COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2958, 22 December 1916, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday's quotations for Investment shareß were as follow:— Buyers: Sellers. £s. d. ' £s. d. National Bank 5 0 0 — Equitable Building ...... 912 6 -^ N.Z. and Eiver Vlate ... — 2 10 •Well. InTest., T. and A. — 010 9 Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. - 617 6 tGear Meat (£4) 18 0 0 — tGear Meat (£1) 410 0 - Well. Meat Export (£5)... 6 5 0' - .Union Steam (ord.) '. 2 10 — Well. Woollen (ord.) ...... 5 0 0 - Well. WooUen (pref.) ... 316 0 — Leyland-O'Bnen 12b — N.Z. Drug 2 7 6 — *Cum div. tEx div. ■ • Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2671 12s. 7d. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., 'Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follows:—Fowls' wheat, prime, 6s. lOd. per bushel;.fowls' barley, 4s. per-bushel; Australian Cape barley, 4s. 6d. per bushel; maize'feed, ss. 6d. per bushel; ohaff (oatsheaf), £6 ss. per ton; hay, clover. £4 10s. per ton; flour, in sacks, £16 10s. per ton; oatmeal, 7's £21, 25's £19 per ton; bran, £4 12s. 6d. per ton; pollard, £7 10s. per ton. Bacon (all best factory), sides lid. per lb'., rolls is. per lb.,.hams Is. per lb., shoulders,-93d, per lb. Ob.ee.se (factory), medium, lQd. per lb. Linseed meal, 100's £11 10s., 50's £12, 20's £12 10s. per ton; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per owt.; linEeed ground oake, 12s. 6d. per 'owt.; whole linseed, 255. per cwt.; oat pollard. £6 10s. per ton; Victorian brown Spanish onions, £14 per ton; potatoes, white-skinned table. £10 to £14 per ton; pigmeal, £6 per ton. All poultry in very good demand. Hens, 4s. to 7s. per pair;. cockerels, 6s. to 9s. per. pair. Ducks , (Pekin and. Aylesbury), 9s, to 10s. per pair; ducks (Indian Runners), ss. to 6s. per pair. Turkeys (gobblers). Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. per lb.; turkeys (hens), Is. and ~ls. Id. Butter, prime bulk, is.. 3d. per lb. Eggs, Is. 6d. per dozen, new laid Is. 7d.-.per dozen. LONDON WOOL SALES. ; London, December 20. At the wool sales there was a very poor selection of merinos, mostly carbonising sorts, but a few good crossbceds realised full late rates. Prices :-Gear, top 33d„ average 255 d.; Struan, 30d. and 29Jd. It is believed the, list for January 4 will be kept open a. little longer to allow ships to arrive.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. December 21, 10.10 p.rir;) London. December 20. At the wool sales 39,462 bales have been catalogued to date, and 36,930 sold. There was a fair selection of merino and crossbreds, and there has heen a further hardening on the opening rates, all sorts being practically 10 to 15 per- cent, above November rates. Fancy prices were paid for greasy merino combings, which are scarce and urgently neoded. Slipes were \generally 3d. above November, rates. The list for January closed on Friday, and probably 60,000 bales will be available, chiefly merinos. f The following were the prices,'realised for the fleece portions of tlio clips named:—Gore, top price 30d., avcrago price 26id.; JS T gaio, top Z3id„ average 23d.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

Messrs. Murray, Roberta, and Co., Ltd., have received a cablegram from their London friends. Messrs. Sanderson, Hurray and Co., under date December 20, S r s .„ Jollo^s :—"Sales have closed strong;! Will reop&n o*s January 4; arrivals to December 22 to be included." .UNION STEAM SHARES. ' . ■ London, December 20. Union Steam Ship shar.es are quotedBuyers 495., sellers 51s.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable 'Assn. . AMERICAN. WHEAT. New York, December 20. -The visible supplies-',of American -wheat east of the Rocky Mountains are estimated at 73,304,000 bushels, compared- with 70,184,000 bushels a week aire.—Aus.-N Z Cable Assn. METAL MARKETS. (Rec. December 21, 10.10 p.m.) • London. December 20. Copper.-On spot, £142 15s. per ton; throe months, £136 155.; electrolytic, £158. Lead.—On spot, £30 10s. per ton; forward delivery, £29 10s. Spelter—On spot, £54 ss. per ton; forward delivery, £51 ss. Tin.—On spot. £181 2s. 6d. per ton: three months, £183 2s. 6d. TALLOW. SALES, At the tallow sales 1011 casks were offered.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. December 21, 10.10 p.m.) Sydney. December 21. Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d. ; milling, 2s. Bd.; Tasmanian, white, 2s. 9d! to 35.;. barley, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d.; lnaize, 3s! Bd. to 3s. 9d.; potatoes, Tasmapiap, £4 io 3 to £5; onions. £10 to £11. Adelaide, December 21. Oats are quoted at Is. lid. to Zs. Melbourne, December 21. Hides were in moderate supply, and 734 wcro sold.