COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1088, 29 March 1911, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. Sales of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile shares at 10s. 3d., and Wellington Woollen preference at £3 were recorded yesterday. The buying and selling quotations were as under:— Bu.veri. Sellers £ s. d, £ s. d. Bank of N.Z! ....: 11 5 0 11 7 6 National Bank — 6 16 Metropolitan' 12 7 6 — Well. Investment 011 0 0 11 6 Feilding Gas 119 — Hokitika, Gas — 5 „ 5 Palmerston Gas — 9 0 0 Standard Insurance 18 3 — Gear Meat (£1) 3 7 6 3 12 6 Meat Export (£sl 6 8 0 — Meat Export (£4) 5 4 0 — Meat Export (525. 6d.) 3 2 0 — Union Steam 1 18 0 — liaiapoi Woollen 5 5 0 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 0 0 3 1 0 Taupiri Coal 116 — Westpori Coal 19 0 19 9 Maiming and Co — 4 12 0 Miramar, Ltd — 0 2 6 N.Z. Con. Dental 12 6 — N.Z. Drug 2 9 0 — ■ Sharland's ordinary — 14 0 Taranaki Petroleum • — 014 3 Taringamutu Totara 2 8 0 2 9 0 Ward and Co 4 19 0 5 0 6 Wilson's Cement (pref.)... 2 2 0 — Chstoms duties collected at tile port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2389 Bs. 3d.

THADE IN ALLEN STKEET.. Onions—The market is well supplied with local grown, the current prices being £i 10s. to £4 per ton; pickles are rattier dull of sale at bs. to Bs. per cwt. Potatoes—Prime quality potatoes are realising £4 10s. per ton. Butter, prime bulk meets with good inquiry, at aid. to lGd. per lb. ' Cheese, both loaf and medium arc in good demand. Eggs.—Fresh eggs are exceedingly dull of sale, the current Quotations Is. 4d. to Is. M. per dozen tor best-known brands. Hams-and Uacon.—The market continues firm, but without any change in values. Fungus—Owing to the heavy drop in tl'.o Chinese market, the current' quotation is 4*d. per lb. for best dry. Bran is quoted at £4 per ton f.o.b. south. Pollard.—The demand .continues good, with tho Quotation at £6 per ton f.o.b. south. Flour.—A good business is being put through on tho basis of £3 per ton f.o.b. south. Oatmeal.—Tho millers are now asking £11 10s. f.o.b. south. Fowls' Wheat.—Excellent business is being done, and values remain steady. Oats.—Some very fine samples arc coming forward this season, tho bulk of the output being up to A grade. Capo barley is.offering freely at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. a bushel. Feed barley meets, with very little demand, the quotation here being 2s. 9d. to 2s. lOd. por bushel. Maize—Some excellent samples arc coming forward; These are selling at 3s. 2d. to 3s. 3d. per bushel. Vegetables.—The market is being well supplied with swedes by local growers, the quotation being £2 to £2 10s. per ton; car. rots and parsnips range from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per sack; French beans, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per half sack; green peas are in good request at 7s. to 9s. for prime quality. Cabbages are in good demand, at 4s. to ss. 6d. for best quality; pie-melons are selling at on. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per cwt.; kumeras range from 3s. 6d. to 7s. Gd. for 3ft. cases. Fruit.—The Navua is due hero on Friday with the usual monthly shipment of Fiji bananas. On this occasion (owinc to the Aorangi being ten days late) tho Fiii fruit will not clash with that from tho Cook Islands, as is usually the case. A good demand exists for choice dessert pears, and prices range fi'ntn 7s. to 9s. per case, according to quality. Lemons continue in short, supply, New Zealand grown realising Bs. to , 9s. per case. Regular shipments of grapes are now. coming forward from New South Wales and South Australia, and, ps they a-re carried in cool chambers, the bull; arrives in excellent condition. Cape gooseberries are short of reciuirements, -and consignments are recommended. Peached are wanted, and realise from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per half case, according to quality. Heavy supplies of tomatoes continue to come forward from the Hutt district, and realise from Is. 6d. to 3s. per half case.

