COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2971, 8 January 1917, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Customs duties collected at the port of TVcllinirtoh on Saturday amounts "to £1717 IBs. . • ■ TWELVE MONTHS' EXPORTS.' Values of exports of New Zealand products during the twelve months ended November 30 last, compared -with the* corresponding period of 1915 are as follow:- / "• , 1915. . 1916. ' £ • £ Butter ■• 2,597,394 .', 2,784,604 Oaeeso 2,715,533 ' 3,578,644 Beef 1,658,709 2,220*065 Mutton 2,87i;369 I 2,584,065 Lamb 2,923,659 ■' . 2,427,449 '■ Mutton & lamb joints 73,530; ■ 25,374 Wool 10,448,889 ' 13,249,332 Hides 512,152 630,549 Sheepskins, all 848,067 933,£69 Tallow ■ 775,885 791.466 Gold 1,566.054 1,236.276 Flax 518,107 982,753 Timber 365,268 414,598 Tho grand total of all Dominion produce exports for the twelve months was £34,620,055, es compared witAl £30,709.127 for the 1315 period. Tho Imports for the same period were valued at £24,371,746 for 1916, and £19,757,312 ; for 1915. ;■"■■ LONDON WOOL SALES. (Bee. January 7, 5.5 p.m.) , / London, January 6. At the wool sales thero was strong competition, and abnormal prices were obtained lor new clip greasy combines, for which tho trade has been starved. Spinners, topmakcrs, and manufacturers wero all competing eagerly.—Aus.-It.Z. Cable Assn. 7' The New Zealand Loan anil Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have Tcceivcd tho following cablegram from their iLondou house, dated January 4:—"Wool sales resumed; prohibited telegraphing market reports." Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have received the following cabled advice from their liondon agent:—"Merinos, unchanged; medium to coarse crossbred, down 5 per cent." i LONDON MARKETS. (P,*c. January 7, 5.5 p.m.) / London, January 6. New Zealand hemp is firm. High-point, fair; January-March shipment, £58 per ton. Copra.—December-February shipment, £44 per ton. ' Eubber.—Hard fino Para, 3s. 3Jd. per Ib.j plantation, 3s. Old.; smoked sheets, 3s.oJd. Babbits.—The market is firm, but supplies aro restricted owing to 'the Government taking over Australian supplies. Mutton, all sorts, B|d. Lamb.—Now Zealand and Australian, 92d.i South American, 9Sd. WHEAT. (Ecc. January 7, 5.5 p.m.) London. January 6. Chicago Wheat.—May opsions, IMJo. to 1793 c; July options, 150ic. to 1461c—Ana.N.Z. Oablo Assn. UNION STEAM SHARES. (Hec. January 7, 6.5 p.m.) London, January 6. Union Steam shares are. quoted:—Buyers 435., sellers 465.