COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2869, 6 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. A sale o( Wellington Trust find 111vostmcat shares a,t 10s. 9d. was Tcn&i'tpd yesterday. The' (imitations were as uudor.

Customs duty colJccted at- the port of WcLLiDffoon yesterday amounted to £2&31 14b. . Bd. FEOZEN MEAT. Messrs. Gilbert, Anderson, and Co. (Messrs. Mellsop, Eliott and Co., local agents), report <13 follows on the frozen meat. market':— Home-grown—All prices are 10-wer, and 'tho trade has .been slow and _ dragging, with sales difficult to effect. Shipments'of meat from Holland'have been resumed, but arrivals so far have only consisted of a few cases of veal, which., were in a bad condition, 'and were partly.'condemned; good quantities of mutton are erpccted in the near future. . . '•/ Frozen.—Tho feature, of the week has been the big drop ,in value of South Araerioan meat in • consequence • of the cheaper prices of' Home-grown, and good quantities on offer. In many oases 6ales take place at lower rates' than-the quotas lions set out' below. Chilled'.beef has been plentiful .rendering the poor , quality frozon beef released' by the Government less saleable. So far Now Zealand lambs are still in great demand, as they are still below their* value, but the sheep aie. beginning. to be affected by the lower tone. Priwd frtr wAiVks r.Tiditnfirt—

N.Z. .LOQAIL LOAN. The fact'that the New Zealand internal wax loan of £8,000,000 has been heavily over-subscribed is proof, not only of the prosperity of tho Dominion, but of the determination of the people to help lighten the financial strain upon Great Britain. Like Australia, New Zealand has been immune from the .ravAges -of "war, and,' in comparison -with the territory of aome of the Allies, Australasia is an earthly paradise. New Zealand has been spared even the .vicissitudes of climate, and her primary industries flourished to such an' extent that, the trade' balance at March 31- lost was over £10,700,000 in her favour.-' When the Finance Bill was under discussion recently in the Dominion Parliament, Sir Joseph Ward stated that the private wealth of New Zealand was £260 per capita! Subscriptions to the war loan already amount to over £9 per capita, and 1 the Government .of the Dominion intend to accept all that may be offered to them. The small five-year certificates appear to be attractive, and it would prooably pay the Commonwealth to placo this'class of security on their'list when the occasion 'presents itself. —Melbourne "Argus." SOUTHERN MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Chrlstchurch, September 5. There is very little business -doing in Wheat, but the. market keeps fiTm. Offering* are scarce, very few samples having been shown, for some days past. The Ton guriro waß ,to have taken some wheat in her Homeward cargo, and it is not likely that further space jflJl be fund for H. There has been a good demand of late for seed oats, indicating that -farmers arfi sowing this cereal instead of wheat as a spring orop. The potato market is without change, £7 being -paid tit country stations. TIN. Australian-New Zealand Gable Association. (Rec. September 5, 6.1 p.m.) Londoili September 4. Tin.—Stooks, 19,648 tons; on spot. 2075 tons; afloat, 3520 tons; deliveries. 1579 tons. •

aTd!:National Hank 5 7 6 5 8 6 Bank N.Z. (£5 6s. 84.) ... 11 2 6 Bank N.Z. (£6 Us. Ad.) ... 17 2 6 Well, to (£10) 1412 6 - National Insurance 2 13 I — N.B. Rcfrigcratlnu Co.... 19 7 6 20 0 0 Gear Jlcat (£1) 4 9 6 Uuddart-Parkcr (ord.) ... — 17 6 Well. Woolleu (ord.) - ' 6 5 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) ... 3 17 6 - Waipa Coal 018 6 — Westport Coal 19 9 — Wostport-Stockton (pref.) 0 10 0 — Wara and Co 6 15 0 — Manning Oo 4 11 6 — N:L. Drue v. 2 7 0 N.Z. (Jreenrtone (£l) 13 3 — Sbarland (ord.) 16 6 — Shorlond. (pref.) 16 6 —

Prices lor "weeKs ending:— • Juno 30, July 2, 1916. 1915. d; d.; ' d. d. Home-grown— . Beef,, sides 8i-10J Mutton, wethers lOf-13 81-10 Mutton, ewes 9-10 7 - 7i • Tegs iomi „ n-m Lambs 12 43J- 8i*10i Pork, best 103-111 8J» 9i Voal, best < 12 -14J 9 -10 Erozen— Mutton, N.Z -wethers 8& 7-71 Mutton, N.Z. ewes ... 81 • Mutton, Aus -wethers and owes *... 81 oj- 6j Mutton, S. American . •wethers 10 - 9 J 6$-1, Lamb, N.Z. and Aus-. tnulian 9J . 8 - 83 Lamb, 8. American 11 -1<U 8-71 Pork, U.S.A. . 8i- 83 - Ohilled— B. American ox hinds and fores 9-8' .9-7$