COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1255, 11 October 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT? SHARES. The sales -of investment shares yesterday were Wellington Gas 'Eights 2d., and Westport Coal' at 28s. 9d. and 28s. lOd. Tho buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. ' £ s. d. Hank New Zealand 12 0 0 . . —■ -National lianlt .6 1 0 6 2 0 N.Z. Loan,and Mercantile... — 0 17. 9 Well. Investment 0 It 9 — \Voll. Trust and Loan ... 7 10 0 — Christchurch (las .' — ■ 9 13 6 Gisborne Gas — 3 16 Well. Gas (£10) - 19 0' 0 Weil. Gas (rights) 0 0 2 0 0 3 5.71. Insurance 313 fi — N.Z. Shipping 11 0 0 Lcyland O'Brien 18 9 . —. N./. Paper Mills 10 0 — Shariand's ordiuary — 14 6 Taranaki-Petroleum — 0 17 6 WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs. Lacry and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report whol'e.'.-ile prices ruling-on the market as under:—Vvheat, good whole fowls', fls. 3d. to 4*. 4d. hushoi; oate, good feed. 3?. 6d. to ss. 7(1.: oats, seed white. 3j. 9d.; oat.s. Algerian feed. 3s. 3d.; rye com. 3s. 10d.: inaize. 3s. 6d. to 3s. "d.; fowls, barley, 3s. 3d.; Cape, 3e. 6d.; crushed malt, 7a 6d,; partridge'peas, "Is. 6d. to 4s. ?d.;.

I pollard, £6 fe. to £6 10a. per ton; brau £6 55.; Hour, Atlas, £9 ss. id.; chaff, oaten sheaf, £5 15:-:. to £6 55.; rico Hour, £5 15s. per ton; rico meal, £4 15s. per ton; potatoes, table, £3 155.; i-eful, "Up-to-Date:J, £4 per ton; onions, Calit'ornian, £I_2; honcdust £5 15».; basic slag, £4 ss. to £4 10s.: Biiticrphospliates; .€4 lbs. to £5; oatmeal, £14 10s.; rolled oats iu 4's, 9s. 6d. dozen; cliecsc, racdium-sizcd, 6Jd. per lb.; loaf, 7(1. per lb.; butter, prime hull:, lOd. to lid.; fresh eggs, 11(1. per dozen; honey, 56's bright. 4d. lb.; linseed nuts, 13s. per cnt.; linseed eaUe. crushed, 13s. 6d. per cwt.; bacon, sides BSd. per lb.; bacon, rolls, 9id. per lb.; hams. 9(1. per lb.; fowls, hens 3s. to 45., young roosters 3s. 6d. to 55.; ducks. 4s. 6d. to Es. all at per pair; turkeys, frobblers, Bd. to 9d. per lb. live weight, bens Cd. to 7d. TRADE IN ALLEN STREET. Vegetables.—Cauliflowers are in exeeb lent demand, and choice samples aro brins9s. to los.; cabbages of prime quality are making 6s. to 7s. 6d.; parsnips arc selling at ss. to 75.; carrots. 4s. to 65.; rhubarb prices fluctuate daily, yesterday's values were 6s. to 9s. per dozen bundles; green peas rule at Is. od. to Is. 9d. per peck, and new potatoes at 23d. to 31d. per lb. Fruit.—Tho Navua is due here to-morrow with tho regular monthly shipment of bananas from Fiji. The IVarrimoo is due from Sydney to-day with a shipment of oranges, mandarines, lemons, passion fruit, and pineapples. Fowls' wheat has good inaniry, at 4s. 3d. to 43. sd. per bushel. Oats "A" grade is selling at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 7d, per bushel: and "H" grade is quoted at a halfpenny less; Victorian Algerian oats are ruling at 3s. 2d. to 3s. 3d. Boiled oats are in moderate request, at 9s. 6d. to ID", per dozen. Flour continues at £9 ss. 6d. per ton ex store for Now Zealand, while Australian flour is Quoted at £10 se. to £10 10s. per ton. Pollard is in good request, at £6 ss. to £6 10s. per ton. Bran is in short supply, and is realising £5 15s. to £6. . . Rice Meal.—Fair business is passing at £4 los. per ton; rice flour continues at Old" potatoes have advanced in valno, good table potatoes now realising 755. per to Onions.—CaJifornian meet with fair business on the basis of £12 10s. per ton. Maize.—Tho market has advanced considerably, tho current quotation being Is. Bd. to 3s. 9d.- per bushel. Cape barley is slow of. sale, at 3s. 6d. per bushel. . Feed barley continues at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d., with verv little business offering. Baled straw continues in short supply, and is selling at 655. to 70s. per ton. Baled hav is dull of F.ale, meadow, £4 ss. to'£4 10s.; clover, £5 10s. per ton. Hams and bacon have good inquiry; best factory eide, BJd.;' hams, 9d.; rolls, 9'd. per lb. Margarine.—Australian is dull, at 8&d. Fresh egg 3 are steady, at lid. p?r dozen. Butter. —Prime milled, in bulk, lid. per lb., with very little offering. Cheese.—Best faotory, 61d.; loaf, 7d. per lb. Poultry is in strong domand. Hens,v4s. to 55.; cockerels. ss. to 65.; ducks, ss. fid. to 6s. fid. per pair; turkey gobblers, Ed. to 9d. per lb. livcwcight; hens, 6d. to 7d.

Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2224 6s. lid. LONDON WOOL SALE 3. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Lcndan, Octobcr 9. At tho wool sales there was a small attendance, but good competition. Pricos were unchanged. Sfessrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have received the following eablo from London, under 'date October 9:—"The sales closed with good competition from a good attendance of buyers, Americans operating sparingly. .Present values, as compared with the closing rates of last series, show the following depreciation :-Fine crossbred and merino, 5 per cent.; medium, 7» per cent.; coarse. 2> per cent. Prospects doubtful, owing to the uncertainty of tlio political situation."

SILVER. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, October 9. Bar silver is quoted at 24 3-lCd. por ounce. . LONDON MEAT MAKKETS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, October 10. Tho British Now Zealand Meat and Produce Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram:—Canterbury wethers and maiden owes, 48 to 561b., lid.; 56 to 641b., 4Jd.; 64 to 731b., 4d. North Island, 48 to 56!b„ 3Sd.; 56 to 64!b„ 3|d. Canterbury lamb, 28 to 361b., 5 5-16 d.; 36 to 421b„ 5Jd.; ovor. 421b., 42d. North Island lamb, 28 to 361b., 4 15-16 d; 36 to 421b.. 43d. Beef-Average price for all weights: New Zealand hindquarters, 3Jd.; New Zealand forcquartcrs, 2Jd. ADELAIDE WOOL SALE. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Wellington, have received cabled information from their Adelaide branch, under October 9, as follows:—Wool sales were held to-day, and the total offerings were 26,000 bales. Good quality merino was lower by Id. per lb., and medium and inferior sorts lower by Jd. per lb. Prices wero irregular, and lower for lambs' wool. CANTEBBUIU' GBAIX. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Chrischurqli, October 10. The local wheat market 6ttll keeps very quiet. The offerings are mostly in small lots, no lines of any size being on the market. A few small sales continue to be made on the basis of 3s. 6d., 3s. 6Jd., and 3s. 7d.. at country stations, according to distance. These prices are for Hunters and Tuscan, Pearl being worth a little more, though there is not the same demand for Pearl this season as in some other years in.cOnseeuonce of the other varieties being so sound and hard. Oatsheaf chaff is firmer, 90s. now being the general price, and, in some cases, growers are not will-, ing to accept this figure. The demand is purely for local consumption, as no coastal export can be dono at tho prices. Potatoes a,re rather firmer, as offerings are scarce. Farmers are now busy with spring work, and, being thus employed, ore prepared to hold a little longer, and risk the market while prices are so low. The price now generally offered is 355. at country stations, and the lov. :r quotations being given from the south prevent merchants offering more for shipment to the North Island.

TABANAKI PETROLEUM COMPANY. (By Tek'2l'anh— Press Association.) Mew Plymouth, October 10. A letter from Mr. C. Carter has been received, together with a copy of the agreement for the sale of the 'iaranaki Petroleum Company's property, which is considered very satisfactory. Mr. Carter says the new company will erect a refinery at New Plymouth, and take up the retining business generally. They will get estimates for the plant, etc. BRAEMOEE ESTATE. The New Zealand Loan and Jlercantile Agencv Company, Limited, roport having sold tho "Braemorc" Estate, belonging to the executors of the late Jlr. H. S. Hadfield, to Sir. S. E. Hammond, at a satisfactory price.