COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3017, 2 March 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yosterday's quotations for inrcetment shares were a.a follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 0 0 — Bank N.'i. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 11 2 0 — Bank N.Z. (£6 Us. 4d.) - 17 5 0 Union Bank 52 0 0 — N.Z. and lliver Plabo ... — 118 6 Well. Invest. T. «nd A.... 0 11 0 — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd.... (14 0 — STcll. Gaa (£10) - 11 7 6 Well. Gas (pref.) OIS 6 - ' Well. Meat Export (£5)... 6 5 0 - Well. Moat Export (£2 12i 6d.) - 3 5 0 Union Steam (ord.) 2 0 9 — Huddnrt-Parker (ord.) ..156 — Woll. Woollen (ord.) - 6 2 6 Waipa Conl 018 3 — Taupiri Goal 0 11 o 012 6 Lojfand-O'Bricn 13 9 — Golden Bay Coment — 110 Wilson's Cement (ord.) ,15 0 — WHOLESALE PBODCCE PRICES. Messrs. Lacry and Co.. Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as iollow:—Fowl's wheat, prime, 6s. 9d. per bushel; Australian Oapc barley, 4s. 6d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. 6d. per bu&hcl; crushed maize, 6s. per bushel; chaff, batsheaf, £6 10s. per ton; hay, clover, £5 10s. per ton; hay, meadow, £5 per ton; flour, in sacks, £16 10s. per ton; oatmeal, 21's £21 per ton; pollard, £7 10s. psr ton; bran. £5 10e. to £5 15s.- per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides le. per ■ lb.,' rolls le. Id., hams W. Id., shoulders %■■. chceEo (factory), medium. lCn. pel It).; cheese, loat, lid. per lb.; linseed meal. 100Y £11 10b. per ton, 6fl'e £12 per ton, 20's £12 10s. per ton; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed uround cake, 12s. '6d. per cwt.; wholo linseed. 255. per cwt.; onions. £7 10s. per ton. potatoes, white-skinned table, £7 to £10 per ton. All poultry in very good demand, and consignments are recommended. Hens, 3s. 6d. to ss. per pair; cockerels, I <s. to 7s. 6d. per pair; ducks, Pekin and i Aylesbury 7s. to Bs. per pair, Indian Runnors sb. to 6s. per pair; buttor, primo I bulk, Is. Ad. per lb.; turkeys, gobblers Is. : Id. por lb. live welcht, hens lid.; cirps. ! frosh. Is. lid. to 2s. per dozen, new-laid ! 2s. Id. por dozen, f Customs duties collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5936 ISs. LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian-NcTT Zeiliunl Oab!e AEeoclalion. (Rcc.. March. 1, 7.15 p.m.) London, February 28. At tho wool sales' a. very miscellaneous selection was offerod under good competition for both orossbrrds and merinos. Prices were in the sellers' favour, especially for eros6brcds. TALLOW SALES, dice. March 1, 7.15 p.m.) London, February 28. At the tallow sales 481 casks were offered and sold. Mutton, fine, 675. %.-, medium, 58s. Beef, tine, 625. 6d.; medium, s?s. WHEAT. (Kcc. March 1, 7.15 p.m.) London, Fehriiary 2?. Tho wheat market is steady, fiales aro at recent rates. AUSTRALIAN PItODUOE MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Associa tion-Copyrisrht (Rcc. March 1, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney, Jtar.ch 1. Oats, Algerian, fecdinpt, 2f. 6d., 2s. 7d.; seeding, 2s. M., 2s. 10d. Maize, 3s. 3d. Potatoes. Ta.smanianE, £6 10s., £7. Onions, £7 lOj., JBB. Adelaide, March 1. Oats, Zs.