COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2845, 9 August 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

, INVESTMENT SHARES. On th© Stock Exchange yesterday a solo of Onion Steam (ord.) was made at 415., and a sal© of South. British at £5 was re- . ported, The. quotations were as under:— * ' . . .. Buyers. Sellers. £s.d. £ s. d. , National Bank 5 6 0, 5 7 6 Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. . 6 19 0 7 1 0 ' Napier Gas 1 (£10) ..: 15 15 0 — National Insurance 212 6 — Standard Insurance 118 0 — Well, ileal Export (£5)... — * 5 2 6 , Woll. 3loat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) _ 326 Huddart-Farkcr (ord.) ... 1 5 9 — Hivido.rt-Parker (pvef.) ...10? — TJnion Steam (pref.) 11.0 — Well. Woollen (ord.) . •<> 0 0 ' — Waipa Coal 0 18 -4 — ■Westport Coal .....: -.. 19 0 — N.Z. Drag 2 7 0 — D.1.0. (pref.) — 10 9 WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. L-aery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, leport wholesale prices as follow Fowl's -wheat, prime, sa. 3d. per bushel; fowl's ■wheat, medium, ss. 2d. per bushel; fowl's . , barley, 4s. 3d. per bushel; barley seconds, 4s. per bushel; Cape barley, Victorian seod, 4s. 9d. per bushel; Cepe barley, New .Zealand, 4s. 3d. per bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d. pel- bushel; maize, feed, 4s. lid. to ss. per bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, £6 > 6s. ton, sacks in; oatstraw, £4 ss. per ton; hay, clover, £6 per ton; flour, in sacks, £13 6s. per ton; oatmeal, £18 10s. per ton; , bran, £5 10s. per ton; pollaTd, £8 10s. per .ton; potato seed,. Bruse's Prolific, £7 ton, .Early Rose £10 10s. per ton, Northern , Star £6 15s. per ton, Up-to-Date £7 per .ton, Gamekeepers £6 15s. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides UJd. per lb., rolls Is. Ojd. per lb.,' hams Is.' per lb., I shoulders lOd. per lb.; cheese '(factory),

medium. 9Jd. per lb.; loaf, 10d.; linseed nuts, 13a. per owt.; linseed, ground cake, 13s. per owt.; rico flour, £15 per ton; onions, £7 sb._ to £7 15s. por ton; Victorian Brown Spanish, —; potatoes, whlto-skin-ned, table, £8 to £fl 10s. per ton- ground wheat, X 9 per ton. Poultry -is in very strong demand. Hens, 4s. to 4b. 6d. per pair; heavy birds, ss. 6d. to 6s. ,6d. per pair; cockerels, 4s. 6d. to ss. Gd. per pair; largo birds, 6s. to 7s. 6d'. por pair; ducks, Aylesbury and Peldn, Os. to 9s. per pair: Indian liuiiner, ss. to 6a. per pair; turkeys. gobblers Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per lb., hens lid. to Is. per lb.; fresh eggs, Is. 9d. to is. lid. per 'dozen; preserved eggs, Is. 7d. to ls. Bd, per dozen. .' Customs dutv colleoted at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to JES4SS Ms. 9d. SOUTHERN MABKETS.' By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, August 8. The provision made in tho Appropriation Act {or inorcasod duty- ou Australian wheat and flour, if necessary, to prevent unfair competition during the war lias given satisfaction to' -wheat growers an 4 - those interested in the wheat and flour trades. - The market has not yet shown any sign 9 of resuming its normal tone, as there is still some uncertainty about Australian' prices. Oats aro very 'firm and scarce. There lias been a little hotter demand for chaffy owing to tho wet weathor. The potato market is still somowhat- unsettled. Most of the sales are being made between merchants' who are ■turning over purchases made d/uring. the recent decline. • Prices offered at country stations are £6 ss. to £6 lCs. , WHEAT. Australlan-tfew Zealand Cable Association. London, August 7. Wheat.—The market is steady., Little business doing; 655. is asked for steamer parcels on passage. " BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. London, August 7. • The -Board of Trade returns show that the imports for July increased by £1,048,604, and exports £11,601,546- re-exports decreased' by £1,513,669. LONDON METAL MARKETS. .(Rec. August 8, 9.20 p.m.) London, August 8. Copper.—Spot, £106 155.; 3 months, £103 lSs. Electrolytic, £124. Lead.—Three montns, £28 155.; 3 months, £28 6s. Spelter. Spot, £44; 3 months, £40. Tin—Spot, £167 12s. 6d.; 3 months, £168 7s. fid. Bar Silver.—3l 7-16 d. pr.r oz. standard.