COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2911, 25 October 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

WELLINGTON BILUJE MAEKET. Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were ns loilows:— ' ■ ■- Buyers.. Sailors. i!.i £ s. d. National Bank — 5 5 6 Bank N.. (£3 6s. Bd.j ... U A 0 11 ( I Biuiß N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... - 17 7 6 N.Z. and E. Plate — 2 2 0 Well. Invest. T. and A. — 0 10 9 Well. lVust,- Loan. Ltd. 617 0 619 0 Well. Uas (£10) — 15 2 0 Well. Gas (prof.) — 019 6 N.Z'. Refrigerating Co. • (£10) - 19 15 0 X.Z. Refrigerating Go. (£2) - 4 0 0 Gear Meat (£4) 17 II) 0 — Gear Meat l£l) 4 10 0 — Well. Heat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) 3 10 — Well. Meat Kxport (£1 155.) - 2 10 N.Z. Shipping (pref.) .... 10 10 0 — Union ftteaw (ord.) — 2 3 0 Union Steam (prof.) ...... 113 — .Uuddart-Parkcr (ord.) ... — 15 6 Well. Woollen (ord.) ■ — .600 Well. Woollen (prof.) 3 15 0 — Wcstport Coal — 19 6 Wcstport-Stockton (ord.) 0 6 2 0 6 6 Lcyland-O'llricn 13 0 — Ward and Co 5 16 0 — N.Z. Consol. Dental 13 0 — N.Z. llrus 27 0 . . — N.Z. Portland Cement ... — 011 6 Golden Bay Cement ...... — 110 Auek. Trams (ord.) 10 4 — Customs duties collected at t-he port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1295 15s. 2d. •

WHOLESALE PRODUCE I'RIOHS. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report \vholeßalo prices as follows: —Fowl's. "wheat, primo ss. 6d. per bushel, medium ss. stl. per bushel; fowl's barley, 3s. lCd. per bushel; Australian Oape barley, 4s. 6d.; N.Z. XJape barley, 3s. Hid. per bushel; barley Bcconds, 3s. Bd. per bushel; partridge peas, ■ 6s. 6d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. per bushel; chaff, oatshcaf, £6 ss. per - ton; ' hay clover, £5 to £5 10s.; flour in sacks, £13 155.; oatmeal, 7's £20, 25'« £18; bran, £4 15s. .per ton; pollard, £7 10s. per ton; all poultry in very good demand; hens, ss. 6d. to 7s. per pair; cockerels, 6s. to Bs. per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), 9s. to 10s.; ducks (Indian llunners), ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; turkeys, gobblers, Is Id. to Is. 2d. per lb., hens lid. to Is..per lb.; potato seed, Gamekeepers, £7 per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides IOJd. per lb-, Tolls llid. per lb.; hams, Is. per lb.; shoulders', 9}d. per lb.; chcese (factory), mediumlOd. per lb.; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed ground cake, 12s. 6d. cwt.; rice 'pollard, £6 ss. per ton; pollard, £6 10s. per ton; Victorian. Brown Spanish onions, £8 to £8 10s; per ton; potatoes, white-skinned table, £10 10s. to £11 ton; pig-meal, £6 per ton; butter (prime bulk), Is. 4d. per lb.; eggs, Is. 4d. per doz. ■

| SOUTHERN MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association. . , Christchurch. October 24. Tho wheat market keeps very firm, but as there is practically nothing changing: hands it is difficult to say what the real values are. Growers aro very firm holders, and are making no offers of their grain, although buyers are ready to make purchases. Potatoes are the only prodiico in which, there is any l business doing of late, and supplies of these in growers' hands aro now about exhausted, and . a rise m price to £8 per ton at country stations has failed to bring forward any quantity. • Prices have ranged from : £3 10b. to £5 10s. for seod, and it is stated that as high as £7 10s. has been paid. HIGH COMJIISSIONEIt'S MARKET REPORT. Tho Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has. received the following cablegram, dated London October 21, from tho High Commisioner'" for New Zealand. (Note; Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):—

Meat.—Owing to small supply of New Zealand mutton prices are higher for Argentine. mutton. Now Zealand mutton, per lb., 8 3-Bd.: owe mutton, Bd.; Argentine mutton, heavy-weight, Ed.; lightweight, Bid.; N.Z. lamb, .Sid.; Argentine lamb. 83d.; N.Z. oow beef, small supply, hinds Vid., fores 6Jd.; Argentine chilled beef, hinds 82d., fores 7 3-Bd.

Butter.—The market, is very quiot, and there is a restricted demand. Buying is conflned - to immediate requirements. Prices are -easier. Danish, per owt. 2065. to 2105.; Irish creamery, 6alted, 1925. to 1965., unsaltod 1965. to 200b.; Canadian salted, 1965. to 1985.; N.Z. salted, 1965. to 19Bs„ unsalted 2005.; Argentine, market is steady, salted 1945. to 1965., unsalted 1965. to 1985.; American creamery, salted 184s. to 1865.; good to lino quality, salted, 180s. to 182s.

Cheese—Tho market is quiet but steady. Prices show no quotable change. Canadian white, per cwt. 112s, to 1145.; coloured, JJ;S. to 1145.; good to lino quality, -white, UOs.; English .cheddar, 1225. to 1245.; NX, market continues firm, white UOs. to 1125., coloured UOs, to 1125.; States Flats, white 109s. to. 10s., good to line quality' 106s. to 107s. .

Hemp—Tho'market is .firm, and. prices continue to advance, but' the demand is principally speculative trade. Buyers are cautious, and quotations are nominal. Good fair N.Z. hemp, per ton £52 10s.; high point fair, £51 10s.; fair, £50 10s.; Government graded fair Manila, £55; coarse, £52; October-December shipment, good fair N.Z. £52, high point fair £51, fair £50; Government graded fair Manila £53 10s., coarse £50 106. The output of hemp at Manila for the "week ending? last Saturday was 18,000 bales. Meat—The market is quiet but firm, owing to the Government taking control of importation. Values oanut be quoted. Oats.—Th« market Is firmer. New Zealand, 365. 6d. TYool.—There is a strong market, especialy for merinos. '' WORLD'S WHEAT CHOP. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. , ■ Rome, October 23. The estimate by the international agricultural institutes of tho world's" wheat crop is .25 per cent, below that of 1915. •IThe world's wheat production for 1915 was 569,782,000 quarters.]