless otherWise specified, are average market prices ~on spoth^v Meat—Owing to continued small 6up- . plies ; of New Zealand mutton and lamb, .. Argentine lamb prices are higher. New - Zealand mutton and- lamb 'prices -remain unchanged: New Zealand mutton, 82d. per lb.; ewe mutton, BJd.; Argentine mutton, ■ 9jd.: New Zealand lamb, 9id.; Argentue lamb, IOJd.; Argentine chilled beef,- . hinds'-'lOd.,'fores 71d. *, . Butter.—The marKet is quiet, but steady. Danish, per. cwt, salted, 1725. to 1745.; Irish creamery, salted, 158s: to 1625.; Australian, salted, 158s. lo 1605.; New Zealand, salted, 1665. to 1685., and .up. to 1705.; Canadian, salted, 160s. to. 1645.; Argentine, Wisaited, 1535. to 1625. "■ . • : , Cheose.—The market shows improvement. Canadian. : per owt.'. white, 88s. to' 505.; coloured, 88s.' to' 905.; English Cheddar, market is "steady, 1025.. to ,lC6s.New Zealand, market closed firm at the advance; ' white and coloured, 88s.' to 905., and- up to ■ 825.; States. [Flats, white, 85s. to 86s. ■; Hemp.—The market is quiet, but mod- : crate business doing. Good-fair New ZeaY.land,;, per ton, £48 l0s.; fair, £47;-Govorn-'. 1 mcnt graded fair Manila, £51: coarse, £47; July-September shipment, good fair New ;. Zealand, per ton, £47 10s.; fair, £45 10s.; -Government" graded fair Manila, £49; : coarse,. £46. The output of hemp aE Manila for tho week ended last Saturday ivas 25.C00 bales. • Wheat —Wheat cargoes • are • -neglected, - and quotations are nominal, but holders are not anxious to sell.. Canadian,-afloat, - 63?.; August-September, 525. ■ Oats—The market is quiet. Argentine, arrived. 30s. 6d.' \:- Wool—Merino: The market has ad- . noiced; fine . crossbreds, . all' grades, mar--tset remains 1 firm;: medium and.: coarse '.irossbreds, all grades, 'are |11. ,pcr„ lb.' lower. -