COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

THi: SHAKE MARKET. Yesterday the members of the Wellington Stock Exchange held two call sittings, *l'o first at 11.30 am. and tho second at 3 IS p m., and two sittings a day are to bo held regularly There was a good demand for bank snares At tho first coll Bank of New Zealand shares woro wanted At J!8 12s, buyers increasing thoir bids to £% 139 at the afternoon sitting National Banks were quoted at £0 8s 6d buyora at tho morning call, and £0 4s in the afternoon Financial shares were "tendy New Zealand and Eivor Plato shares changed hands at £1 13s. 9d, -with sellers at £1 Us 3d , National Mortgage, bujers .£2 15s , Wellington Investment, buyers lls 3d, sellers Us 6d , Wellington Trust and Loan, buyers £"1, sellors £1 2s , Wellington Deposit, sellers 9- , Wellington Gas (.610 paid-up) were wanted at £11 10s, but buyera found it necessary to advanco to .817 12s Gd, but even then business did nor eventuate Sellers were asking .£lB Toilding Gas, buyers £1, sellers .£1 Is 3d Meat shares nere steady at late rates Gears (£i paid), buyers .£lO, (JCI paid), bujers £2 lls , Meat Export (£5 paid), sellers £6 7s 0d , 12s fid paid), Bailors .£3 Is Cd , N Z Shipping, sellers M 16s , Union Steam, sellers i!l los Cd ; Wellington Woollen (ordinary), sellers .£3 Is , Westport Coal, bnyers .£6 ss, sellers .£6 7s 6d , Westport Stoctton Coal, sellers 8s 9d , Kauri (15s paid), sellors at i par; Leylandtr O'Brien Timbor, a salo at £\ Is 9d. ex din--1 dead was reported at tho first c-\ll, and in the afternoon sellers were asking °£1 2s , N.Z. 1 Portland Coment opened at £1 18s 6d buyer", and sellors at £2 In tho afternoon a salo was reported at £2, and buyers offered £1 IDs Gd Sharland's (ordinnry shares) were in request at 189 THE MINING MAEKET. TVaitongi Consolidated shares came in for Hfost attention. At the morning call a salo tros reported at 4s 3d , with buyers at 4s 2d and sellers at 4s 4d But a weakomng tendency was displayed in the afternoon Another sale at Is 3d was roported, and a sole on 'Change ■was made at 4s 2d , buyers reduced thoir quotation to 4s and sellers to 4s. 3d Talis mans sold on 'Change at the first call at £2 6s 9d and firmed later in the day, buyers offering £2 7s. 3d The quotations were as ' 1 under — j Buyers Sellers Waihi Grand Junction > ... 1 8 9 19 6 Waihi '...930 9 3 fi Talisman 2 7 3 2 7 9 Waitangi . ..1 1, 0 4 0 0 4 3 Tairna Brokon Hills ... .-012 015 Big Biver 210 0 — Tho Customs revenue collected at Wellington yesterday amounted to .£3472 0s 2d. ' FEUIT AND PRODUCE JIEPOKT. 1 Messrs Griffith's and Co, Ltd, Teport yest terday'e fruit and produce prices as follow — Potatoes, 3s, 3s Cd , onions, 5s owt , cab--1 bage-, 2s 6d to Ss sack, cauliflowers, 4s"to 4s. 6d sack, peas, 5s part sack, bean-, 3s part Back; tomatoes, 2s 6a, 2s 9d half-cases, lettuce, 2s, 2s Gd.; peaches, choice eating, 3s €d, 4s. half case, peaches, cooking, Is 9d to Ss , apples, choice Cox, 9s, 10s, extra lls ; 'apples, pnmo dessert, 6s 6d to 7s 6d j apples, best cooking, ss, 5s 6d ; apples, inferior, 4s, 4s M , pears, choice eating, 9s, 9s 6d., pears, pnmo eating, 6s, 7s 6d , pears, cooking, 3s 9d to 5s ; fowls, 3s 6d pair, ducks, 4s 6d, 5s l pair, pumpkins 4s, 5s sack, carrots, 3s sack, parsnips, 3s. Gd. to(4s., celery, Is 6(1 dozen, marrows, Is. Cd sack, rock melons, 3s /to 4s. case Heavy consignments continue to come from Motueka and Nelson, which go Into lmraediato consumption All lines of frtut and „ tables sold better yesterday, especially ohoicii apples and pears kj 1 LIVE'STOCK SALES. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantilo , Agency Co, Ltd, report on their stock sale, hold at Palmorston North on Thnrsday, aa follows, —Ow;ng to the Easter holidays lntorvoning, only a small entry of sheep and cattle camo forward Prices were on a par with those of \ last week, and practically all lines woro quitted We quote —Sheep—Cull eives, 2s ; store lambs, Ss 6d. to 5s 6d , forward lambs, 7s. CattleStore cows, 33s 6d ; torward cows, £2 15s ; •cows in milk, X 2 12s 6d , hoifers in calf, £2 , 15s ,xspnnging heifers, £3 12s 6d to 6d ; cowb m calf. 2s 6d to 12s Gd ; cows and calves, £2 74 , Jersey cow at drop, £S fis ; bulls, JB3. to £6 10s. