COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1544, 13 September 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT BHAKES. A sale of Kaiapoi Woollen shares at £5 ss. was tne only transaction recorded yesterday. The buying and selline quotations were as under:— . Buyors, Sellers. National Bank ~ 6 1 o' — ' N.Z. and Eiver Plate ...... 119 3 - Fcildinn Gaa 106 Well. Gae (£10) — IB 2 6 Christchurch Meat 15 5 0 — Meat Export (525. 6d.) — 3 10 Kaiapoi Woollen 5 3 6 — IVclI. Woollen ipref.) 2 16 0 — (Vestport Coal 18 0 '18 6 Deylnnd-O'Bricn — 17 6 I'arlngamutu Totara. 2 5 6 2 6 6 Boldcn Bay Cement ...... 10 6 — PJ.Z. Drug ; 2 11 0 — M.Z. Portland Cement .... 17 0 — Jharland's preference — 13 3 EXPORTS OP PRODUCE. , The returns for the month of August betn£. now available, at is possible to compare tno values of the principal products jxported from New Zealand for the past sloven months wih the figures for the corresponding period of tho previous year, rhe following tablo disclojes the position: : 1911-12. 1910-11. £ £ October 614,007 720,333 November 1,146,503 1,041,163 December 1,282,122 2,161,769 January 2.490.165 3,025,016 ' February 2,934.763 2.346,7<M March 2,465,077 . 2,492,318 April 1,999,808 1,459,331 May 2,373.802 > 1,824,216 Juno 1,303,237 1,038.173 .Tilly 940,060 1,053,887 August 1,159,039 684,255

18,753,573 17,8<!8.275 There is a gain of £910,298, which ia very satisfactory. 'Higher prices and in manr cascs the increased quantities exported account for the improvement, v HARDWARE COJLPAJf I'. The "Mercantile Gazette" reports the registration of the following company:— Arthur Hopwood Hardware Co., Ltd., registered as a. private company, September 5. . Omce: The Square, Palmcrston North. Capital, £40,000, divided into <OCO shares of £10 each.. Subscribers: Palmcrston NorthA. Jlonwood, 1667. Wcllinson: n. 51. Duthie, 1167; L. Duthie, 1166. Objects: To acquire and take over tho business carried on by Arthur Hopwood, as hardware merchant, at Palmorston North and Foxton. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., wholesale produce morchanto. Allen Street, report prices rulinc on tho Wellington markot:Fowlu' wheat, host, <ls. 2d. to 43. 4d. per bushel; fowls' barley, best 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel; Capo barley seed. 3s. M. per bushel; oats, short food 2s. Bd. to 35. per bushel: oats. 6oed Algerian! 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. por buEhcl; oats. Duns 26. 10d. to 3s. Ncr bushel: maize, Sβ. 4u. per bushel: seed umize, Eickory King, fa. 6d. bushel; Prussian blue peas, 6s. 9d. u> 7s. per bushelpartridge peas, 4s. to 4s. 3d. por bushel; horse bcane, 4s. 2(1. to 4n. 4d. per bushel: snorosenc, £7 10s.- per ton; flour, Atlas brand, £9 Hβ. 6d. per ton: oatmeal, £13 10a. to £14 pev ton: pollnnl £6 153. to £7per ton; barley meal, £6 per ton; pea menl £6 por ton; bran, £5 15.!. per ton; chaff, prune oatensheaf, £5 per ton: clnff medium quality oatonsheaf, £4 Sβ per ton; choff, straw, £3 15s. potton; straw, baled, £3 to £3 10s. per tonfactory bacon, shoulders, Bα. per lb.j sidcv', 91d. per lb.; hams, 91(1. per lb.; rolls, 104(1. per lb.; factory ohcesc, medium sized, 7Jd. per lb.; factory cheese, loaf sized, 73d. nor lb.; honey, bulk, in 561b. tins, 4sd. per lb ■ marsrarine. in !Blb. tins. 85d. per lb.: whole linseed. 183. per cwt.j linseed, ground, 2*. per cwt.; Unseed, cake, 14s. per cwt.; UnEeod. uut-3. 13s. 6d. . por cwt.: basic slajr. £4 se. per ton i iuperphoephatee, £4159. to £5 yer tons rolled onte,9e. M,per doxeni roll-

