COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2868, 5 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

; ..— '. ./INVESTMENT.:SHARES. , : ~Tcsterd4y's' quotations for ■ investment ■'■ i ihares were as nnder:—

5' '.' Customs duty'oolleoted" at the port of V'. Wellington yesterday amounted to £2591 "'. : In. 4d. « - , •

■V :';'•,•;::. CEMENT :CO.'S REPORT.' ',:".■• The report of the directors of the ■ \ ■:.'-"■ Golden Bay Cement Co. for the year end- : .;. -r ,-Jny. Juno JO, 1916. states .that after pro- ,->..-' V-. vlding for- depreciation' the amount to . ;..., the .'credit of profit and loss is £9344 9s. .;,,:. Sir, which includes.a balance of £354 19s. : r >;.'Sdii brought forward > from last year. . j :.'... The beard recommends that a dividend ; .'.',. of 6 per cent., whioh. amounts to £1600, ....-;''■■; be ,paad for..the .year just ended, and- to ; **■ oarry the balance, viz., £5744 9s. sd„ to ;.- next year. Mr. Charles M'Arthur and .;.':JIr. Charles Stewart, retiring direotoTß-, :.-.'.; ;, "Offer themselves fov re-elcotion. ';.• : Ji'.'''■■'.■ WHOLESAEE PRODUCE, PRICES. .■:•.'..'» Messrs. Laery. and Co.. IM., Allen •. il.. Street, report wholesale prices ds follow: . . ;.;:• f ow j 3 ' nurheat, prime,, ss. 4d. per bushel; ; , -.. L- .ditto; medium,- 55.~2d., ss. 3d. Feed bd-rley, • •'. '."''■ £3'9s. 6d.; Australian Oape barley, 4s. 6d.: , ■ ■: '!f.-'K.Z: Cape barley, ,3s. lOd. -Partridge . '."- peas, 6s. SdV Maize feed, 4s, 9d. to ss._ ;.." . £6 15s.'per ton, sacks in. : : ,:.;;-..lDay, clover. £5 to £6 per ton. Hour in t..'.; kU .casks, £13 15s. per' ton. Oatmeal;- £18 10s. :: ' t . -per ton, in 25's; £20 10s.. per ton in 7'sJ ■ Pollard," £7 10s. per ton,, .jlran, £4.155. All ;., poultry in very good demand: Hens, 4s. -~ to fa. 6d. per.pair: oockercis. 4s. 6d. to'Bs. '•. ■Jv per. pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), ,-.-.-Bs.; 9s, per pair; Intjlafi 'Rtnnere, ss. «d. :.' , i.;.w. pair. . Potato. Seed: Northern i.-;.6tar, £6 .15s. ' per ton; TJp-to- ' ;. : vdttte, £7 55.; Gamokeepers, £6 Jss.; 'c : :-'-.j'Breeze's Prolific, £7 - per. ton. Bacon r -.■*": (all beet factory): Sides, Hid. per lb; "rolls. Is. 03d.;Jhains, Is.; shoulders. lOd. :'.'...',.'"'. Cheese (factory), medium,; lOd. per 'lb. ~ Linseed nuts, 13s. per cwt. Irinseed ground ■ : ■'■•■► v.ceie, 13s. per cwt-. Victorian.- Brown --." '-. -Spanish onions. £7 to £7 10s. per ton. ~.-.: (Potato.- White Skinned Table, £9 to £9 : ■■•'•. IDs.-per' ton; pis-meal, £6 10s. per ton. .-^.V- Turkeys (gobblers), Is. Id. .to Is. 2d. ner :.:: - lb.-;. (hens), lids.' to Is. por lb. Butter, ,-....' ?■ ■•! prime, bulk, Is. 3d. por lb: Eggs, Is. 2d. ;per doz. •*r'-. : -HIGE COMMISSIONEE'S MARKET REPORT. ... .-The Department of Agriculture, Indus. tries, and Commerce has received the fol- ::■/ lowing cablegram, dated London; Beptem- ';.■'■■■ ber 2, 1916, from the High Commissioner . {or New Zealand. - (Note: Quotations un-

