COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2931, 17 November 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

:.-Z . EfTESTHENT SHARKS. ..V; Yesterday's quotations for investment ...shares were as follow 'i Buyers. Sellers. ' " £ e. d. £ s. d. "KoUrnal Bank 5 0 0 — "Auokland Gas (paid) 18 6. — ■ Chch. Gas (£5) - 6 17 6 ...Well. Gas (£10) 14 10 0 - JVell. Gas (pref.) 0 18 6 — National Insurance 216 0 3 0 0 ' fi. British' Insurance 5 10 — •"Gear Meat (£1) 410 0 — "IVeJI. Meat Eiport (£1 155.) — , 2 10 :.Union Steam (ord.) % 3 0 2 4 fl ...Union Steam (pref.) : 1-1 6' .— 'Huddart-Parker (ord.) ...-. — , .15 0. '■Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ..6 2 6 j 6 6 0 'ieyland-O'Brieu ;..... 13 0' — ;: Ward and Co 5 16 0 — Auck. Trams (ord.) 0 19 9 — H.Z. Drug 2 7 6 — .Golden Bay Cement — 18 6 7" WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES., " . .• Messrs; Laery'and Co., Ltd.,-Allen Street, reort wholesale prices as follow Fowls' ' wheat,, prime, 6s. -3d. per bushd.; fowls' wheat, medium, 6s. 2d. per bushel; fowls' • ■barley, 3s. lOd. per bushel; Australian

Cape barley, 4s. 6d. per bushel; New Zealand Gape barley, 3s. lOd. per bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. 6d. per bushel; chaff, oatsheaf,£6 ss. per ton, sacks in; hay, clover, £4 10s. per ton; flour, in socks, £14 ss. per ton; oatmeal, 7's, £21, 25's £19; bran,. £4 15s. per ton; pollard, £7 10s. to £7 15s. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides 10id. ■per lb.; rolls lljd. per lb., hams Is.! per lb., shoulders 9id. per lb.; cheese (factory), medium, lOd. per lb.; linseed nuts, 12b. 6u. per cwt.; linseed. gTound cake, 12s. 6d. per owt.; onions, Victorian Brown Spanish, £12. to £12 10s. per ton; potatoes, white-skinned,' table, £13 to £13 10s. per ton; pig meal, £6 per ton. All poultry m very good demand. Hens, ss; 6d. to 6s. 6d. per pair; cockerels, 6s. 6d. to Bb. per pair; ducks, Pekin and Aylesbury 9s. to 10s. per pair; Indian Runners ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per pair; turkeys, gobblers Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per lb., hens lid. to Is. per lb. Butter, prime bulk. Is. 3d. per 11).; eggs, fresh, Is. sd. per dozen. BUTTER., Australian-New Zeeland Cable Aseoclatlon, (Rec. November 16. 5.35 p.m.) London, November 15. Butter.— I The OBterley's first shipment of the new Australian season's arrival was m strong demand at record prices. Choicest Victorian, salted,'2o4s.; unsalted, 208s. TALLOW 6ALES. (Rec. November 16, 5.55 p.m.) London, November 15. At tho tallow sales, 1580 oaaks were offered. Mutton, fine, 50s. 6d.; medium, 465. 6d.; beef, fiiw, 51b.; medium, 465. 6d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. By (Rec. November 16, 10.40 p.m.) Sydney, November 16. Oats, Algerian, .feeding, 2s. Bd.; milling, 2s. Bd., 2s. 9d.; Tasmanian, -white, 2s. Bd., 2s. lOd. Barley, 35., 3s. 6d. Maize, 3s. 9d., 3s. _ lOd. Potatoes, Tasmanians, nominal. Onions, new, £9. • Adelaide, November 16. Oats, Is. Bd., Is. lOd. HIDEH. (Rec. November 16, 10.40 p.m.) • tt-j nr Melbourne, November 16. Hides—Moderate catalogue, -with bettor competition, and prices firm At last -week's rates. MELBOURNE WOOL SALES. (Rec. November 16, 10.40 p.m.) Melbourne, November 16. The wool sales excited the keenest competition. Prices for all descriptions continue to advance. Next week's auctions have been suspended. MOUNT LYELL MINE. • (Rec. November 16, 8.55 p.m.) Melbourne, November 16. The Mount JJyell Mining Company's rI X,. Te l K)l>t ' shows a net'profit or £128,440. The total surplus of liquid assets amounts to £443,674. .Customs duties collected at the tfort of 0s lid yeßterday ara O«nted to £5362