COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1182, 18 July 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. A sale of Equitable Building at £9 15s. way the only transaction in investment shares recorded yesterday. The buying and selling quotations were as under:—

FROZEN MEAT. . . By Tolesraph-l'ross Associatt-on-CoDjTieht London, July 15. The Frozen Meat Trade Association's Smithfield market riuotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sale" of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of heel of fair average qnalitv. The (nictations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. Tim prices which follow are on nn avernee a fr.rthins per ih. moro than the raluo es ship. ■ this difference ronresentirc an average cost in expenses, handling, convcyancc, and sellinc the meat:—

HIGH COJIJUSSKKEirS CABLEGRAM. ( The Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of AEric.ulturc, Commerce, anil Tourists has received the followins cablegram from the High- Commissioner for yew Zealand, dated London, July 15:— (Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are ■avorase market prices on spot.) Mutton.—The market is steady, but without animation-no chances ia price?, viz., Canterbury, 3Jd.; North Island. 3§d. pur lb. .Lamb.—The market is slightly weaker with, less demand, hut holder? are firm. Canterbury 5Jd., other than Canterbury, 4Jd. per lb. JSeef.—The market is dull: supplies are larce. Now Zealand hinds 3Sd., fores 2Sd. per lb. Butter.—The market is very firm on account of the r'.ry weather. Choicest New Zealand butter, Ills, (nominal); Danish, 1195.; Australian, 1065.; Siberian, 104s. per cwt. Cheese.—The market is firm. It is reported that Canadian supplies will b= snort. New Zealand coloured. 615.; white, 60s. rer cwt. Hemp.—The market is dull, and very little business doinsr. New Zealand sood fair on spot, per ton. £21; fair grade. £20; fair current Maniln, £21. Forward shipment about the same price. The outnut from Manila for.the week was 24.000 ba.lc-5. E"es.—The market is wry- nukt. Italian, ~ed. tn 9--. 3d. per 12H; Danish, Bs. 3d. to lCs. 3d.: niineirian. 6s. to 3s. 3d.; Bus-, Binn,.as. M. to 7s. 9d. ■ •Poiiltry.-The market is flat. Holders would like In realise. There U little domaud, and present supplies exceed rnfinirernerits. Averasc- pricer. r<re as fol-lr.w:-Chiel!«n.P: American. 7Jd. Ncr lb.: Russian. 7d.: Diiriklinps, 51(1. per !b.; turl;eys, Bjd. prr lb. Wool.-Tlie mirket is firm, with an ltn- \ ward tendency for creasy wools. ' ' TJ.VION BANK. Dy TclecraDh—Press Association—Oopyrichl London, July 15. . The balance-sheet, of the Union Bank shnws deposits £22,817,957: ca-h, invcstmenlE, and balauces of remittances, £11,682,361; bills, £16,183,038. Customs duties collected at the port of Wollinston yesterday amounted to £2425 17s. 5(!.

Jluyers. Hellers £ s. d. . £ s.d Union lianl; t 67 0 0 — National Banl; : 6 10 — National Jlortgago 3 8 6. — Well. Investment 0 11 9 — .Well. Deposit —.' 0 8 6 Chri5tchurch Gas 0 15 0 — S.D. Insurance 3 15 0 — Standard Insurance ...... 1 10 0 — Meat Exnort (£5) ;. 6 5 0 — Meat Export (£26. 6d.) — 3 5 6 Union Steam i 2 1 3 2 2 0 Taupiri Goal — 12 3 LevIand-O'Brien 18 0 — N.Z. Paper Hills — 1 1 9 Taranaki Petroleum 0 16 6 0 17 0 Taringiimntu Totara 2 6 0 2 8 0 Well. Opera House — 7 5 0

July 8. July 15. Mutton— d. d Canterbury, light 4 11 Canterbury, medium 3,1 3,< Canterbury, heavy 311-16 311-16 Southland — — North Inland. best, 33 3\ . North Island, ordinary 3[; \S • Australian, light 3$ 3^ Australian, heavy 33 3* raver Plate, light 3-J 3^ River Plate, haavy 3i 3A New Zealand ewes 3} 33-16 i Australian owes 39-16 3^ j River Plate ewes 3.1 3 3-16 Lamb:— Canterbury, light 5* 5^^ Canterbury, medium 4« 413-b Canterbury, heavy 4?, • Southland 43 * North Island, selected ... 4j$ 413-15 i North Island, ordinary ... 413-16 4? Australian, beet 4.V Australian, fair 4J . 4J AiiFtnlinn inferior 4\ <U Plate, first 4& 4.} t River, Plate, eecond 4j 41 Beef New Zealand, ox forea ... 21 U ■ New Zealand, ox hinds ... 3i « Australian, ox fores 25-16 21 ■ • Australian, ox hinds 3\ 31 ; Eiver Plate,.ox forea 23 2 5-16 River Plate, ox hinds ?ii 23 River Plate, chillccl forrs 23 21 River Plate, chilled hinds 32