COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2905, 18 October 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Customs duties ooUectod at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £7384 '6s. Id. ' FUOZEX HEAT MARKET. Messrs. Glllxrrt Andorson and Co. (Messrs. . Mollsop, Eliott and Co., Palmerston North, looal agents), report on the frozen meat 'iwrket, -under date London, August 25, as \ • follows:— Homo-grown.—Mutton has been firmer, -bnt beef has met a alaok demand. Britishbred meat pitched on Smithfleld showed an V increase of 266 ton 6, compared with corresponding week last year, but prices are 'on a, higher level. • Erozen.—During the fir6t three weeks of only 25,{00 shoep and 57,750 lambs . ■ arrived from New Zealand. In the same' perioA~l44,ooo sheep and 127,M0 lambs were \. landed from South Amerioa. The trade, '..therefore, is forced on to these against : its .wish. Given representative quantities from Sew Zealand, there would be no prc■i Jniura obtcinablo for the admittedly inferior South American goods over the • colonial. Market prices for week ending:— ■: ' Aug. 25. Aug. 27. Aug. 18. 1916.. HIS. 1««. ■ :.Some-grown— <1. (i. d, d. d.'d. Beef, sides 9 -113 83-104 .8-11 ; ~. Mutton, wethers 101-13 83-10 10 -13.1 Mutton, ewes ... 9J-10 71- 8 9 - 9J Tom 12-12J 91-104 UW2 . " Lamb 12-14 8 -101 113-13 ' Veal (best) 104-12 11 -12 1011-12 "Pork (best) 11,-111 91-93 ICJ-11} -Frozen— 1 ' ...- Mutton: ... S.SJ. wethers 8i — . 83 1 N.Z. ewes Si 51 Si Ans. wethers and • ewes 8J 81 ■v- 8. Amer. wethers 93-9 i 61-63 93-9J ' Laml): S N.Z. a»d -Ans. ... 91 81-71 9iS. American ... M-10J 73-71 llj-101 ... 'Pork. U.S.A BS-91' 8-81 BJ-? • Chilled: , Argentine ox, fores . . and binds ...... 7 - ?{ €1-8} 6J-9J

S SOTTHEItN MARJCETS. By Telegraph—Pros Aesociatiou. Christoliurch, October 17. There arc uo changes to report in tho gi'ain market, there being but little business doing in wheat, and although thero is inquiry for oats they are very scarce. Tho potato market is firmer in ■ consequence of the shortage of supplies. The local prico of potatoes is now £7 ss. to £7 10s. at country stations. THE BRITISH MONEY MARKET. Außtralian-Ncw Zealand Coble Association. (Kec. October 17, 2.5 p.m.) London, October 16. Consols, are quoted at, £57 13s. The drop is attributed to the issue of the new Exoheauer Bonds. HIDES AND LEATHER. (Bee. Octobcr 17, 2.5 p.m.) London, October 16. -< Hides—Market firm, with limited supplies. Leather—Strong demand, and small stocks. Basils are firm, with prices unchanged. LONDON METAL MAHICKXS. '(Bee. October 17, 9.5 p.m.) London, October 17. Copper.—Spot. £122 15s. per ton: three months. £118 155.; electrolytic, £143. Load.—Spot, £30 10s.; three months, £29 10s. \ , Spelter—Spot, £54 10s.; three months, £51. Tin.—Spot, £179 J2s. 6d.; three mouths, £181.25. 6d. Bar silver, 32 9-16 d. per ounce standard. CROP STATISTICS. London, October 16. From the crop reports tabulated in "Tho Times" wheat, is shown at 89.8, barley 92.5, oats 90.6, beans 95.1, potatoes 85.3.