COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1243, 27 September 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. A sale of Wellington Gas shares, £7 15s. paid, at £15 15s. ww tho only transaction recorded in investment share. , ! yesterday. The buyimt and sollins ouotations were as under :— Buyers Sellers. ■-■-■• ■ £ s d. £ s. d. Bank of S.Z - 12 6 0 K.Z. Loan and Mercantile — 0 17 9 Well. Investment 0 11 9 — •Well. Gaa (£10) .'. — 19 0 0 Well. Gas '(rights) - 0 0 6 S.n. Insurance — 3 13 6 Standard Insurance 1 11 6 — N.Z. Shipping - 11 7 0 Union Steam — 2 10 Well. Steam Ferry — 018 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) - 4 0 0 Tauniri Coal 116 — Tar.tnaki Petroleum — 0 18 0 Tarincamutu Totara 2 2 6 — Kotuku Oil (10s.) - 016 0 Customs revonue collected at the port of Wollington yesterday amounted to £1255 7s. 2d. TRADE IN ALLEN STBEET. Fowls' wheat is in steady demand at <s. 2d; to 4s. <!d. per bushel. Oat3.~A fair business is Dassing in New ZeafaDd "A" , Grade at 3=. 6d. 1o 3s. 7d. por bushel, ex (.'tore,'YTcllineton; Yictorian. Algerian feed oats are selling at 3s. 3d. Rolled oats continue at 9s. 6d. to ID3. ner dozen. Oatmeal is steady at £15 per ton, ex store, Wellington. Flour £or immediate delivery is (juotcd at £6 ICs. ner to:: f.o.b. south: the market, however, is unsettled. . Pollard .is in Rood demand at £6 ss. to £6 10s. per ton. Bran is in short supply, and is quoted at £5 15s. to- £6. .Riccmeal is in steady demand at £4 155.. ami rice Hour is cuotod at £5 15s. Potatoes.—Old potatoes meet with fair inouiry at.' 70s. to 755. Now potatoes aro roalidne 2Jd. to 3d. per Ib.Onions.—Californian aro in excellent re(jueft at- 12=. 6d. per cwt. iliiize.—ln sympathy with the advance in wheat, uinize lms risen 2d. per bushel, aiid is now Quoted at 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. Cape barl<y is dull of sale at ss. sd. to is. 6d. Fowls' barley is scllinc at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d. Baloil straw is ki strons demand at 655. per ton. Haled hay is rather slow of sale, meadow is ntlin? at £4 ss. to £4 10s.. and clover at £5 10s. per ton. JTams and bacon are. without chance. Sides. 3>d.;. rolls, 91d.: hams. 9d. per lb. JtarKarine.—Australian in bulk, BJd. ner • Lard, hulk, Ed.; nats. 8?d. per lb. Fresh ckks ore in cood demand al Is. to Is. Id. per dozen, according to brand. Cheese—Best factory. 6id: loaf, 7d. Dcr lb. Butter.—Prinic milled bulk is selling at lid. per Hi. ' Poultry i? in excellent demand. Men?. 4-. to 5.=.; cockerels, ss. to (is.; ducks. sf. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per uair: turkey cobblers. 8d to W. per lb. live wcicht: hen?. 6d. to 7d. Fniit.-Thc Jtonowai. with transhipincni.s ex Talunc from Cook Islands, lauded 1200 cafes of Island oransres mostly in bail condition, and had to he cleared at very low rates'—7s. lo 11s. per ca.«e. Thn Mocraki is due from Sydney to-day with furtlici , supplies of passion fruit, mandarins, orance?. .pineapple?, and lemons. The. Wnrrimoo is not callintr at Holiart this trip, and, consequently, there will be no Tasniaolan aDplca available this ffcek, *

Vegetables.—Supplies of cauliflowers and cabbages oonliinie heavy. Celery is in excellent (lonian J. and consignments are reshort supply, anil realis-. , 5-. to 6*. 6rt. hit sack. Hint rlmharh is brinciiii: 4s. to 6s. 6s. per dozen, with plenty available.' Grcwi ppas have declined, and a.re now selliiiir at Is. 6d. to 2s. per neck. • WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd.. Wclliiißlan, report wholesale prices nilins on the market as under:-« r hc.it. sooil wholu fowls'. 4s. Zd. to 4s. 4d. bushel; oats, irood feed, 3s. 6d. to 2.3. 7d.: oatF. rood white, 3s. 3d.: oats, seed Algerian Victorian. 