COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SIUItES. A mlo of Now Zcnhnd Loan ar.d Mercantile shares at 10s. 3d. was the on'.y trannaction recorded ~ " Th? buying and Eellinc quotations wero as under;— Uuyers. Sellers £ e. d. £ 8. d National Bar.k 519 6 6 10 linnk of New Zealand ... 10 18 0 — Metropolitan 12 (1 0 Well. luvsniMEt ;.... 11111 ' - Well. IX-posit - ■ 0 8 0 Christchurch Gas 917 6 10 0 0 Napier Gas ; 12 5 0 — Well. Gas (£10) 18 12 6 - Well. Gas (£6 155.) 13 10 0 - S.D. Insurance 3 9 0 — Stent I-sport (£1) - 6 7 6 Meat Kxport (£4) — 5 5 0 Vnion Steam 117 0 117 6 K'oll. Woollen (ord.) - - 4 0 0 Well. \VOOUSn α-rof.) ...... 215 0' - Tauplrt \jor\l 110. 11 6< Miremar, Ltd ; - 0 S! b N.Z. Con. Dental 12 6 - Taranaki Petroleum 0 12 6 0 13 3 Taringamutu Totara 2 6 0 2 8 6 Ward and Co. ' — 6 0 0 WflsonV Cement :. 2 1 3 — Wairarapa Farmers ...... 77 6 710 0 Customs rcveinc collected at the port of Wclmißton yesterday amounted to £2793 THADE IN ALLEN STUB!:!. Oats have a tendency to declina, but prices are not likc'.y to recede more than a ocr.ny a bnrhcl. Fowls Wheat-Supplies aro fully equal to the demand,, and prices arc unchained. : Malic,—A, shipment, from Tiuiransa ■is MpccUd daily. -The current Quotation is w. lα. to 3s. <d. Flour continue* at £8 10s. f.o.b.' Eouth. !cr-3 tho usual dircount. nnn is now quoted at 655. f.o.b. south. Pollard.-It is chfaper for Wcllin K ton ta tte so'ith Australia than from Onions.-Tho \bulk of the supplies , a-e roming on the market from the .south o V«;n t irV kedßPlek,taeon,eM Potat»;.«.-O.in,anf.grown aro now coming forward, alro U-ntrrbury-m-n. Thn I'™' however, is being supplied mainly from local sources. ■ ■ Chaff is cominc in freely, and -imo ?J w . ran, ' i! « ar o bcins received from me uair.irap.a. Grass Secd.~Cock«foot is r-all?ine verv With priros jnr-t now. ■ Bent cd is cwtedi at Bd. xkt !b. f.o.b. ro-:th ' New r.vy,™'s.'rye.Tra«!< r<-?d is γ-ow it) thn marlvct. A.n ciral'.-nt rt"nnnd 'xUt* for cow eras?, clover, nnd oth"r oced*. ib u!,! mccts with " ady Clifco in w'fnnt chane? in prieps: lr.if continues at 6Jd. and medium at 6d. per Ilarns nnd I!neon.-A fair trade is pas<sIn» in I**tv lines. and best brands are now worth Is <d a norcn. - ' If.irro—s aro in heavy enn01.it. M .inrthn Frcnrli be-Tis in halfrackn realised up to 6s. Ft O.Meo. bt.s of groon peas -up to i 5. 3d. per A good d-mand cji-.ts for parsnips, cauliflowers, and c.irrots. )ind consignment? »™ recommended. . Fruit.-lTc.-.vy fJjin-ncTfn ciritinuo to como in from the Jtotn?lrn rtirtrict,' rnm. prifini; ncarc, nnn!?s, r.?"t.Tines. ar.dnlrnns. and.nmc ci-cllont frultn nro reaching tho market and rea l !*!]!!- fnrtory rnta. Choice n?ach«s. ss. 6d. to 6s. 6<J.. nectarines Am Sβ.. plums is e<l "/■ half-can. Grnrer. have cood innnirv at Bd. to lCd. pir lb. for largo berries.