Del oils, bulk, 16s. per 100: potatoes, prime table, £9 per ton; Kcd potatoes, Up-to-Datos £7, Beauty of Hebron £10, Early Hose £10, Gamekeepers £9 per ton, White Elephant £7, Northern Star £6 10s.; Early iiegent £6; Calitornion onions, £16 per ton. . LEVIN WOOL AND HIDE SALE. Messrs. Hitching 3, Hankins and Co., Ltd , report on their sale held at Lovin yesterday as follows:—We eubmitted a good catalogue, comprising 54 bales and fadges wool, 1000 sheepskins, 548 hides, 6 casks and £0 tins tallow. There' was a, good attendance of buyers present, and competition waa very keen for all lots offered. We r;uotc as follows:—Wool: Crossbred, fleece, BJd.', 83d., to 9d.; dead wool, 6Jd., 7d., 7}d., to Bci.; crutchings, 5d., 5Jd., 53d.. 6d., tp 6id.; horsehair, Is. 4d. Sheepskins: Crossbred, fine. S]d.; crossbred, medium, 7Jd.- to 73d.; crossbred, coarse, 6id., 65d., to 6Jd.: hoggets, 7Jd. to 73d.; crossbrt-ds, dead, 6d. to 6]d.: crosebreds, broken, sd. to 5Jd.; crossbreds; greon and damp, ss. 6d., 65., 6s. 6d., 75., to 7s. 6d. Hidos: Calf, UAd. to 113 d.; calf, rough, 9d.j cut and slippy, 5Jd. to 7Jd.s yearlings, 7id.; ox, heavy, 7Sd.; medium do., 7d. to 7M.; light do.. 6id. to 63d.: cow, medium, 68d. to 63d.; light, do., 6Hd. to 6 3-Bd.; cow, slippy, Ed. to 5Jd.; dry Glides, 4d. to 6d. Ber lb. Tallow: Ca-sks. £25 10s. jtine, £23 10s.. _____ ' Customs dntiea collected at the port of Wellington, yesterday amounted to £3237 13s. 2d. HIGH COMJfISSIONEE'S CABLE. The New Zealand Department of Agrlcultnro hoe received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, September 11, 1912. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average, market prices on spot):— Eggs.—Tho market is •ouiet, but firm. Expcot better prices next week. Per 120: Homo. 11s. 6d. to 135.; Italian, 10s. to 11s. 3d.: French, 11s. 6d. to 135.; Austrian, 9s. to 9a. 6d.; Eueslan. Bs. 6d. to 9s. 3d.; Dutch, 109. 9d. to 125.; Danish. 10s. 3d. to 125.Irish, 11s. to Us. 6d.; Hungarian, 7s. 9d. to 9s. 6d. Poultry.—Practically nothing but Home supplies are available. Chickens: Homo, 9d. to 10d. per lb. Ducklings: Home, 7jd. to Bid. per lb. Bacon.—Tho market is steady, and a fair business doing. Irish, 70s. to 80s. per cwt.; Danish, 645. to 755.; Swedish, 645. to 735.; Russian, 565. to 685.; Canadian, 665. to 725. Hp.ms.—The market is qujet, but steady. Irish. 86s. to 9te. per cwt.:-English. SOs. to 104?.; i Canadian, 665. to 725.; American, 60s. to 663/ LONDON MABKETS. The New Zealand Loan a.nd Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date September 11:—Wheat: We have sold an Australian cargo at 39s 6d., c.i.f. The market is firm but inactive owing to fine weather, and tho United Kingdom outlook iis encouraging. Oats' We emote Oarton* 243. The market is good. Tallow: Wo qurite present spot values for the following descriptions:—Good mutton. 375. 6d. nor cwt.; good beef. 35e. 9d. per cwt.; mixed, 335. per cwt. Tho market is firm. WHEAT. Bj Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Ecc. September 12, 10.15 p.m.) London, September 12. The visible wheat supply totals 35,719,000 quarters. Cargoes arc steady and quiet. Liverpool futures: October, 7e. 7|d. TALLOW SALES. London, September 11. At the tallow sales 2483 casks wore offered, and 2339 sold. Prices realised:—Mutton, fine 30s. 6d., medium 345. 6d.; beef fine 385., medium 335. 6d. AUSTRALIAN PEODUCE MAEKETS. (Eec. September 12, 9.45 p.m.) _, , ■ Sydney, September 12. Wheat, 4s. 4Jd. to 4s. sid. Flour, city brands. £10; country brands, £9 17s. 6d. Bran. £6. Pollard. £6. Oats. Algerian feeding, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.: New Zealand whites, 3s. 4d.; Giants. 3s. sd. Barley, Victorian ss. 3d. to ss. 6d.' Maize, 4s. 7d. to 4s. 9d. Potatoes, Tasmanian. £14; New Zealand, £10 10s. to £11. Onions, Victorian, £20; Japanese. £19. Butter, selected brands, 1205.; prime, 112b. Cheese. Bid. Bacon, 9d Adelaide, September 12. Wheat, 4s. 2id. to 4s. iii. Flour, £9 ss. to £9.105. Bran, Is. 2Jd. Pollord, Is. 3id. Oats, 3s. 3d. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. ; (Eco. September 12. 9.45 p.m.) , Melbourne, September 12. At the hides talcs best lots were firm, but kips. and ill-conditioned sorts wero , easier.