3;. 9d.: rye corn, 3s. 10d.: maize, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 5d.: fowls' barley. 3s. 3d.; Cape. 3?. 6d.; crushed infllt, U. ii.: partridKO peas, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.; pollard, £6 ss. to £6 !os. per ton: bran. £5 15<. to £6; flour, 'Atlas, £9 ss. 6d.; chaff, oaten sheaf. £5 15s. to £6 55.: rice flour, £5 15s. per ton; rice meal. £4 15s. ner ton;, .pslatoss. ts-lile. £3 IC.-, ta £4 per ton: potatoes, seed. Up-to-Datc=, £5 por ton; Heauty ■if Hebron, .£9 10s. per ton; Early Rose. £9 10s. per ton; Kidneys, £8 ICs. per Ion; Northern Star, £5 per ton; onions, £7; boncdust. £5 155.: basic slaff. £4 ss. to £4 106.; superphosphates. s4 15s. to £5;oamteal. £14 ICs.; rolled oats in 4's. 9s. 6d. dozen; cheese, medium-sized, 65d. per lb.: loaf. 6Jd. to 7d. r.er lb.: butter prime bulk, lCd. to lid.: fresh ezre. 13 to l=. Id. nor dozen; honey. 56's bright. Id. lb.; linseed nuls. Us. per cirt.; linseed cake, crushed, 13s. 6d. per cwt.; bacon, sides Bid. per lb.; bacon, rolls, 9]d. per lb.; ha.ms, 9d. per lb.; fowls, liens 3s. to 45., young roosters 3s. 6d. to 55.; ducks, 4«. 6d. to ss. all at per pair; turkeys, Bobblers, Bd. t-o 9d. per lb. live neiffht, hens 6d. to 7d.

1 FROZEN MEAT.. (By Teleeraph.—Pres3 Association.! Christchurch, September 26. The British and New Zealand Meat Company has received the following London cable.uram:—"Mutton: Canterbury. 4d. to 43d.; North Island, 32d. Lamb: Canterbury. 4JSd. to 5Jd.; North Island. sd. to 5Jd. Beef: Hinds, 33d.; fores, 23d." WHEAT AND FLOUB. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyriffht London, September 25. The total' quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kinzdotn amounts to 2.255.CC0 euarters: for tho Continent. 1,710,003 ouarters; Atlantic shipments, 257.CM; Pacific. 60,000. The total shipments to Europe durinpr the week amounted to 1,065.COO onarters, including 19.C00 from the Areentine. 100,000 Russian. 375.0 M Danubian. 54,000 from India, and 70.CC0 from Australasia. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rcc. September 26, 10.35 p.m.) London, September 25. The Bank of Australasia report states that tho deposits amount to £18.422,949, the cash securities to '£9,133,217, and the bills to £15,836,932. SIDNEY WOOL SALES. By Teleeraph—Pres3 Asaociatiou-Coprrfeht Sydney, September 26. Continental buyers onersted more freely at the wool sales than has boon the case since the trouble between France and Germany arose. Late •»alues were maintained. GRAIN. AND PRODUCE. (By TclcEraph.—Press Association.) Christchiirch, September 26. Business is very nuiet in the prain and produce markets. There is no wheat offerine. and in view of the easier tone in tho Australian markets there is no speculative demand, and. conwaucirtly. r.o business is beine done between merchants. : In tho absence of supplies there are no transactions in oats, except in small lots for Bscd. Chaff is firm in consequence of the offerings boine limited, as it- is worth more in country districts than ki town. The potato market is very flack, tales in tho r.orthcm ports beins difficult to effecf. Some buyers are offering as low as 255. and 3C.3., but few crrowers are at present willinK to consider less than 323. 6d. to 355.. at country stations. FOR MALTA "AND GOZZO. The Hon. the Minister for Industries and CommGrce has received advice from tlio Director of Supplies and Transport, Malta, that tenders aro called for tho supply of fresh meat and live oattle for Maitn, and' Gozzo. The tender will close on November 7, 1911. Forms of tender quoting all particulars may be obtained on anplication to tho director. Commc-rce and Tourists Division, Public Trust Building, Wellington.