COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2879, 18 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

«Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £6706 Bs. 6d. I LOICDON WOOL SALES. Australian-New Zealand Cable. Association. (f!ec. September 16, 7.50" p.m.) London, September 15. At the wool sales-a- miscellaneous catalogue was offered. Good wools were firm, prices' being' unchanged; shabby sorts were rather irregular. New Zealand: Oropua, top 19Jd., average 19Jd. i> . LONDON MAKKETS. (liec.- September v 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, September '15. Wheat.—Dull market. Chicago December options, 147 cents, 1501 cents; May options, 14/3 cents, 150jf cents. Frozen Meat.—Jjouth American mutton, BJd.; lamb, 9gd.; Australian and Hew Zealand market unchanged. • llabbits.—Market steady, with prices ' maintained. .New ' Zealand Hemp—AugusW3ecembcr shipments, £19. Kubber.—Para, 3s. 33d. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 4<1.; smoked, 2s. 4d, Copra.—September-October shipments, £38 10s. per ton/ FBOZEN' MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and 00. (Messrs. Mellsop, Eliott, and Co., Palmerston North, local agents) report oil the frozen meat market, under dato London July 21, as . follows :— Home-grown: A week, of warm weather has done much to curtail the demand, but supplies have been lighter than last week. The market is very tender, and the resumption of the shipments of Dutch mutton, which is expected very shortly, may have a marked effect on prices. Frozen: Lambs still in great request in ■ southern markets, but in Glasgow it is difficult to maintain their value, owinjj to competition with the Home-grown article. Mutton is slower, with a weaker tendency, but priccs not quotably lower. . Beef is a difficult sale, particularly tho plain bulls and cows, and Canadian boneless beef is a. drug on the market. _ Chilled beef recovered after a bad opening, and finishes firm. Market prices for weeks ending:— July 21, July as, July 14, 1916. 1915. 1916. d. d. d. d. d. d. Home-grown— :• ■ Beef, sides 10-113 8-10J 10J-12J Mutton, wethers ... 11 -13 8 - 9SN 11 -13 Mutton, ewes 94-10 71- 73 • 9}-10 Tegs 12 -121 9 -10 12 -125 Lambs lli-13* 81-101 12-14 Pork (best) 103-115 83-91 11 -Hi Teal (best) !... 12 -13 91-10 13 -141 Frozen— ■ Mvtton: N.Z. wethers ... 83 - 7J-6J 85 N.Z. ewes 81 61 61 Australian wethers & ewes 81 6|-63 81 South American wethers 94-9 61-63 91-9 Lamb: N.Z. A Australian 91 83-81 91 South American 111-10* fIA-75 111-101 Pork, U.S.A. ... \8 83 74-73 81-83 Chilled: Plate ox fore 6 and hinds 71 and 10 71and8J 73 and 91