COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3021, 7 March 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

... INVESTMENT SHARES. ■ Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were, as follow:— iluyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Hank ....; 5 10 Bank 5.7.. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 11 2 6 - iV.Z. and Diver Plato ... — 118 9 Well. Invest. T. and A.... 0 11 0 0 11 6 Well. Gas (£10) - 14 5 0 Union Steam (ord.) 2 t 6 — Kaiapoi Woollen (0rd.)... 6 6 0 — Mosgicl Woollen 4 2 6 — Well. Woollen (prcf.) 3 15 0 Waipa. Coal 0-8 0 — -Wertporl. Coal - 18 0 Leyland-O'Hricn 14 0 Wilson's Cement (ord.) ... — 15 3

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PEIOEB. Messrs.' Laer.v a.nd Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow:— Fowls' wheat, prime, 6s. 9d. per bushel: Australian Capo barley, fe 9d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. 6d. per bushel; chaff, out. sheaf, £6 10s. per ton: hay, clover, £5 10s. per Ion; hay, meadow, £5 per ton; flour, in sacks, £16 10s. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £21 per ton; pollard, £7 10s. per ton; bran. .£5 10s. to £5 15s. per ton; bacon, (all best, factory), sides, Is. per lb.; rolls, Is. Id. per lb.; hams, Is. Id. per lb.; shoulders, 92d. per lb.: cheede (factory), medium, lOd. per lb.; cheese, loaf, 114. per lb.; linseed meal. lOO's, £11 10s. per ton": 50' ii, £12 per ton; 20's, £12 10s. per ton; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per owt.; linseed ground cake, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; whole Unseed, 255. per cwt.; onions, £7 10s. per ton. All poultry in very good demand. Hens, 3s. 6d.' to 4s. 6d. per pair; liens, heavy, !>s. to 6s. per pair: cockerels, 4s. to 7s. per pair; ducks (Vekin and Aylesbury, 75., Bs. per pair; ducks • (Indian runners), 55., 6a. per pair; butter (prime bulk). Is. 4d. per lb.: potatoes, white-shinned table, £7 to £8 per ton; turkeys (gobblers), If. per lb. live-weight; turkeys (hens), lid. per lb. lire-weight; eggs, fresh, 2s. 2d. per dozen.

Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5928 ss. 7d. SOUTHERN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press .i-raciaiion ■ Christbhurctt. March 6. Offerinsfi of wheat are sti" scarM There is a ready sr.le for all descriptions at the prices fixed by the Government. The demand for oats remains Arm, with licaii competition for. all lines offfrTiuß, send in n.stny instances quotations .'•>•>.' exceeded. Duns are differing so in quality th*'. it is difficult to eive quotations. Good stout, dark Duns would readily find buyers at 3s. sd. on trucks, whilst some of the lifht samples offering aro diff-.".;'t to sell at 3s. An advance from £Y! to £21 per ton in oatmeal (251b. bags! is recorded.

FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson aad Co. fMp.ssrs. Mollsop. Elicit and Co.. Pf.lmer;ton North. lo<;al. agents! rejiort- r»nthe fr-r/.rri meat market, /under date London, January 5, 1917, as follow:— v

A slight fall in prices of Home-grown during this week still leaves the values very high. Buyers anticipate higher rates for all uncontrolled meat, and brisk competition takes place to secure some of the U.S.A. frozen beef and pigs that are being shipped to this country, the former realising B£d. c.i.f. The general shortness- renders New Zealand meat, in great demand, and it is anticipated that the quantities released weekly will be increased. 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: .Tan. 5, Jan.7, Dec 29, Home-grown 1917 1916. 1916. Beef, sides 111-13 8V 83 10»-13i Mutton wethers... la -135 8J- 95 11J-14 Mutton, ewes' 101-115 7J- S. 91-lt Mutton, Dutch .... — — — 'Tegs 12M3J. 12-14 Lambs 12*-« i ».-10i 111-15 Veal, best tli-15 10* 10J-12 Pork, best 12J.-H M 134-16 Pork, middling ... 11-13 - 113-135 Frozen— t Mutton: N.Z. wethers ... 83 ~ 8g N.Z. ewes 8 7 - 6J 8 S. Amer. wethers 9 - 8| — • 88-9

Lamb: New Zealand ... % 8• 7» 9* Australian 9j — % S. American ... 95- 91 - 9 - 9*. Pork 9S-10.! 8 9i-M* Chilled: Argentine, ox fores ■ and hinds 9 -10j 62- 1i 83101

iilGlt COJDIISSIONFK'S MARKET BEPOIiT. The Department, of Agriculture advibo that certain words in the above-mentioned cablegram, dated London March 3. ond puhliscd yesterday, havo been repeated, with the result that, it is uow found necessary 1o mako the following corrections:— Meat:—All descriptions of meal, continue in poor demand on account of decreasrd consumption. N.Z. frozen meat, prices are unchanged. Arecntine mutton, Argentine lamb, prices are higher owing to continued small supplies of N.Z. mutton aim lamb. N.Z. and Australian, mutton, per lb., 8?, d.; owe mutton. Bjd.: Argentine mutton, hrnvy-wciEht. 103 d.; light-weight, lid.; N.Z. and Australian lamb. 10d.; Argentine lamb, hcav'y-wcight. 121 d.; liglitrweipht, 12id.; >f.Z. beef, no supplies available. Argentine beef, no arrivals this week. LONDON' WOOL SALES. Australis'i-Nev '■'.'•-',<:.■■' l <"« ! >y w.-.ciatioii. (Hec. March 6, 10.35 .p.m.) London, March 5. The Bradford wool market is very firm. AH prices turn against the buyer. The Xow Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, havo received the following: cablegram from their Loudon house, under date March 3:-Wool sales closed. Market strong, averaging about 10 per cent, higher than January 16. Xcit, sales fixed for March 20.

METAL MARKETS. (Ecc. March 6. 10.35 p.m.) London, MaTch 5. Copper—Spot, £139 10s. per ton; three months, £137; electrolytic, £149. Lend—Spot, £30 10s. per ton; three months. £29 10s. Spelter—Spot, £58 10t. per ton; three months. £55. Tin-£2OO 7s. 6d. per ton. Bar silver—36 15-16 d. per oz. sfindanl. WHEAT, (lice. March 6, 10.35 p.m.) London, March o. Tho business in the whent marhc. lately has been steady. Prices are