COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

isvestiiext' shakes. The final meeting of the.members of the Wellington Stock Exchange for the year was held at 3.15 p.m. yesterday, and tho Exchange will not reopen until-Monday, January S. There were-no' transactions in investment shares yesterday, and the buying and telling prices were as under: .; Buyers. Kellers £s.d. £s.d. Equitable Building 9 17 6 — Well. Trust and Loan... 7 12 6 - Auckland . (las 3 8 0 — ■ Christchurch Gas. ..!,...:. 912 6 .Giflßorue Gas ...:......- • - 3 0 0 Napier Gas 12 0 0 — Well. Gas (£10) .: 18 10 0 ' - Well. 'Ons (£8) 15 10 ll Well. Gas (third issue) ... 11 10 0 12 2 6 Well. Gas (prof. 55.) 0 5 6 0 6 0 Christchurch Meat 1<!17 6 - Meat Ksport (£4) - 5 0 0 Meat Eiport (52».'.6d.) ..: — 300 Jtosgiel Woollen ■- 3 13 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 3 18 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) .... 2 17 II 3 0 0 Hiknraugi Coal 0 18 6 10 6 Leyland-O'TMcn 18 9 — Parker-Lamb Timber ..... — 196 ■C. M. Hanks. Ltd... - 10 0 Golden -Bay Cement 12 3 — Manning' and Co. .: 4 10 0 4 15 0 N.Z. Con. Dental — 12 9 N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 — ■ Saarland's ordinary 13 6 — Kharland's. preference ... 13 6 — Ward and Co - ill 1 Custom? duty collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1840 18s. Id. . ■■ SILVER. By TcletTanh—Pres« A"nciati«n—Coeirrtijht London t December 20. Bar silver is quoted •at 25Jd. per ounce standard. ' ' ' , WHEAT. London, December 20. ■ The total visible wheat supply is 114,192,000 bushels. TALLOW SALES. London, December 20. ' At the tallow sales-846 casks were offered aDd 460 sold. Prices realised:—MuttonPine 375.,' medium 335. 6d. Beef—fine 345. 9d., medium 325. 6d. > "■' ' MELBOUBNE HIDE MAJIKETS. ' Bl Telegraph—Press Asioriatinn-OoDyriEht (Bee. December 21, .12 p.m.) Melbourne, December i2l. Hides were in moderate supplies at tho nalcs to-day. were irrcnlar.. but othera were stead*.

AUSTRALIAN" PIIODUCK JIAKKETS. ; BjTelcrraDb-I'i-osh Agnation- Copjru;llt (Jlec. December 21. 12 p.m.) Sydney, December 21. Wheat, J5. 7!d.. 3s. Btl. Flour, £8 15a.: coiiutry brand.--, £7 )7i-. 6d. Oats, Algerian, fcediug, 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd.; seeding, 2-. 9il. to 2s. 10d.; Sparrowbills, 2s. lid. to 55.; Giants, 2s. Sd. to 3s. Sd. Carlcv, Cape, 2s. lOd. to 3s. 6d.; English maltim;. 4s. 6d. to Ss. ilaize. 4s. Ilrau, -P. 5. Pollard, £6. Potatoes. Tasmania!!, £6 (o £7. Unions. JSI2. Ruttor, selected brenoV. 120=.: prim". 116s. Cheese, 63d. to 7d. Bacon, old. to7.id. Melbourne, December SI. Wheat, os. 71s. Flour, J:8 lfs. Mats, 2s. Go. t/j 3s. 9d. .Maize. 3s. SJrt. Ilran and pollard. Xo 10s. Clii!lT, oaten dumped, £1 In £'. 55.; compressed, £4 65.; uncovered, i' 4 10.-.: covesed: The market i- fnirlv firm, and supplies are short. Potatoes, <kw, £6 to £7. Onions, £8 In £8 10.-. Atlelaidn, December?.!. Wheat, os. 7d. Flour, £7 IS?. Hrau and pollard, 13d. Oats, Algerian, 2s. 6<<l. LONDON MARKETS. The' New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following rableiram from their London house, under date December 20:—Wo have sold an Australian canto at 365. od., e.i.f. -Crop reports a-rc unfavourable, awl the market is llrm but inactive. The Argentine outlook is encouraging. We quote, per quarter, e.i.f., Xew "caland wheat, long-berried, 515.; short-berried, 335. 6d. N.z: AND RIVER PLATE LAND MORTGAGE COMPANY. (Bj- Te!esra:>b—Profes Association.) Auckland, December 21. ■ The local office of the New Zealand and 'Elver Plate Land Mortgage Company has received advice that, at. the annnal general meeting next month, the directors will recommend that a dividend at the rate of nine per cent, be paid for tho year, that £20,CC0 bo paid to reserve fund, and £10,367 bo carried forward. MINEBAL OILS. Tho Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary. Ltd., advise that there has. been a still further decrease in the price of Pratt's turpentine, which is now quoted at:—3=. 9d. per gallon, in eases not. f.o.b. Wellington, 30 days' terms; 3s. Bd. per gallon in cases net, f.o.b. Wellington, spot cash. White Hose kerosene is still ouoted at: IOJd. per gallon net. f.o.b. Wellington, 30 days: 103 d. per gallon net, f.o.b. Wellington, spot cash. Tea Hose kerosene, 130 deg. (for use in power engines), is quoted at 91d. por gallon net. f.o.b. Wellington, 30 days' terms; 9d. per gallon net, f.o.b. Wellington, spot cash. Pratt's petroleum spirits are quoted as under:—Pratt's benzUuo (red label), Is. 3id. por gallon, f.o.b. Wellington: Pratt's naphtha (irrecu label). Is. 5Jd. per gallon, f.o.b. Wellington.; Pratt's motor-car spirit lyelow label), Is. s{d. per gallon, f.o.b. Wellington: Pratt's benzoline, Is. Bd. per gallon, f.o.b. Wellington; Pratt's gasolene, 2s m-;i' p( -' r ? all °n. f-o-b. Wellington. With regard to turpentine substitute, there is still a big demand for same, and the prices have been reduced a shade, lhe company now quotes Socony mineral turns at Is. od. per gallon in cases net, f.o.b. Wellington, oO days', terms; Is. 2Sd. per gallon in rases net, f.o.b. Wellington, spo u cash. .Special deodorised Socony mineral turps, 2s. per gallon in cases net, f.o.b. Wellington, 30 days' terms; Is. Ilk' per gallon in cases net, f.o.b. Wellington, spot cash Linseed oil is only being quoted on indent basis at prrecnt