COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 213, 7 September 1921, Page 11

COMMERCIAL.

REMARKABLE REDUCTION IN JULY nirouTs. The salutary advice, that expenditure must he curtailed by the roinniunity as well as by ilic individual, has been frequently Siveii by the Press during the past twelve That is has been taken to heart is evi£«J h ? J he «<"-ernment Statistician's iKurca o£ X e »v Zealand s imports for July, just published iv the August number of the ■Monthly Abstract of Statistics.- The l$L ai ' m " ort f ,*° r J «»y. lf, -'O. "'ere £5,143,----4,.?- lul * ls equivalent to a reduction jjt (» per cent. A more remarkable position. However, is disclosed by an examination of «™as 'nplleJ's fS? U r^' c Dominion by jilaced on' of re Home nt mftSufa™ ~ifSM !' xecn t i " f f ln dents on the "rationing" principle, which was suddenly abandoned rather more than a year ago. and full indent,- and back orders completely filled, to IS?mSSS WXn° k f H. ti he mentioned, were shipped when prices in Lnglauii were at the •'peak," and considerable pisses have been made iv realising Givius evidence before the Vrbitration Court In Wellington, last week, a propria" tor of a larp business stated that his losses ran into thousands, while the director of past twelve month's trading had been < 11 Bα n I rolls. A drastic re-ndjuetment of the nosition The following tabulation of the twelve terns under which imports o£ t rnishing and general drapery goods are enumerated in the "Monthly Abstract" by the Government Statistician snows' the remarkable reduction in the Vaiuc"and It cTi or son'^t. 111 tUe <luantity ' ot r r/ •Inly, July, l»a>. 1021. Apparel £l:««o:s £40.490 toote, shoes and slippers 154.110 8 077 I'arpetiug, matting, oil . cloth G2.344 20.14S Draperr, X.O.E 27,16G 6.714 ■Hats and caps 26,611 C.354 Hos iery 41,050 9,401 Millinerr 1S,O2!) 11062 'i'extile piece goods— Canvas 20,031 1,018 Cotton 021,157 37,654 Linen 11,767 320 Silk 04.044 11,648 Woollen 05.456 24,845 Totals £1,018,301 ffITS,6SO The figures given in the monthly abstract represent the Home invoicu cost, and do not, of course, iuclude freight, insurance, landing charges, or customs duty. BUTTER AXD CHEESE. Messrs. Oalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable irom their head office, London, under date the. 2nd inst: — Butter.—Demand weaker, ana no Improvement at the reduced price. Board of Trade price, £1 to £1 5/ lower. "We qucvte I>anlsh £12.6/, Australian f0 16/ to £11 6/, New ZealanH, finest quality, £12 6/. Cheese.—Demand very weak. White, £5 US/, coloured £5 12/, Canadian offerln" c.i.f., £5 12/ ,ro £3 16/.

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

fßy Telegraph.— iPrcss Association.) CHRISTCHL'HCH, Tuesday. Business generally Is less active than it las been during the past two weeks, but there is no clinrisD in quotations. There is foot, H-lich arc firm at lute quotations. Danish cocksfoot recently appreciated by £10 to £1:2 per ton, which rpmores the possibility of niiy comins to this country, as Tae price puts it well ahead of local values. Australia has offered up to 10d "Tor machine dressed f.0.b., lint although no business haß been <lone at this UKure, the fact indicates a satisfactory outlook. The healthy tone in lioth Italian and perennial ryegrass is being maintained, 3jeing a shade strf>ii££er vithoufc alteration in quotations. Machine-dressed is worth up- to 5/G for perennial and 5/9 for Italian, f.0.b., or about 4/ to 4/3 at <conntry .stations. Oats arc fairly firm, and one or two firms hare been operating freely during the past week. Values are unchangecl. Chaff is still weak, there being very little demand.