COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2880, 19 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT. SHABEfi. " p"Te6tfirdß7's' Quotation's lor investment ■ thare3 me 'ad under:— Buyer,. Seller*. £ 6. d. £ s. u. National Bank — 5 8 0 Kink N.Z. (£3 65." 8d.).... 11 4 • 6 - ;. Napier Qas'j£lo) 15 10 0 ' . — National Jimirance.- 213 0 — Gear }Icat'(£l) 410 0 \ : , Jluddart-Parkor (ord.} ... 1 7 G — Union Steam (ord.) 2 1 3 2 2 ,0 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 6 0 0 ■ VVestport Coal — ' 110 0 a .WestporfrStockton (pxef.) 0 10 . 3 . — ' TVard'and Co 516 0 ' — • N.Z. Consol. Dental ... 12 6.. — ' N.Z. Drag 2 7 6 - N.Z. Portland Cement .. — • - t 0 12 0 WHOLBSiI® PRODUCE PRICES.' .• Messrs. Laery and'Oo,,'Ltd., Allesn StTeet, ■ report wholesale prices as follow:—Fowls' Vlieat, prime,- 6s.x4d. bushol; fowls' bartoy, seconds, 3s. Bd. bushel; Cape barley, 3s. lOd. bushel: partridge peas, 6s. 6d. bushol; maize, feed, 4s. lOd. to ss. bushel; ohaff. oatsheaf, £6 2s. 6d. per ton, sacks in;-hay, olover, £5 ss. to £6 ton; Sour, in-sacks, £13 15g. ton; oatmeal, £18 ton; bran, £4 155.-to £5 ton; pollard, £7 10s. to '£7„155. ton. Potato seeds: Breese's Prolific, £7„ per : ton;' Northern . Star, £6 15s. per ton; TTp-to-Da/te, £7 10s. per ton; Game- .... keepers, £6 15s. per. ton. Bacon (all best factory): Sides, lljd.; rolls; Is. 03d.; hams, ' ls. ; ; ehoulders, ICS. . Cheese (factory), me-, dium, 9Jd. lb.; linseed nuts, £13; linseed • trround cake, -£13; potatoes, white-skinned,' '. table,. southern, ' £9 to £9. ss. ton. , All poultry. in very goodi: demand; Hens, 55.. to* 6s. 6d. pair; cockerels, 6s; 6d. to Bs. pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury); Bs. 6d. to-9s. 6d. pair ducks (Indian Runners), ss. 6d., to 6s. 6d. pair; turkoys, (gobblers), Is., „ lb. live weight; hens, lOd. lb..live .weight; . butter (primo bulk), Is. 4d. lb.; eggs, fresh, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. dozen. v ; . . Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington .yesterday amounted - to £6056 10s. : 3d. / . HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET ' •. REPORT. ■ The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and . Commerce has Teceived the following! cablegram, dated. London, September, . 16, from- tile 'High 1 Commissioner ; for New Zoaland. • (Note: Quotations,, nm- ' less otherwise specified, are avorago market prices on spot) ■' Meat.—Owing to-a large supply of Dutch mutton; English lambs are selling at comparatively low pnecs. There la a less demand for all descriptions of frozen meat,

with the result that-lower prices aro being acccpted for Argentine mutton 1 aud lamb. New' Zealand mutton, per lb., Sid.; ©wo mutton, B}d.; Argentine mutton, Bid.; Now Zealand lamb, 9Jd.; Argentine lavnb, 9Jd.; New Zealand bull beef, hinds, 5M.; fores, 4Jd.; New Zealand boneless beef, 6}d.; Argentine chilled beef, hinds 9d., fores 7Jd.'Butter.—The market continues firm. Danish. salted, per cwt., 1965. to . 1985.; Dutch, salted, 180s. to' 1825.; unsalted, 182s. to 1845.; Irish creamery, salted, 184s. to 188s.; unsalted, 186s. to 1905.; Canadian, salted, 182s. to 1865.: "unsalted,. 186s. to 188s.; Now Zealand, salted, lE6s. 'to 188s.; urisaltcd, 188s. .to 1905.; Argentine, salted, 182s. to 1845.; unsaltod, 186s. to 188s.; American creamery, salted, 1725. to 1765. ' Cheeso—The market is quiet, but steady. Canadian,' white, 105s. to 1065.; coloured, 105s. to 1065.; English cheddor, 114s. to 116s;; New Zealand, tho market is steady; white, 104s. to 1065.; coloured, 104s. to 1065.; States •Flats, white, 101s. to 1025.; States Cheddars, 102s. to 103s. Hemp.—Tho market is firm, with hardening tendency. Light shipments of' hemp are cxpeotcd from Manila. Good fair, Now Zealand hemp, per ton, £49 10s.; fair, £47 10s.; Government-graded fair Manila, £52; coarse, £49 10s.; October-December shipment, good fair, New Zealand, £49; fair. £47; Government-graded fair Manila, £51; coarse, £48 10s. The output ol' hemp at Manila for the week ending last Saturday'was 25,000 bales., Stocks of Now Zealand Jjemp on hand at the end of August were 403 tons. Wleat.—The market remains firm, but quotations arc nominally lower. Canadian, arrived, 68s. 6d.; October-November, 665. 6d. Oats.—Tho market is firmer. Argentine, on spot, 325. 6d. - Wool.—The market is firm, with a, strong market for crossbreds.