WELLINGTON JUItKETB. Messrs. Laory. and Co., Ltd., Wcllington. report whoksalo prices ruling on t>o mnrkots:-Wheat, fowl 3s. lid. to «s.; feed nats, 23. Od. to is. lid.; Dun oats, 25.9d.t0 3s.i seed.oats, 2s. 7d. to 2s. lCd.; Algerian oats, 2s. lCd. to 35.: rye corn, 3s. lCd. bushel; maize. 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d.; crushed malt, 75.; fowl barley,.2s: 9d.; Capo barley scud, 35.;

flour, New Zealand £9 £3. to £9 155.; pens, /.nlit £18. partridge pe.is ss. 3d. per bUßhel; honedust, £5.155.; superphosphatefi, .£5 to £5 5p.; basic Ebff, £4 IC-s.; pallavd, £7 to £7 10s.; bran, £4 We, to £4 15c; pearl barley. 15c; chaff (satcnelicnf), £-t 15s. to £5 £.i.j potatoes, New Zealand, £5 to £6 per ton; molasses fodder, .C 5 10s.; bacon (factory), sides 7itl., hams Eld., rolls BJd-; butter, prime hulk, 9d. to 9*<l. Poultry: Hens. 25.d11. to 35.; ('iucl;s, In. to <s. pair; turkeys, cobblers,' Us. to 205.; benr, ]Ck. to Ms.; fresh ezas, If. 3d. to Is. <d. dozen; eho?so, lonf, 6itl. ib.; .Mtaron, cd cocksfoot, 9'(l. lb.; farmers' dre:r<-n! cocksfofot, 7d. lb.; rycirrass, 's. 3d. to <r.. 9d. buf'h"'.: rvesrans, 4s. 9d. to £s. hivVl; whitfl dove.", 10?. e'.vt.; pacpalnai, 7il. lb.; New Zealand cow Ri.irs, 915.; alcyku, 60s. cv:t.; chcwlnj; fescue, 7d. lb. WHEAT ->.ND TLCTOH. Dy Tclccnpii" - X'rcs.* Aftsnc'ißtlin , —Convrls'A* London, February 13. The whe-it .-.r.d llour afloat foi- the Ignited Klnedam is 2.935.CC0 (;uarters; for tie Cant'nont,' 2.110/.KI quartjrs; Atlantic r'lipnicnts, 63.CC0; Paoifln chinraents, 30.000. Tho shipments to Europn durlns: Ui3 vo'-k totalled 1,565,0110 ijuartOTß, 'Ini'tadinc K-2.K0 oinrterß from- /jK»ntina. 315.0C0 Runfipn. Dpnnbi.nt , .. ■ 113.CC0 from India, and 295.C00 from Austr.ilr.sia. (Rc«. Februarj- M, 0.20 a.m.) SyJncy,' February 14.. Owing to tho continued raitis and tho rcpirfs of weakness cnblod from Loniior. wheat buyers have withdrawn .from tho market, n.r.d are not offering above 3s. 3d., as compared v/ith yesterday's price of 3s. O.d. . - ■ '..•-■ Flour has dropped 55., and is Quoted. at £8 ss. ... - . -. ' CHAIN <A3D PEODTJCE. ' (By Tclcs'rapn-Prcss Association.) . Chrlstchupcli, February 14. There has been a' fairly larso nuantitv of lvhent offering durimt'the last few days, and while a .number jo! Trowors ?.r_o holrtinir out for Into nrices, others decided to accept th* .best offer.. The result is tbit oaks aggrcsating 12.CC0 biisheli hnve taken p'a.-o ot &.. Id. nt. country station?,, ant on? lino of Wsikari wheat-mado , a hr.lf-P!-nny more. Somo of tho r.took threshed whcot has not come to'hand in tery eood ermlitiin, h.avins sweated in tho bags, nnd will reiniro a liit'.o tiaio , to' , recover. Znrzc re'ecti-ms of wheat for thipir.cnt to tto K'jrth Island have, constquentlj , , t.il;cn place. ... O.its oro nff»nnj no and •hrcshinff-mill owner?' report havini put t.hrou?h on'.y' a swinll QiinntitT. Out" of 55 030 birhols of irmin. throjhod .by one miltownCT,- or'.y :3CCO. biirtwb/-wore--oats, A few lot!> of Oartons .orcafionally- corne to rd, and thosi sell at Is. lid. to Zs. at co'intry ptations. •' ■".-.. '. ■ '■ Tliero is nothinc fre-h to report in other U*.?!< of or Eocd.i. ' • - 1 ' TVirly vorictios of T>M.itoes have err-sd .'. imd nro now n;in-tod at-'.*3 sb. at country stations, and oaions .at £2. AUCKLAND.TTOOIi SALES. (By Tclc2rciph -_ Prcsj* fl s^oi'tAtlon.t' * i Auckland, February 14. The third and last Auckland wool salo of tho reason was held to-day. Tho offerings totalled 2C26- sales, an' increase of 533 ba'.cs upon . tho ■ quantity auctioned at tho corrcfpondins; Ml; of .■tho. 19C9-10 Koran. Considering that tho 'wool mostly ' comprised ■ tho "clerin ■ up" for tho Fcajon, and lambs' wool of seedy description, duo to tho recent dry weather, tho prices realised were remarkably Rood, beine quits un to the level of last sales, and in. come enpos a little- better. For coarse inferior and bush-stain:d wool.ths prices advanced fully id. to id. rer lb. Tho ■ following rcDTCocntod 'tho r-ngo' of prics3 :—Fino rrossbrod. 9d. to 9jd.; medium crofsbrcd, Bd. t-j 83d.! coarse crossbred, 7}d. to 8!d.: inferior ar.d log-stained, 61d.,t0 71d.; lambs', wxii. 7Jd. to Bd.; lambs' wool, oeody. HA. to 5\A. Loeka «nd picoc3 wero well' competed for, and sold at lato rates.