COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2960, 26 December 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

MEAT IEARKET | Home-grown.—Despite the non-arrival ol j a shipment oi Dutch meat made on November 1, the market has been well supplied with unrefrigerated meat, and the quotations given below show a fall in values. As a consequence, the demand for frozen meat is very poor just now,' especially as there is plenty of chilled Argentine beef available at Id, per lb., losb than last week. Some plain N.Z. beef released this week fetched 6Jd. fores, 7Jd. hinds. '" - , ADVICE OF HEAT SHIPMENTS TO - UNITED KINGDOM. ONLY. Frozen Frozen Frozen Chilled mutton.' lamb- beef. v beef. Sept., 1916 ... 378,848 206,302 431,022 70.0C0 Sept., 1915 ... 481,500 - 385,500 «4,400_ 97,000 • Market prices for week ending:— Nov. 3, Nov. 5, Oct'. 27, Home-grown— 1916. 1915. ' 1916. Beef (sideß) ...... 81-10J 6J- 9i BJ-10J Mutton 10 -12 8i- 9J 104-13 Ewes 81- 9S 6}- 7 8i- 91 Tegs 11 -121 9 -10 114-13$ Lambs 84-lli 8-10 10 -IJJ Pork (best) 12J-13 11 -HI 12}-131 Teal (best) ; 11 -13 10 -12 - UJ-lJi Frozen— , Mutton: \ ■ N.Z. wethers ... 8J '71- 6? 83 N.Z. ewes 8 . 55 8 Australian None 5g- 54 None S. American 9-8} 6J- 84 9- 85 Lamb: New Zealand 94 8- 78 94 S. American '9 -84 63- Bi,-- 11 -84 Pork (U.S.A.) 9 -105 7J- 8J .3-10J ChiUedArgentine ox: '' Fores and hinds 7J- 88 6-78 • 8-94 . Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1604 14s. sd. , N.Z. LAND MORTGAGE C 0.., By Telegraph—Pre6s Association. Auckland, December 23. The directors of the New Zealand Land Mortgage Company will at the annual meeting in London, on January 9. recommend a dividend at the rate o[. 9 per cent, per annum, less income tax. Tho interim dividend paid in July will be deducted, £27,000 added to the ■ roscryo fund, and £15,840 carried forward. LONDON WOOL SAiES. (Eec. December 25, 0.20 a.m.)" ' / London, December 23. For the January wool sales 24,500 bales havo arrived. The total available is 76,500 bales—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MELBOURNE WOOL SALE. (Eec. December 24, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, December 24. The first wool eale under the Government scheme of acquisition of the clip will_ be held on January 3.—Press Association.

LONDON MARKETS. (Rcc. Dccomber 25, 0.20 a.m.) London, December 2-3. Frozen Meat.—New Zealand lamb, 95(1.; other inoats, unchanged. Babbits are 6toa-dy and. unchanged. • N.Z. licmp is firm and unchanged. Rubber.—Hardi lino Pava, 3s. 2Jd. per lb.; plantation, 2s. lid.; smoked sheets, 2s. lid. Copra.—October-December shipment, £41 10s. per. ton. WHEAT. New York, December 22. Wheat.—Chicago wheat optiotas; May, highest 168 cents, lowest 162} cont6; .Tilly highest 138 3-8 conts, lowest 134J cents.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. (liec. Dccomber 25, 0.20 a.m.) i London, December 23. Wheat is quiet and unchanged.—Aus.N.Z Oablo A6sn. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT. (Hoc. December 24, 5.5 p.-m.) Adclaldo, December 24. The Statistician estimates tho pTeßent wheat harvest yield at 33,368,702 bushels.— Press Association.