less otherwise specified are average mar. ket prices on spot):—• Meat.—Lower nrieea are being accepted for Argentine , mutton and lamb, owing to increasing supplies. New Zealand mutton and lamb and Argentine lamb are very scarce. New Zealand mutton, per lb.. 83d.; ewo mutton, Old.; Argentine mutton, Sid.; Dutch mutton, first arrivals this season, BJd. for heavyweight. Thero are plenty of buyers for light-weight mutton. Now Zealand lamb, 9W-; Argontine .lamb, 103 d.; Scotch, lambs are- in good supply, best quality. 13d. There are no supplies of New Zealand beef available.' Argentine chilled beef:. Hinds, 9 3-Bd.; fores, 7 3-Bd. Butter.—The market is very quiet, and there' is little business doiug. Danish, salted, per cwt., 1965. to 1985.; Dutch salted, 180s. to 1825.; Irish creamery, salted. 180s. to 1845.; New Zealand, stocks are light. Salted, 185 a. to 188s.: Argentine, salted, 182s. to 184s. . Cheese.—The market is quiet .but steady. I'ricos have a hardening tendency. Canadian, white, per cwt., 103s. to 1045.; coloured,. 103s. to 1045.; English oheddar. 114s. to 1165.: New Zealand, stocks are light white, 102s. to 104 a.; coloured , 102s. to 1045.-; States Flats, white, 102s. Pomp.—The market is firm at the advance. Good fair New Zealand hemp, per ton, £49 10s.; fair, £47 10s.; Government graded fair Manila, £52; coarse, £49. Forward shipment, good fair N.Z.,; £49: fair, £4?. Government graded fair Manila. £51; ooaTse, £48 10s. Tho output of hemp at Manila for week ending last Saturday was 24,000 bales. Wheat.—The market is rather unsettled on account of Rumania entering tho war. Quotations are nominal and irregu--lar. Canadian, shipment In September, 665.;. October to • November, 655. ; market is quiet but firm. Argentine, on spot; 31a. Wool—The market is aotive with a good demand for coarse orossbreds, all grades.

;..,(-, -.'."'•■■ Buyers. . Sellers. . '.. ■" ''• :.' • £s. d. £s. d. JfationaJ ■'. Bmk 5 7 6 '— -. Eank.N.Z. (£3 6b. 8d.) ... 11' 2 6 - ■'•.' -Bank W.Z.;(£6 13s. 4d.) ... 17 2 '6' — ••■: -Wn.finest. T. : and A 0 10 6 0 10 10 : '--National "Insnrance 2 13 b — . .'S.- British Insurance 6 2 0 — .■■'■ ,Ohoih.-. Meat :..':.v..:...; 19 7 6 20 0 0. .Gear Meat ■ (£4) 17 10 0 - -..Gear Meat'(£l) 4 9 0; — ■ .". Wn. ■■ Moat Export (£5) - .600 '• iYfn. Meat • Export (£2 ■", 12s. 6<L) ..;;. - 3 2 0 -Union Steam (ordj _ \ . 2 19 • *Wn. Woollen (ord.) - 6 6 0 ,'v .Wsrtn. JToollen (prcf.) 3 17, 6 — ■■-.'!•' ;.Westport Ooal 19 9 . — ; ■ vWestportrStookton (ord>.) 0 6 6 — -v;..:TCBBtPortrStockton (pref.) 0 10 0 — •"' -Ward .and Oo 515 0 — ;.'?-. vjftuailne and Oo 4 11 0 4 13 0 '■>;: N.Z. Oonsol. Dental'....;.) 1 2 3 — "it --.Golden Bar Oemont 12 6' — '.,); Bhariand (ord.) _ 16 6 — v.iABnarland ;(pref.) 16 6 — ;,..':;.., tEi. dlr. v > *Onm dir. , ' i ■