COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1149, 9 June 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARER. The pales recorded yestcrdny were National -Bank £6 Is. 6d.. and We«4port Coal. £1 9s. 6d. The, Ijiiyinß and sollinE quotations arc as under:— , Buyers. SellerF £ s d. £ s d National Bank 6 0 0 6 1 6 Wellington Investment 0 11 6 — Wellington Deposit 0 8 3 — Auckland Oas 3 9 6 — flliristohureh Gas 9 15 0 — N.Z. Insurance 4 7 6 — South British Insurance 3 9 0 — Meat Export (523. 6d.l ... — 3 6 0 Well. Stcini Ferry (18s.) 0 13 i — Well. Woollen lord.) — 4 2 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 0 0 — Tnuniri Coal 113 — Westport- Coal — 119 Westport-Stockton — 0 3 6 Leyland-O'Bricn 17 0 Itirainar. Ltd — I! ? 6 New Zealand Paper Mills — 12 6 Taranaki Petroleum 0 16 0 0 17 7, Tarineamutu Totara. — 210 0 Ward and Co 5 2 0 — Wilson's Cement 1 19 6 2 0 3

EXPORTS IX MAY. ■ The values of the principal eommcdiucs exported layt month compared with tho fisure* for the month of May, 1910, -how as under:— May, 1911. May. 1910. & £ Butter 10,434 34 239 Ohecso . . 97,760 1C6.C05 Heef 3-1.657 W. 645 Mutton 127,591 K3.763 Legs and pieces 4.570 5,255 Lamb ... 501,820 ZVXM Wheat 57,757 U.S6O Oats m £372 Potatoes 9-19 617 Hemp .. 25,5-17 49,153 i'abbits C 6 10 Tow 2.901 2 <95 Kauri cum 53,380 20.811 Oram and pulse 18,161 7,699 Mops 155 978 Hides ... . 18.359 25,872 Skin.* .... 95.898 116,<82 Tallow , £8,988 K. 525 Timber 37X33 15,672 Wool ... . 595.741 569,765 Gold 219,550 179,858 £1,824,216 £1,566.357 There is a pain for the month of £257.2,9. due mainly to the bigger figures shown by wool and gold. Tho increase in wool is tho result of heavier shipments, tho Quantity for the month being M,358,7£41b., as against 7,981,1551b. in May, 19:0. The value of the exports for tho year onded -•fay 51. 1911. totals £19,h53.cC9, as compared with £20,322.974 for the previous year, thus showing a decrease of £872,665. Customs duties collected at tl'.o port of "Wellington yesterday amounted to £1658 53. lOd. HEMP AND TOW GRADING. The Department of Apiculture* forwards a return showing the Quantities of hemp and tow graded at the ports of the Dominion, during tho month of May:— Hemp.—Tho total number of bales graded was 7777, ns compared with for the corresponding month of last year—a decrease of <5225 ba!o?. For the twelve months ending May 31 the number graded was 101,253, as compared with 117.526 for the previous twelve months, or & decrease of 16,273 bales. Tow.—During tho month 2276 bales wore dealt with, as compared with 3236 for the corresponding month of last year, or a of 1560 bales. Details for various ports are given as follow:— Hemp. § fi i ||H 5 0,2 £ D « £ Auckland — 69 530 26 18 673 Napier — — — — — — Foxton 88 1283 1691 147 25 315) Wellington 63 1569 17E6 <8 — 3«3 Blenheim — — — — — — Picton 109 — — — — 103 Lyttelton — — — — — Dunedin — 144 8 — — 152 Bluff — 3 205 — — 238 Totals 260 3093 4150 231 43 7777 Percentages of totals 3.35 39.75 53.38 2.96 .£6 Tow. _ a l!-c ■? . rt t, c3c, rt £rt "S £ S CjC fee rH O 3 H Auckland 44 30 71 38 183 Napier - - __ Fnxton 366 557 7 7 937 Wellington 165 744 45 — 956 Blenheim — — — — _ Picton 70 — — — 70 Lyttelton — — — — _ Dunedin — 101 12 2 115 Bluff . — — 15 — .15 Totals 646 1432 151 47 2276 THE JIETAL JIARKMS. By Telegraph—Press Associatiou-ConjriEM London, June '!. Copper.-On spot, £55 Bs. 9d.; three months, £56; electrolytic, .£57 7:;. Cel. Tin—On spot, £214; three month'', £192 15?. Bd. I.e.ad, £13 2s. 6d. Silver.—Bnr silver i» quoted at 21 9.15 d. per ouncc. WHEAT. _ The American visible suonly of wheat is i>2,,62,1C0 bushels. DUNEDIN DEAINAfJK BOARD DEBENTCUES. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, Juno 7. The Dunedin Drainage and Seweraca Board is issuing £100,000 worth of four p:r ccntum debentures at nar. The "Financial Times" describes theru as a sound investment on good security. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. By XeieirraDh—Press Association—Cozyrich; (Rec. Juno 8, 11.35 p.m.) Sydney, June S. Wheat.—Holders are aching 3s. 3Jd., and buyers arc offering 3s. 3d.; little bushier? is reported. Flour is steady at £8 10s. Peas, blue, ss. 9d. to 65.; grey, 4s. 6d. to ss. Barley, Victorian Cape, ,2s. Cd. to 2s. Ed.; English, S:. 3d. to 2s. 6d. Oats, Tasmani.m i'.parrowbills, 2s. Ltd.; Giants. 2s. lid.; AlEerian milling, 2s. 7d.; feeding, 2s. 3d.; Tartarian ooed, 2s. lid. to 3s. Maize, 2;. 7d. to 2s. Bd. Bran and pollard. £5. Onions. £3 ss. to £3 IDs. PotaUcs. T.ismanian, £6 lCs. to £7. Butter, 965. Bacon, sid. to 6d. Cheese, sid: to 53d. Melbourne, Juno 8. Wheat, 3s. 4d. to 3s. sd. Flour, £8. Oats, Algerian seed, 2s. 2!d. to 2-. 3»d.; 'n'llin"25.2 d .; feeding, Is.lid.; stout whites, 25.5 d. Barley, malting Chevalier. ss. 3d. to ss. 6d.English medi.un malting, 2s. 3d.; Cane prime, 2s. 6d.; feedi:'.?, is. £d. Maize, 2s. <d. Bran and pollard, £5. Onions, £2 to £2 10s. Potatoes, £5 to £5 15s. Adelaide, June 8. Wheat. 3s. 3d. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Bran 13d. Pollard, 12Jd. ' '