COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2995, 5 February 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Prices of investment stocks, on Saturday were as follow:— ' Buyers. Sellers. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 11 0 0 - Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 17 3 6 17 6 0 Union Steam (ord.) 2 0 0 — Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 1 4 0 — Waipa Coal 0 18 0 — Leyiand-O'Brien 13 0 — FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Andenon and Co. (Messrs. Mellsop, Eliott and Co., Palmerston North, local agents) report on tile frozen meat market, uuder date London December 15, 1916, as follows:— Home-grown—Meat has appeared in considerable quantities, and there is little to distinguish Smithfield Market from normal" times at this season. Beef is specially prominent, ant owing to the high prices of feeding stuffs large numbers of pigs are being slaughtered. Another consignment of Dutch sheep came to hand this week—about 1500 cur- ° Frozen—lt is surprising how; the demand for lamb continues at a time which is usually regarded as a quiet one; the supply is inadequate. There-is no change in the position, of mutton, the supply oi which is extremely limited. > Beef, both frozen and chilled, arc making high Advice of Shipments to U.K. Only." Frozen Frozen Frozen Chilled mutton, lamb. beef. beef. Nov 1916 .. 406,537 357,670 289 031 62,000 Nov' 1915 ... 212,600 234,000 290,000 63,000 Market Prices for Weeks Ending: Dec. 15, Dec. 17, Dec. 8, Home-grown— 1916. 1915. 1916. Btc" sides 10 -12 71- 81 93-11} Mutton, wethers 101-125 §- 95 Muftori, ewes ... 83 -91 64- 7V 9- 9J Mutton, Dutch... 9 -104 — — Tegs 11 -121 9 -101 lli-13 CaSbs H-13 85-10 11 -13 Teal, best 12 -13 94-111 11 -13 Pork, best 12-13 10J-111 12 -121 Pork, middling 81-111 81-101 10 -HI FrozenMutton: N.Z. wethers 83 — "8 N.z, ewes 8 63 8 S.' Amer. wethers... 83-81 6i! 83-81 Lamb: Australian 91 — — New Zealand 91 7s-7 31 S. American 91-83' — 9-10 Pork 3 '1" '5-8 9 -10 Chilled: Argentine, ox fores and 1 "hinds 81-105 61-8 8,-95 CHICAGO WHEAT. By TelesrapU-Preso Assodation-Capyrirkt London, February 3. Chicago wheat—May, 1641 cents, 159? cents; July 145 cento, 1411 cents. LONDON MARKETS. (Eec. February 4, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 3. Hemp.—Strong, with prices advancing owing to restricted offerings of Manila. There is nothing doing in New Zealand hemps. Copra.—December-February shipments, £42 10s. Rubber.—Para, 35., 2s. 6d.; Plantation, 2s. 113 d. smoked, 2s. 113 d. , Frozen Meat-South American, mutton, 101 d.; lambs, Hid.; other meats unchanged. Wheat.— I The market is at a standstill. Prioes nominally arc unchanged—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON QUOTATIONS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. February 4, 5.5, p.m.) London, February 3. • Union S.S. Co. Ltd., 395. 6d., 40s: 6d. Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington 011 Saturday amounted to 9s. Bd. •