OMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2857, 23 August 1916, Page 8

OMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday's quotations for investment -shares were- as under: l -

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRIDES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat, prime, ss. 3d. per bushel; fowls' wheat, medium, ss; to ss. 2d. per bushel; fowls' wheat, grouud, £9 per ton; fowls' barley, 4s. 3d. per busfcel; N.Z. Cape barley, 4s. '3d. per bushel; Australian Cape barlcjr, 4s. 9d. per bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d. per bushel; ,maizo feed, 4s. 9d. to ss. per bushel; chaff, oat-sheaf, £6 to £6 ss. per ton, sacks in; hay. clover, £5 10s. to £5 per ton;, flour in sacks, \ £13 sa. »er ton; oatmeal, £18 10s. per ton, in. 25'b; bran, £5 10s. per ton; pollard, £8 10s. per ton; potatoes, seed: Breeze's Prolific, £7; Red Skins, £10 10= per ton'; Northern Star, £6 15s. per ton; TJp-to-Date. £7 ss. per ton; Gamekeepers, £6 15s. per. ton; bacon (all best factory), sides. Hid. per lb.; rolls, Is. OJd. per lb.; hams, Is. per lb.; shoulders, 10d. per lb.; cheese .factory), medium, lOd. per lb.; linseed nuts, 13s. per cwt.; linseed ground cake, 13s. per cwt.; Victorian brown Spanish onions, £5 10. to £7; potatoes, whiteskinned table, £8 10s„ £9. Poultry is in very strong demand, and the following prices are being realised:—Cockerels, ss. to Bs. per pair; hens. 4s. to 6s. 6d. per pair; heavy white ducks, Bs. to 9s. per pair: Indian runncTs, ss. to 65.. per pair; turkeys: gobblers, Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per lb.; hens, lOd. to Is. Custom, duty collected at the port of Wellington yostoday amounted to £3429 19s. 7d\ , .... SOUTHERN MARKETS, j By Telegraph—Press Association. Chrlstchurch, August 22. Tho local wheat, market remains unchanged, but the tone is firm. There is very. little offering by growers, and. tho lines- that do come' forward aro smell. Stocks .of wheat in .store are ■ reported to bo very small for the s timo of year, and tho milleTs are not large holders yet. There does not seem, to be a very large quantity still in farmers' hands. Prices are about the same «s Quoted last week, but for Fcarl a.little moTe money would ba given, and prime is worth up to 3s. Id. Oats and chaff are nominally worth £4 10s. per ton. The local demand is very limited, and there is no coastal trade, as Blenheim can still supply the North Island market, ■ the pri<*. quoted being £4 10s. f.o.b. Picton. Tho potato market is a little firmer. £6 10s. is now being offered for this month's delivery, and £7 for September. The southern supplies are reported to be short, and Canterbury has to supply the bulk of tho demand from other provinces. LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Tiec. August 22, 8.35 p.m.), London, August 21. To date 189,000 bales have arrived, of which 98.CC0 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, leaving a total of 103,500 bales available for the -sixth series of sales, which' open on September 5. WHEAT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. {Hoc. August 22, 8.35 p.m.) London, August 21. The wheat market is very Arm. shipments being sparingly offered. Prices are nominal.

Buj-ers. Sellers. £s.d. ' £s.d. Well. Trust, Loan. Ltd. . - V 0 0 National Insurance 2 13 0 — Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 1 5 9 — Union Steam (ord.) — 2 19 Well. Woollen (ord. (li ' - Well. Woollen (pref.) .... 3 17 6 - Waipa Goal ,.. ti 18 6 — Wcetport Ooal 1 9 9 - Leyland-O'Brien 12 0. — N.Z. Conson. Dental 119 — JT.Z. Drug 2 7 3 - D.I.O. (pref.) - 10 6 Sharland (ord.) 16 6 — Sharland (pref.) 16 6 - Scoullar Co 13 6 —