COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2874, 12 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

■ . • INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yesterday's' quotations for investment shares wcro as under:— Bnyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. u. National Bank' — 5 8 6 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 11 4 0 . - Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 17 4 0 — Well. Trust, Loan; Ltd. 617 0 7 10 Ohristchurch Gas (£5) ... 6 15 0 — Ninier Gas (£10) 1510 0 Well. Gas (£10) 14 17 0 • 15 0 0 National Insurance 213 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4'lo 0 ' - +\VcH'ton Woollen (ord.) — { O'l Westport Coal 19 3 — N.Z..Drug 2 7 3 - N.Z. Portland Cement ... — 012 3 fEx div. . Customs duties collected at the port' of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6228 12s. 3d. . HTJDDART-PARKER COMPANY. The Huddart-Parker Company has declared tho following dividends, for the ycar:-6. per cent, on preference shares and 8 per cent, on ordinary shares. In addition, a. bonus of 1 per cent, has been declared. ■ ;

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follows:—Fowls' wheat, prime, 55.. Id. per bushel; seconds fowl wheat, 3s. Bd. per bushel; fowls' barley, 45.; Australian Capo barley, 4s. 6d. per bushel; New Zealand Capo barley, 3s. lOd. por bushel; partridge peas, 6s, 6d. por bushel; maize, feed, 4s. 9d. to ss. por bushel; chaff, oatshcaf, £6 53.'per ton, secto in; hay, clover. £5 to £6 per ton; lloiu-. in socks. £13 15s. per ton;i oatmeal, £19 10s. per ton; pollard, £7 10s. to £7 15s. por ton; bran. '£4 15s. to £5 por ton. All poultry in very good demarad. Hens, Is. 6d. to ss. 6d. per pair; cockerels, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per pair; ducks (Pckin and Aylesbury), Bs. to 9s. per pair; ducks. (Indian Runners), ss. 6d. per pair. Potato seeds: Northern Star, £6 15s. per ton; Up-to-Datc, £7 15s. per ton; Gamekeepers, £6 15s. per ton. Bacon (all best factory), sides, Hid. per lb.; rolls, Is. 03d. per lb.; hams, Is. per lb.; shoulders. lOd. per lb.; cheese (factory), medium 6ize. 9id. to lCd. per lb.; linseed meal, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.! pigmeal, £6 10s. per ton; onions, Yictoriau, fair quality, £8 per ton; potatoes, whiteskinned, table, £9 ss. to £9 10s. per ton; turkeys (gobblers), lg. per lb. dead weight; turkeys (hens), lOd. per lb. dead weight; butter (primo hulk), ls.-4d. per lb.; fresh eggs, Is. 4d. per dozen. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Murray, Eoberts. and 00., Ltd., have received' the following cablegram from their London agents, dated September B:—"Merino, good, market very firm; inferior and faulty, declined 5 per cent. Compared with last sale's closing rates, medium and strong crossbred advanced 5 per cent." 'HIGH' COMMISSION BITS MARKET \ REPORT. The Department of, Agriculture, Industries,, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London. September 9,. from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Meat.—Home-killed mutton and beef are in largo supplies, aDd there are good supplies of Dutch mutton. Heavy-weight mutton, Bid. per lb.; light-weight mutton, 9jd. Lower prices are being Quoted for Argentino '. mutton and lamb, owing to continued large supplies of Patagonian. New Zealand mutton, Bid. per lb.; ewe mutton, BJd.; Argentino mutton, 9Jd.; New Zealand lamb, 9Jd.; Argentine lamb, 10Jd.; Argentine chilled beef, hinds 93d., fores 7gd. .Butter.—The market continues firm. Danish, salted, 1945. to 198s. per owt.; Dutch, salted, 180s. to 1825.; unsalted, 184«. to 1865.; Irish Creamery, 180s. to 184s. for salted; unsalted, 184s. to 1865.; Canadian, salted, 180s to 1845.; unsalted. 184s. to 1865.; New Zealand, salted, 185s. to 188s'.; Argentine,- salted, 180s. to 1825.; unsalted, 182s. to 1845.; American creamery,, salted, 1725. to 1765. Ohcese.—The market closed firm at the advance. New Zealand white cheese, in small supply, 103s. to 105s. per cwt.; coloured. 103s. to 1055.: English Cheddar, 114s. to 116s. On September 1 the estimated Canadian and flfafes cheese stocks at London, ■ Liverpool, and Bristol were 232,000 boxes, against 336,000 boxes at same time last year. Tho estimated New Zealand cheese stocks at.London and Bristol on September 1 were 4650 crates, against 197,500 crates at same time last year. Hemp.—The market is quiet, but firm Good-fair New Zealand, per ton, £49 10s.; fair, £47 10s.; Government graded, fair Manila, £51 10s.; coarse, £48 10s.: OctoberDecember shipment, good-fair New Zealand. £48 10s.; fair, £47; Government graded, fair Manila, £50 10s.; coarse, £46 10s. The output of hemp at Manila for the week ended, last Saturday was 20.0C0 bales.' (■ Wheat.—Tho market is firm, owing to reduced supplies, but buyers aro holding back, and buying only what is necesE&ry. Canadian, arrived; 695., c.i.f., October- ' November, 685.:• Argentine and Austra-. lian, on spot, 695.; English is making record price for forty years at 645. Oats.—The market is quiet, but moderate business doing. Canadian, on spot, 355.; Argentine, 31s. 6d. Hops—Tho market is quiet hut firm. Englißh, 110s. to 1305.; Californian, 100s. totals. Kauri Gum.—Nothing offered for salcat auction. Prices are nominal. at. last quotations. Wool.—The market is firm;