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd, report as follows —We held our iveokiy sale at Palmerston on Thursday About 700 of the adver\tised sheep did not come .forward, and we consequently had a very small yardrng, which met with a ready salo at current rates Cattle came forward in excess of advertised numbers, and j v ihe demand seemed a little keener than la*t week. We quote —Sheep-Good lambs, 7s 2d , medium, Bs , inferior, 3s to 3s 7d , forward ewes, 7s 6d aged ewes, 2s 4d to 4s 8d Cat-' tie—Fat heifers, .£3 10s to £i; fat and forward cows, £3 5s to £3 12s 6d : forward cows, £1 , 10s to £3; store cows, 253 to £2, dairy heifers in calf, 31s. to ,£3 10s ; Jersey heifers 111 calf, £1 to weaners, 7s 6(1. to 12s Gd Wo also offered a. very nico line of 50 four-year-old bullocks; which wore passed in at .£5 Bs. ADDINGTON STOCK SALE , (ETC TLLEQBiPH—PEE39 ASSOCIATION ) Christchurch, April 14 There wag a smaller entry to-day of all classes of otock at Addington yards, and puces did not improve, in fact, in some classes late rates ftero baroly maintained Store sheep—The entry included a large numiber from the Chatham Islands A line of 450 Stwo-tooth halfbred owes sold at 15s Gd to 15s i9d ; a good line of four and six-tooth halfbrede at 16s. 0d ~and full-mouthed halfbreds at Us (9d to 12s forward wethers and lambs sold at price on a\ par with those ruling at the previous 6ale, forward wethers making 10a. 9i > "to lls ' Fat lambs—Export buyers secured 4092, and butchers 239 at priws ranging from 10s. to J 14s 7d. , Pat sheep—The rango of prices was—Prime ■wethers, 15s Id to lGs. Gd , extra to 19s 2d , lighter, 10s to 14s 9d , prune ewes, lls to 14s 3d , lighter, 8s od. to 10- 6d. Fat cattlo showed a further decline of about Is per 1001b Steers brought from J!G to .£9 17s Gd , heifers, £i 10s to £7 lOsr; and dry cows, £i 5s to £7 10s Best steer beef realised 18s 6(1 to 203 ; medium, ISs Gd to 18s ; and cow beef, 14s 6d to 16s per 1001b Store cattle—Tho greater part of tho yardtfng failed to find puiehasers, and was passed. Dairy cows—Prices ranged from £3 10s to JEB 12s. 6d Pigs—Prune baconers sent forward by Mr E' H Ehodes, of Tai Tapu, realised up to 67s , largo baconeri made.6os to G7s , and lighter, 50s to 59-, equal to ' per lb. Heavy porkers brought 40s to 50s, and smaller 35s to 395, equal to 61d. per lb Stores—Medium made IGs to 24s Cα, and neaners, 7s Gd. to 12s BOTJTH CANTERBURY MAEKET EEPOET. Messrs G. S. Meredith and Co report for the week ending Apnl 11 on the South Canterbury grain and produce market as follo-fts — Wheat—Owing to tho' hohdaje there has not jbeeh a great do. J l of business passing Tho market generally is firm, and farmers aro not disposed to sell just at present Oats—Tho market Temains tho samo as last week Tho inquiry, however, n hardly so good Northern merchants aro buying to much better advan- ' tage in the south Chaff—Sales have been made at 52s 6d to 55s fobsi. for May delivery, and it is expected that,,as there will bo a good deal offering, this will be about the price for .some timo to come Tho above price equals About £1 17s 6d por ton on trucks at country stations. Potatoes-Owing to tho potatoes bemtr dug in great quantities, tho market is a little easier, and, as rejections havo taken place, Bhippers aro not anxious to do business unless tho qnahty i« exceptionally good Prices aro from £2 to £2 5s per ton on trucks at country stations, according to quality, which equals .£2 12s 6.1 to £2 15, fob s 1 Straw-Baled wheaten, 22s 6d on trucks, equalling 303 f o,b , baled oaten, 235, which equals 325. Gd f.ob. THE METAL MARKETS, (BYTEITGEAPII-PRESS ASSOCIATION— ) / London, Anril 11 Copper, on iho spot, £b7 lls 3d. "per ton, three months, i;SB 55.., electrolytic, Tin-Spot, JM33 17s 6d. por ton, three months, £lii 17s Gd TEOZEN'MEAT CUT TEWdEAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION) _, 1. _ , n Napier, April 15 The C C and D Company cable—The frozen meat market is still lifeless North Island mutton has declined another eighth of a penny Quotations are-Canterbury mutton, 35(1", Napier, Wellington, and North Island, 2id Lamb-First, 4id , second, 4Jd Beef-Hinds, SJd , fores 2Jd