COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1316, 20 December 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT'.SHARES. There were no transactions in investment shares yesterday. The ' buying and selling .quotations • were as under:— Buyers. Fellers . , .J. 3.6- £s. d. flank of New Zealand... 11 10 0 ■ ■ ■-. Kouitable ISttilding 9la 0 — Well. Investment 0 11 6 - Auckland Gas 3 8. 0 - Christchurch Gas 9 12 6 Napier 'Gas' .12 00 - Well. Gas (£10) 18 0 0 ■ ■-• Well.'Oas ,(pref.) 0 5 6 0 6 0 Christchurch Meat. U 17 6 — Well.: Woollen (prcf.) ... -- ■> 0 0 Hikura.ngi Coal :. 018 6 10 6 Taupiri Coal 1.0 3 — Levlaud-O'lirien • VlB 9 - Parker,- I.amb Timber ... 1 8 3 15 6 C. It. Bank's. Ltd - ■■ \g \ pon'aghy ' Itope -- 12 6 D.I.C. preference 1 - ■> — Golden Bav Cement 12 3 . -„" N;Z;. Con. Dental , - ,12 9 N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 - Ward and Co — all 0 THE SALMON PACK. Fi"itrefi ' now to hand show that the greater part of. tho last , pack on the West Coast of North America was not first-class fish. In other words, it wa.pink fish, whereas the public tast* is for red salmon. According to the Proline Markets Review" the total oacl- ef red sockcye salmon on I'ugot round th's year was llfcKO- cases, "oa-.parcd wh.i -i;.U2 cases iu 1910; and 1,-02,372 yas<s m Ml and iu British Columbia it was 360.C00 cases, compared with Sf-3.915 eases in 1910, and 840,441 oasci in 1319, showing a. com. billed shortage of no fewer than 858,160 cases compared with the avcrugc rf the two previous years. The tetal shipments of red Alaska (packed by the Alaska Pack6rs' Asoeiationl to tho United Kingdom this season will not. exe.sed "CfI.OOO cases, which, compared with 25J.M0 in 1910, end 305,000 in' 19J9, shea's a shortage, as against the average, of 79,000 cases. The shipments of red Alaska to the r. nited Kingdom bv outside packers will also to much smaller than usual. The statistical position, therefore, for red soekeyc salmon is undoubtedly a strong One.

Custom's duty collected at the port of Weili'ncton vesterday amounted to £3658 19s. 4d.~ JBADii IN ALI.EX STREET. The market has been very active since the beginning of the week, and a srreat volume of business has bceu put through. As usual at this time of .year some line 3 arc in excessive supply, while others ara scarce. Fruit appears to I.e iu ample supply to met local raiuirenients. and retailers are looking forward to clonic: a record traoe during the next ten days. Strawberries are lii very good demand, and are likely to be scarce in a day or two. ■ ' ■Xew Potatoes-.—Fairly heavy shipments are- coming forward from, the Waikato, the Lower Hutt, -and- Mfinawatu districts, and prictis range from £3 lo .46, according to quality. ' Onions.—Onlj' light supplies are arriving from Victoria, and .the market is I bare. Xew Zealahd-g'rowu 'onions should be available next month. Uico flour has moderate inquiry at £5 ISran is in plentiful supply, and rcalisins .C 5 10s. to' £5 15s. per ton. . Pollard is scarce, and is selling at £6 2s. fid. to £6 lfs. per ton. Hour.—Leading brands of Xew Zealand flour are unchanged at £9 ss. per ton, with the usual advances for smaller sizes. Hailed Oats.—A fair trade is passing at 9s. 6d. to 10s. per dozen for *tlh. basis. ■ Oafs are in good demand. "A" fJrarie fiartons, it. 7d. to 3s. Bd. per buslici, "B" Grade a, halfpenny less. , Fowls'- Wheat.—The market continues steady at 4s. 3d. to 4s. fid. per bushel. . yl.aize.-Oiyiug, no doubt, to the cool weather, the nVtiiand has lasted leaser than usual, the market value bWntr ~4« to 4s. Id. a. bushel. ~ Cape barley- is slow of soJo at 3s. fid. per bushel. - - ' .Fowls.' barley is.in moderate dcnand at is. i,u. to os. 4d. , Baled straw is in short supply, aDd is selling at 70s. per ton.. : Cloyer hay is (mated at £5 lo £5 10s. . Kami- and, Dacon.-Xo light weight ham* are procurable. Ilams up to ii'ib ar* *elh me at u.jd., rolls 9Jd., sides 9d . Fresh. e?irs have advanced in value as supplies are extremely light. The current fresh iS IS ' M ' " er dMCa ior "™* ■ But -'«r is in excellent, rfomand. and the quotation for prime milled in bulk Is WW • PoultJT-The market is heavilv final Vd and. there .is..only, a nioderato" demand J.O rcaly choice trradc. poultrv ta™ forward. ne«s..3s. 9d. (o 3«. 6d a S cockerels 2s. fd. to 55.; dneks, k 6d.'[o ;;.: ducklings,. 4?. to ss. 6d.' turkev h™IM. per lb. live weight; eibC^llHo- . Vegetables have hc»u in errellrnt rnand during thc part !w &«. ty}? Wen-was. aud cabbages, and conDiraments are recommended,. , j'niit.-ConsijTiimcnts of a.!! kinri= '0f (nut. arc recommended to meet The re l utrcments..of the Chii.tmas trade The taar,ket, is well supplied . with Califo-n an oranges. The first- of., the cea^u'" bS currant.-.reached, the market (1 is w Cc ir and realised satisfactory prices. BEET SUGAR I'ROnrCTtpX. Bv Tel-Brt nil-Press Association-Con.rrisht v n .'• .. L ?'" ,on i December 18. ■Iferr-r. 0.-Ltcht, (.he sugar .expert, ef monthly circular stale, that the, production or beet smrar in burope shows a, .decrease of 1.025,955 t ( ,n t fle i estimates that for the season (here will be a total fallii) K .ofr of 1.855.CC0 toils! SILVEK. Dj As?r."in!iA n - rc ? -,- r !.ohl „ London, December 18. Bar silver is minted a*. 25 5-16 d. per ounce standard.