COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1016, 4 January 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

CUSTOMS. . .. The Customs revenue collected at fl'cl-lington--for each of the four runners of 1310, compared with the corresponding period of 1909, show as under :— 1910. 19G9. Quarter. £ s. d. £ p. rt. March 179,22! 14 1 187.570 9 5 June 169,693 0 5 147,780 I.V 0 September ...... ?.!O,W II 192.430 ?. 1) December 203,029 14 8 172,574 14 9 768,391 12 2 700,805 19 11 The past year .shows '■ an increase of £67.585 12s. 3d.. Customs revenue' collected at the port, of Wellington yesterday amounted to £572 13s. 2d. • BEER DTJTV. The beer duty collected compared in the same way is as under:— '■ , 1910. 19C9. Quarter. ■ £ s. d. £ 5 . d. March 3.403 3 5 3,406 3 0 •Tune ..-. 3,193 0 5 3,33816 3 September ... ' 2,922 2 6 2,64712 10 December ...... 3,67214 0 3,706 6.9 13,195 0. 4 13,098 18 10 Here there is. an increase of £97 Is. 6d. . '• FROZEN MEAT. : [Messrs. A. H. TurnbuU and Co., Christchurch, forward statistics of frozen meat, shipments from New Zealand. Compared with 1909, the figures for last year showas under:— j . .; .. . Car- ' Car- . ~,Quar- ' - •- casses. casses. ' ters. Shipments to— Mutton. Lamb. Beef. London 1,893.844 2,953,509 245,750 West Coast 49,619 529,551 74,234 .-'Totals, •■ 1910 ...1,943,463 3,483,060 319,964 Totals," 1909...1,835,647 3,163,977 510,834 ■ . 107,816 319,083 9,130 The increase in the 1909 shipments over 1908 were 53,«3 carcasses mutton, 553,742 carcasses lamb, and 114,446 Quarters beef. ' The meat shipments in 1910 to places outside the United Kingdom wero as under:— ■" Carcasses. Quarters. ■To Gibraltar- . . Mutton. Beef. r January ■<,'..; 1124 752 .Tune ..„ 1C94 762 July 1112 756 August 1210 756 j- 4540 3CC6 To South America— /' January 50 ' April 50 ■•■■' ■ , May 50 ■ ' Juno 50 V 2CO • To United States— 1 .October ' 438 . '

WHEAT AXD FLOUE. uy ToleEraDtt-l'rcssAssoiiintiun-Coriyr.islit; '-•■'- London, .1 Miliary 1. The wheat and flour allc.it for the United Kingdom tot.il-' VJi'W quarters: for the Continent, 1.V10.C00 quarter.-.; Atlantic shipments. iS.CCn: Pacific, <3,CCO. The total shipments to Kurane during the weak . amounted to 1,075,0 ouarlov?, inclndinc; 87.CC0 oinrtcrs fran '.he- Argentine, 295,000 "Kuc~>ian". HB.CCO Dannliian. 89,rCD Indian, and 86.CCQ Australasian. SILVER, liy 'miciraoh—l'ress AssnelatSon-Copyrisht London, January 1. liar silver'is quoted at- 25.iri. per ounce standard. MEAT AT S3UTJJFIELD. LAST YEAR'S FIGURES. London, January 5. At. the Smithficld meat markets during 1910 the meat supplied totalled 419,553 tons, including 122,315 tons from.South America, 105,732 tons from Australia, S4.<B torn from the United Kingdom, and M.EC 3 torir, irom Canada and the United States. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. The Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Tourists, has received the following; cablegram from the High Commissioner, dated London, December 31,. 1910:— Mutton'.—The market is quiet. The New Zealand supply in running, short, especially Canterbury. Trade ,is very disappointing, there being only a very nand-to-mouth demand.- Canterbury mutton 10 4id.. and North Island lid. per lb. ■ Quotations are nominal. . ' •Lamb.-Tho market is steady, and theie is a good demand for prime qualny. Alio-, tralian lamb is in large supply, New Zealand lamb, other than Canterbury, 5Jd. nominal; Australian, sd. per lb. Eecf.-There is a bettor demand. New Zealand hinds, 3M.; fores,. 22d. per lb. Cheese.-The market is quiet, but steaaj. White, 555. 6d. per cwt.; coloured, 575. Uemp.-Tha market is lifeless, owing to a poor demand. Now Zealand good fair, on spot £20; New Zealand fair graded, £19 15s Forward shipment about the came - The output from Manilla for the week was 35^0l b -The market is rather quiet Brad, ford tops are quoted as follow. . z.. • s 3d.: 50-s 'hn-Übrwvi. Is. id.; 56s ona-usr bred=, Is. lOtd.; 60's merinos, 2». 2d. ■ . BuHer.-Tho market is quiet, but rather. stead to There are heavy snpplks on berian, 983.