COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2852, 17 August 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

investment shares. Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:— / Buyers. Sellers. • £ 6. d. £ s. d. Eank Australasia 118 0 0 — National Bank 5 7 6 — *Weli. Invest. T. and A. — 0 10 10 Well. Trust, Loan; Ltd.... — 7 0 0 Well. Gas (£10) 14 10 0 — National Insurance ...... 2 13 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 9 0 — Huddart-Parkor (ord.) ... 1 5 a — HuddartrParker (pref.) ...10 9' — Union Steam (ord.) 2 13, 216 Union Steam (pref.) ... — l i 3 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 17 6 — Waipa Coal 0 IB 6 _ : Westport Coal ' 1-3 6 19 9 .Leyland-O'Brien 12 0 — N.Z. Con. Dental 1.19 — N.Z. Drug .'. 2 7 0 — D.1.0. (pref.) : - ins Sharland (ord.) 16 0 — Sharland (prtJ:,) 11$ 0 — .'-Ex div. Customs duty collected'at the port ot Wellington yesterday amounted to JE5428 i«is. 9a, . . , WOOL, SKIN, AND HIDE SALE. , Messrs.'; Williams and Kettle Ltd., rei port haying held their .periodical ealo of wool, skins, hides; and tallow on August 15, when they offered a good catalogue to a larsre attendance of buyers. Bidding was spirited throughout, except for baJe woo),..the. majority .of which failed to reach vendors' reserves. Sheepskins showed an advance of'Jd. perUh.; hides, id. and,tallow, 2s. 6d. per cwt. of last ? aI(S J QUOte followoTfool; Crossbred,. 12id.- to 129 d.; dead, lf^d.; crutchlngs, Bid. to lid.; locks, s}d. Horsei i "J' , ner Sheepskins: Crossbred llld.; halt to three-auarter wools, 10Jd. to lljd.; half to threo.quarter broken, B}d.; hoggets. Bjd. to Ud.- hoesets, dead BJd. to 9d.; pelts, M. 'to Is caoh. Hides;. light ox, lOd.-prime heavy cow, 10. 3-6 d.; prime cow, 93d. to 10d. to 1(M.; coto, dead, 7id.| steers and heifers, Sd. to 91d.; wners, 9di; horso, sound, 12s. 6d.; cut. 4s. 3d. to Bs. 2d. Calfskins' Prime heavy, Is.; prime celf. Ujd.i light', IOSd., cut • 9d., slippy, 7Jd., out and meaty, Bd.; tallow: tins, 275. 6d. to 30s per cwt. / FROZEN MEAT MAEKET. Messrs.-' Gilbert, Anderson, and 00. Jilessrs .Mellsop, Ellotl, and Co., Palmer-Bton-.NoTth, local agents), report on the frozen meat market under date London, Jun« 16, as follows:— Home-frown.—Supplies have'again been ill sufficient quantities to prevent a complete recovery from the. easier tono that 'set in. last week, beef alone being the exception. ■' frozen.— Argentine meat has been more

plentiful; on the other hand, colonial meat Ik-ls been scarcer ill London. The brunt of the demand falls on New Zealand lambs, Australians being practically nil, arrivals from that country during March, April, and May, being :-g3,623 sheep, 19,388 lambs, 25,089 quarters beef, anil no prospect of any during Juno and July. . Burinff June the -arrivals from New Zealand ore estimated at:— Sheep. Lambs. Qrs. beef. 247,845 466,978 170,165 ApalnstrMay '... 187,115 213,852 76,647 April- ... 190,901 271,239 33,583 March... 215,237 322,557 «,6£6 Quantities of beef from the States ami other countries have also been ou an increased scale, averaging" 10I),C00 quarters for May and June each. Market prices for week ending:— * Junol6, Jtiuelß , June 9, 1916. 1915. 1916. d. d. d. d. ,d: d. Home-grown— , Mutton: . .Wethers 12 -141 81-11 11 -14 tfwes 9j.io{ y. 8 93.101 Tegs 13 -14? 91-10 13 -14* Lambs 13-15 10-11 131-15" Beef, sides 111-121 91-10} 115-121 Veal, best 124-14 - 13 -151 Pork,' best IOJ-UJ 9- 91 81-11J Fro-pn— Mutton:' Ji.Z. wethers ....... 88 71-7 88 N.Z. ewes 8J . .6J 81 Australian wetliei\3 • ■ and ewes 61-6J 8S S. A mcr. wethers 10J-10 7 10-9? Lamh: iV.Z. & Australian 91 8?- 8j 91 South American... 12 73 12 Pork, U.S.A 8? — 8i Chilled: • Plate 01 fores and v hinds beef ... BJ-10S BMO 'LEAD. By Telegraph-Press Association-C-opyright (It-ec. August 16, -7.10 p.m.) London, August 15. lead exports arc estimated at 2368 tons. Junc-Anjust quotations: £32 10s.