WHEAT AND FLOUR. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, March 27. The wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom totals 4,110,000 cuarters; lor the Continent, 3,005,000 ouarters; Atlantic shipments, 177.0C0; Pacific shipments, 15,000. The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted to 1,585,000 nuarlers, including 460,000 from Argentina, 415,000 from Russia, 1!5,C;00 from Danubian districts, 104,000 from India, and 190,000 from Australasia. THE METAL MARKETS. By Tdegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. March 28, 11.35 p.m.) London, March 28. Copper—On spot, £54 6s. 3d.; three months, £54 17s. 6d.; electrolytic, £56 17s. 6d. . Tin.—On spot, £187 55.; three months, £184 ss. ■ Lead.—£l3. SILVER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 27. Bar silver is quoted at 24 5-16 d. per ounce. . FROZEN MEAT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, March 28. The British and New Zealand Meat Company has received the following London cable:—Mutton.—Prime Canterbury, 3|d. to 4Jd.; North Island, 3'd. to 33d. Lamb.— Canterbury, sd. to 51d.; North Island, 4>d. to 4|d. Bocf.—Hinds, 4£d.; fores, 3£d. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 27. At the wool sales there was keen competition at tho highest prices of tho scries. (Rcc. March 28, 11.35 p.m.) London, March 28. At the wool sales tho following prices were realised for New Zealand clips:— Awahoa,, top pricc, lltd.; average, 93d. Titi, Hid. and logd. Mossrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received by cable tho following prices of wool sold at the sales now current:—Broadlnnds over W., Palmerston North, 10 11-16 d.; Kawa Kawa, Martinborough, 9 7-16 d.; Matahiwi,, Masterton, 9 15-lfd.; Eldcrslic, Oamaru, 9Jd.; JFR over Burnsido, Oamaru, 8 13-16(1.; GM over Burnsidc, Masterton, 9 3-16 d.; Waimahoe, Waikanae. 9 13-16 d.; To. Taumat-a. I'ahiatua, 91d.: Marahati, Wangnnui, 9 l-16d.; Delta, Blenheim, 113 d.; WBW, Wangauui, 9d.; Huia, Bulls, 9d. MINING NEWS. WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. Waihis were weaker yesterday, sales being made down to 645. 9d. Talismans fluctuated between 495. 6:1. and 495., the closing pale being 495. 3d. All other shares were very

quiet. The sales recorded were as under:— New Sylvia, 2s. lOd. (first call). Talisman, 495. 3d., 49; i. 6d. (first call); 495. 3d., 495. 3d. (second call); <9s„ <9s. 3d. (third call). Waihi, 655. 3d., 655. (first call): 655. 6d., 655., 6fji., 655., 6<s. 9d. (third call). The Inlying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Boilers. £ s. d, £ s. d. Dominion — 0 0 1 Kuranui Caledonian — 0 13 May.Queen 0-1 10 0 2 0 New Sylvia, 0 2 10 0 2 U Saxon .. 0 2 2 0 2 3 Tairua. Broken Hills 0 10 — Talisman 2 9 0 2 9 6 Waihi 3 4 9 3 5 0 Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 7 3 17 9 Watchman — 0 2 6 STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, March 28. Business done on 'Change this morning:— Saxon, 2s. 2d. Waiotahi, 2s. 7d. Hauraki, 2s. Id. Hauraki Keefs, lid.; (con.), 7d." Crown, 3s. 6d. Tairua Broken Hills, Is. Id. ' Talisman. £2 9s. 6d„ £2 95.. 3d. - Waihi, £3 ss. to £5 ss. 6d. Grand Junction, £1 7s. 6d.. Taupiri Coal, £1 2s. New Zealand Portland Cement, £1 15s. 6d. Later. Business was brighter on the Stock Exchange to-day in mining lines. Waihi changed hands at from £3 ss. to £3 4s. 9d., with further Eellers at £3 55., and buyers at £3 4s. 9d. Waihi Grand Junctions- were sold at £1 7s. 6d., later sellers quoting £1 7s. 9d„ and buyers.offering.£l 7s. 3d. Talismans wero disposed of at £2 9s. 6d. and £2 9s. 3d. Store were disposed of at £2 9s. 6d. and £2 9s. 3d. More were wanted at the latter figure, with sellers at £2 9s. 6d. In investment stocks, New Zealand Insurances were sold at £4 7s. 3d., later sellers quoting £4 7s. 6d., and buyers £4 7s. 3d. South British wero done at £3 9s. 6d., and there were further buyers at £3 95., and sellers at £3 10s. Dunedln, March 28. Stock Exchange sales reported:— Talisman Consolidated, £2 9s. 3d., £2 9s. 3d.. £2 9s. 6d. Waihi, £3 4s. lOd. WAIHI. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 27. Waihi Goldmining shares are nuoted at 655. (buyers) and 675. 6d. (sellers). PACTOLUS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association!! Rccfton, March 28, I Pactolus Eeturn: 240z. for 130 hours.