COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2886, 26 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

WHOLESALE PRODUCE I'RIOES. , Messrs. Laery and Co.. Ltd., Allen Street, report wholosalo prices as follow :—Fowls' wheat, prime, ss. 4d. to ss. sd. per bushel; fowls' barlej', 3s. Bd. per bushel: Cope barley, 3s. lOd. per bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d..per bushel;, maize, feed, 4s. lOd. to ss. per bushel; chaff, oataheaf, £6 ss. per ton,-sacks in; hay, clover, £5 55.. to £6 4s. per ton; flour, in sacks, £13 155.; oatmeal, £18; bran, £4 15s. per ton; pollard, £7' 10s. to £7 155.; all poultry in very (rood demand: hens.' 6s. to Bs. por pair; cockerels, 7s.'6d. to Bs. 6d. per pair; ducks (Pckin and Aylesbury),.Bs. to Ide. pair; ducks (Indian runners), 6s. to 7s. per pair; turkeys (gobblers), Is. Id. to Is. 2d. por lb.; turkey? (hens),. Is. per lb.; butter (prime'bulk), Is. 4d. per lb.; obbs, fresh, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. per dozen; bacon (all best factory), sides, Hid.; rolls, Is. OJd.; hams, Is.; shoulders; 10d.; linseed oil meal, £11 10s. per ton; linseed nuts, £12 10s. per ton; linseed ground cake, £12 10s.; onions. Victorian, £9 per'ton; potatoes, white-skinned table, southern. £9 ss. to £9 10s. por ton. Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4519 lis. sd. LONDON WOOL SALES. . Messrs.. Levin and. Co., Ltd., have received thei following cablegram from their London agents, under date September 22:— "As compared with the opening rates of last series, scoured were 5 per cent, lower, good merinos and fine crossbred, 5 per cent, dearer; medium and coarse ■ crossbreds;and slipe, unohanjed." "■•'-■' FEOZEN MEAT MABKET. . Msesrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Messrs. Mellsop, Eliott and Co., Palmeraton North, local agents) report on the frozen meat market under date London, July 29, as follows:— Home Grown.—Beef is dearer on moderate supplies. Trade generally has been dull, and prices a little easier. Frozen.-Thc demand for lambs is unabated, and larger quantities of ' Now Zealands could' be absorbed, if they -wero available, without affecting present price. Government releases, however, are being made on the.latest boats discharged. Australian, lambs are not on the/market, and the quotations for them are purely nominal. Sheep have firmed up slightly, but beef is lower, much of it being in a damaged condition. Market prices for weeks ending:— "'* July 28, July 30, • July 21, 1916. 1915. 1916. ; . d. d. d. d. d. d. Home-grown— < Beef,' sines ■......'... 10 -12} Bi-10> 10 -11} Mutton, wethers 10J-12i BJ-10" 11 -13 Mutton, ewes ... 9J-10 l\ 8 - 9J-10 Tegs 12 -13 9i-Ui 12 -12» Lamb 12J-13 9J-H lli-Hj Pork (best) 10 -11 83- % 103-11* Veal (best) '.. 11 -12 9J-10 12 -13 Veal (Dutch) 8i FrozenMutton, N.Z. wethers , 8g 7i- 63 I] Mutton, N.Z. ewes 8J oj 81 Mutton, Aus. wethers and ewes .8} 6} 8J Mutton, ■ S. .American wethers ... 9J"9 6J-6 3-8 9j-9 . Lamb, N.Z. and Australian 9* 8J- 7j 9J ■ Lamb, S. Amcr. UJ-10J 73- 78 111-105 Pork, U.S.A 8-85 7j- 8 8-83 Ohilled— Plate ox fores and hinds 7-91 65-8} 75-10

Freezing works in New Zealand will begin next season's operations with clean floors, as before that time,, unless something untoward happens, the whole of the present stocks in store will have bejwi shipped Home. Such was the statement made by the Minister of .Agriculture to an Auckland "Star" reporter.. Mr. Mac Donald said there was, according to the latest returns, 130,684 carcasses of mutton and .lamb in cold storage in the North Island, and 58,462 carcasses of beef. Th© southern figures were 396,089 carcasses of mutton and lamb, and 26,061 carcasses of beef. The total for both islands was 625,673 and 84,523. Tho shipping arranged for will clear moro than half the meat in store almost immediately, while the whole will be taken away before the end of the present, year.