COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2907, 20 October 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

'INVESTMENT SHAMS. .Yesterday's quotations for investment stoves were as under;- . ) £ s. <1 £ s. d. National Bank - n 5 J Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) 1 5 0 _ Bank N.Z. (£6 «?• 4d.> - " 5 0 H J « Union Bank - , •» ls u ,

Customs duty collcctc<l at, ,tbe port, of Wellington yesterday amounted to" £«147 3s. 2-cl. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRIOES. Messrs. Laery arid Co., Ltd., Allen Street i report wholesale pricos as follow:—Fowl's wheat, milling ss. 6d. per bushel, prime ss. 4d. to ss. 5d.; fowl's .barley, 3s. led.• Australian Cape barley. 4s. 6d.; K.Z. Cape harley, 3s. 10d.; barley seconds, 3s. Bd.: partridge pfcas, 6s. 6d.; maizo feed, 4s. lCdto 55.; chaff oatslieaf, £6 ss: per ton; hav clocer £5 to £5 10s., meadow £5; flour in Backs, £13 153. per ton; oatmeal, 7's £20, 25s £18 per ion; bran, £4 10s. to £4 15« per ton; pollard, £7 10s. per ton. Potato seeds: Northern Star £6 15s. per ton. "Up-to-date £8 iper ton, Gamekeepers £7 per ton. Breezes, Prolific £7 per ton. Bacon: (all best factory): Sides lid. per lb., rolls is. per lb., hams Is. per lb., shoulders 93d. per lb. Cheese (factory), medium 10d. per lb.; linseed nuts, lis. 6d. per 100; linseen ground cake, lis. 6d. per 100; Onions, Victorian Brown 'Spanish, £8 lo £9 per ton: potatoes, >vhite skinned table, £10 to £10 10s. per ton; pig-meal. £6 10s. per ton. All poultry in -.very pood demand: Hens, ss. -to 7s. per pair; cocker-, els, 6s.' 1 to Bs.; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury). 95., 10s.; ducks (Indian runners), 55.-6 d., 6s. 6d.; turkeys (gobblers), Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per lb.; turkeys (hens), lid. to Is. per lb.; butter (pr;rae bulk), Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. per lb.; eggs, fresh,_is. 4d. AUSTRALIAN WOOL SALE'S. ' ByTele?vanh-Press .Association-.Copyriglit (Kec. .Ociober 19, 10.15 p.m,) v Melbourne, October 19. At the wool sales there was keen.competition. ' Top price for greasy, 22d.; scoured, 37Jd. ' Brisbane, October 19. At,the'-wool sales prices were from 5 to 10 per cent. lower than tft last sales. Top prico for greasy, 23? d.; scoured. 38d. . AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. ' (Eec. October 19, 10.15 p.m.) • Sydney, October 19. Oats, Algerian, feeding, 2s. 5d., milling 2s. 7d.; Tasmanian, whito 25., 2s. 6d„ 2s. Bd.; barley, 35., 3s. 6d.; maize, 3s. lCd.; potatoes, Tasmanians, £6 10s., £9. 10s.; onions, £5 10s. Adelaide, October 19. Oats, Is. Bd., Is. lOd. Melbourne, October ,19. Bides—Moderate supplies,' with competition' less active. Prices generally are W. v lower.

N.Z. and It. Plate — 2 2 0 Well. lnvost. T. and A. .. — 0 10 9 Well. Trust, Loan. Ltd. 6 16 0 6 19 0 • Auckland Gas (paid) 18 9 — Ohch. Gas (£5) 6 15 0 7 0 0 Well. Gas (£10) ~ . 15 2 0 Well. Gas (pref.) — 019 6 National Insurance 2 15 0 — Gear Meat (£4) 17 15 0 — dear Moat (£1) 410 0 — N;Z. Shipping (pref.) 1010 0 — tJnion Steam (ord.) — 2 3 0 ICttia/poi Woollen (ord.) ... 6 0 0 6 6 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) —. 6 0 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 15 0 — Wcstport Coal — 19 6 Wostport-Stoclvton (pref.) 0 6 0 0 6 6 Ward aud Co 5 16 0 5 19 0 Jv.Z. Consol. DeiiUl 13 0 ' — N.Z. Portland Cement ... — 0 11 6 Golden Day Cement — * 1 1 3