COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 981, 23 November 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

' . - INVESTMENT SHAKES ' The market'for''investment' 1 share's was quiet yesterday. There was plenty of buying . orders, vbut ; sellers were scarce. ' Extreme rates aro ruling for practically ; ,aIU • stocks. The quotations were us under :~ 1 •/ Buyer?. . Sellers i, . . .. £.8- 'd. £s. d. . National Bank 515 6 5 16 6 l/N.Z. and River Plate ... —: 20 0 I Well. Trust and Loan ... 7.10 0 7 15 0 [ Napier Gas ...: i 12 7-6 — ' .Wellington Gas (£6 155.)...-13 15 0 — i,Wellington • Gas (new) ... —. . 1210 0 N.Z. Stopping 10 16 6 — ! Union Steam,....'..- 1-.16'"6 • r Well; Woollen'(ord.) 5 14 , 0 Taupiri Coal » 1. 0 o'*\ ~ ' Westport - Goal.- 616 6' — i-Westport-Stockton ....! 0 \7<3 -'i) 7 9 , Manning and Co 4 2 — - N.Z.: Con. Dental :.;• 1. 2' 3 *.. 1 3 0. ■ Taranaki Petroleum-'. '0 '-7 6 '.' " — , Taringamutu. Totara ...... 2 3-- 6 : A '2 4 6 [Ward and Co." ; 5. 3 '

/. ..TRADE .IN ALLEN ' STREET. ' Butt'er.-r-Supplies show -'a considerable expansion, and prime milled-in 561b. boxes is quoted'at Bjd. to 9d. per, lb. '' • Cheese.—Loaf cheeM ( is' in> rather short supply, whilst'medium'is in ample supply, and ruling at 6d. per lb. •; Eggs.—Fresh eggs are without chance in va lue. the. current auotations being lOd. to lid. per dozen. .Hams—As storekeepers .are now laying in .stocks for .Christmas,vbuiHness in thi3 lino is active, on the basis of 9d. per lb. Bacon.—There is a fair business doing at 7d. per lb. for sides, and Bd. for rolls. Poultry, meet with fair innuiry. Hens, 3«. 6d. to 4s. 6d. a pair; youne roosters, 4s. ott. to 53. 6d.; ducks, ss. t0.65.; turkey gobblers, lOd. per lb. live weight; hens, Bd. per. lb.. • . - 'business doins on of_£4 10s. per ton f.o.b. southern ports. Pollard ,is •in short supply, owing :to several mills having closed down for overhaul. •- . •

Fowls' Wheat.—The market has advanced 2u. per bushel. Oats.—Very little offering. The southern quotation f.o.b. for A and B grades-is 2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d. per bushel. . Maize.—With tho low freight offering from Gisborne, the bulk of the supplies'for this 1 market are now coming forward from the. Poverty Bay district. • ' w ' ';Oatmeal.has advanced 10s. per ton.-'in sympathy with oats. Boiled oats have advanced * 6d. ])er dozen for small size, i Ryegrass.—Fair sales aro beinc made at a considerable advance 02 last month's prices.

Oatensheaf Chaff.—Heavy shipments have come forward from Melbourne, and whilst tho.; colour „is bright, the proportion ui grain in the chaff is very light, compareu with the New Zealand product; Potatoes,—New potatoes are coming forward more freely, the current Quotations being 2d. to 2Jd. per 1b.., ; Moderate; ship, ments of old potatoes aro. coming from Victoria, and show a considerable advance .'in price on earlier shipments. < Fruit.—The Tarawera is due this - even* mg with transhipmenta of bananas, ex Cook Island, steamer. . Should • the fruit land in good condition .high' ratei are assured. One of tho lightest' shipments for Eome considerable time'.'is- being* brought from Sydney by tho Marania, due to-day. The shipment consists of mandarines, lemons, oranges, pineapples," and passion fruit. Foi' a half-case-of cherries as high as 225., was obtained' at auction yesterday.-* Strawberries are coming in more freely frdnf'tho Auckland aiid Motucka districts, and prices arc now practically within, the reach of everyone. Gooseberries uto in plentiful supply, ana • rtilc low. Tomatoes are increasing m volume, and prices range from 16s. to lo*. per half-case.

Vegetables.—Cabbages aro in heavy supply, and realise from 6d. to' 2s. per sack, according to quality. ; .Green pea 3 are now in full supply, 4 and low rales have to be accepted to.ouit. Hhubarb is m good supply,, and making from' 2?. to 4s. per dozen. French'beans are wanted and consignments are rocommendcd.'

FBOZEN MUTTON. An error crept into otir figures eivine the prices of Canterbury mutton in the Press Association cable message, published yesterday. The correct quotations are — Canterbury mutton, li?Ut, 4gd.; medium, Aiu. per lo«' '" ,