COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3068, 2 May 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. ' * Yesterday's Quotations for investment shares wero as follow;— .Uujers. Sellers. £ ». d. a s. i. Bank N.Z..(£3 6s. Bd.) ... 1117 6 - Union Kiuik 53 10 0 — ■ National Mortgage ...... r 315 6 N.SS. and E. Piato ■ — 118 6 Well. JnvcsD. T. and A. 011 0 — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. . — 72 6 Che.!?.. Gas (£5) >......... 6 10 0 613 0 Well. CJas (£10) - 14 2 6 N.v. Susnpiu:; ;i:'.v:'.j ,- - 10 15 0 Union Steam (ord.) . — 2 7 6 Union fcteain (pref.) ..... — .116 Jluddart-Parker (ord.) ..180 — We-i. Wooilou (ord.) 6 2 6 - = Westpor.t Coal 17 3 • 17 9 tLeyland-O'Bricn 14 9 — tEx div. . CUSTOMS 'BEVENUE. i The Hon. Arthur M. Myers, Minister of ! Customs, states that the amount of Ousl toms revenue collected for tiio month of April was £250,185,, and the excise beer duty £15,495. The figures for April, last year, were £266,897 and £14;143 respectively. . , Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3619 14s. 7i. ■ FKOZEJf MEAT MAKKET. Messrs. Ciilben Anderson andCu. (Messiß. Xlellsop. lilioLl and Co., l'almerston North, loi;al asjmlh; retort ou th« frozen mea.li market, under date London, February 9, Wl7, as follows:^ Home-grown meat in large quantities, ana moro than sufficient for the trade, at late rates; prices, therefore, lower. The appeal by the Food Controller urging a- restricted meat* consumption has been responded to with great effect by the public. Whether this will bt> permanent or not it is too early to forecast, but for the present the trade is deadly slow. Wholesale prices of frozen meat, (Peculiarly enough, however, are higher, thus indicating confidence on the part of buyers that the present slow demand will not continue- long. Shipments During January, 1917 (as far as advised). Frozen .ft-ozen. Frozen Chilled mutton, lamb. beef. beef. New Zealand 244,000 134,000 50,000 — B. America .... 72,000 15,000 202,000 21,000 Australia — — ■ — — 316,000 149,000 ' 252,000 21,000 January, 1917 257,243 326,901. 296,024 103,000 ' Harket Prices for Weeks Ending: ' Feb. 9. Feb. 11. Feb. 2. Home-grown- 1917. 1916. 1917. d. d. d. d. d. d. ■ Beef, sides ...; .' 123-131' -7}- 8J 12-13} Mutton' wethers 11 .-122 . BJ-10 llj-13}' Mutton, ewes lOi-11} 75- 8 10J-UJ Mutton, Dutch 101-12 — 101-111 Tegs : 12-135 9-11 12-131-Lambs 13 -14 11 -121 13 -141 Pork 12-14 BJ-101. 123-131' Veal, best : 1284 '9i-U 141-14 ; Frozen— . Mutton: • i ■ N.Z. and Australian' ' wethers 82 ■ 75- 7j 88 N.Z. and Australian ewes-v 8i 7J 8i 6. Amer. wethers 101-10J 7{- li 10J-10 Lamb: N.Z. and Aus 10 8 -7J 10 S. American 12 -US ' - 111 Pork : 11 72 10"f Chilled: j Argentino ox, ' fores and _, hinds 101-IIJ 6J. 7J 10 -12 HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET ' EEPORT. Tho Department of Aerriculture advise thett certain words in the High Commissioner's cabled market report dated London, April 28, have been repeated, with the result that it is now found necessary to mako the following corrections:— Hemp—The .market remains firm. Government prices fixed Manila cost, freight, and insurance, any position, fair, £85; medium, '£80; coarse, £78. New Zealand, on spot, good fair, £76 10s.; fair, £74 10s.; April to June, good fair, £76; fair, £74. <