COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. There were no transactions in investment shares on Saturday. Tho quotations were «3 under:— buyers. Sellera „ , £s.d. £a. d. Bank Xcvr Zealand 10 13 0 — National Bank 5 6 0 — Equitable Building : 8 13 0 — Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 5 6 — Christehurch Gas 6 13 0 7 0 0 Well. Gas (£10) — 17 0 0 well. oas (preference) ... 019 3 National Insurance — 2 11 3 Gear Meat (£4) ex 13 0 0 — Gear Meat (£1), ex 3 6 0 — Union Hteam (pref.) 0 19 3 — Union Steam (ord.) — 14 9 Well. Woollen (ord.) 4 0 0 4 2 6 Tanpiri Coal 10 6 — Weatport Coal 19 6 - — Westpiirt-Stocktou — 0 4 0 Westport-Stockton (pref.) — 0 9 0 Kauri Timber — 1 17 a Golden Bay Cement •- 0 18 0 Tombs ... — 7 0 0 DALGETY AND CO., _ LTD. 1 5 " The London "Times" of November 1, in dealing with the^ report and balance-sheet 11/r" 0 t , , las ,'' ISs l led Messrs. Dalget-y Vm has the following remarks — llio company . . . has branches in ail tho chief towns of Australia and Sew Zealand and, in spite of the troubles, climatic and financial, which those colonies have often experienced, it can boast of a word of 'lUUO exceptional prosperity. The comhas hatl Ul;c every other company in the sarno business, time 3 of depression, losses from prolonged drought, and a ehtinkage iu tho values of its pastoral proS lcs l. tl , 1 6 -° c ?utiously has it been manJ 11 i'lr come triumphantly f dl ®™ lf aml by taking advantage of good seasons has been ablo to Sir fi? 0 « Pastoral properties at a prolit on the amounts to which they had not written down in the books. It does »\ t °i oW that . - th , e rC3Ults wUI al wnys be at the same high-water mark of excellence. Australia is liablo to two things that shareholders dislike-droughts and legislation. Ono never knows, what tho Commonwealth Government may liavo in store for the capitalist investor, any moro than one knows if the disastrous drought experienced m 1895 to 1902 will ever bo repeated in our time. For the present, however, things are evidently going well for Dalgety and Co. Even in the case of wool, of which probably less lias been rxpoitcd, there has been the compensation of higher.prices . The past yoar "f.iirlv I /c-11 realised the hopeful prospects of th'o opening of the season. Drought, however, I is still causing some anxiety in West Australia. and in part, of Sew South Wales tho conditions until recently were distinctly unfavourable. Elsewhere the season is ono of promise for the crops, with the exception ol wheat in South Australia, which will probably yield much less than last year. CUSTOMS. Customs dutic.s collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday totalled £1'23 14s. 3d" the amount for the week being £15,316 7s. 3d. Iho returns for each of the past eight weeks, compared with the figures for the corresponding period of the previous year, show as under:— 1313. 1912. ■f , . £ £ November 1 4,873 ■ 22.023 r>ovember I) 4.966' 11323 November 15 9.675 1 7'154 November 22 25,970 11*033 November 29 16,815 10,008 Tic-comber 6 16.030 23.217 December 13 21,669 12.82' I December 20 15,316 26.501 £115,314 £134,995 Tiic beer.duly collected last week amounted to £209,-Its against £268 14s. 6d. for the corresponding week of last year.

FEILDING MARKET REPORT. | Messrs. A. 11. Atkinson ami Co. Ltd., ro. port n. large general entry on Friday. Pigs sold well up to late rato=, light, porkers making goad money. Over -ICO head of poultry sold well, old bens not wanted, but cockerels (it for table, turkeys, and geese selling at hick prices. Fruit in coining in early, and sells freely. Wo quote-.—Weaner pigs, 145., 155., 165.; slipc. 19s. to £1 2s. 6d.; light. porkers, £1 6s. £1 7a., £1 lis., £1 lfe; medium, £1 <9a. 6d. to £2 2s. 6d.; sow with litter, .£3. Poultry Bold at per pair: Old hens, 2s. to 3s. 6ii.; young birds. 3s. 6d. to 55.: small cockcreis, 25.. 2s. 6d. to 3«. 6d.; chicks and halfgrown, Is. to 25.; medium-grown birds, 55.; clucks 3s. 3d., is. 9d., 4s. 6d.; geese, ss. 6d., ss. 9d., 6s. 6d., 75., fis., Bs. 3d.i turkey gobblers, 15s, 165., 175.; hens. 12s. to 15s. Oid potatoes. 3s. to 7s. bag; new, 64. to 7e. cwt.; cabbage, is. 6d. bag; goo;eberries '3s. to 4s. Ualf-case; plume. 2s. 6d,. 35.. 3«. 9d. half-ease; peaches, 4s. 6d. case; rhubarb, 6d. bundle.

SOUTHERN GRAIN MAISKETS. (By Telt'cro.Dh—Press AeeociftUon.) Oatnaru, Dcccmber 20. Wboat it? in strong demand, but there aro few olTerincs, and conscaucnUv but

little Wnno.-s ha? been c:om-. ■ Tv■■■•an i« 1 now in particularly stroiiß rciiiic,=t. '.Mil there 15 little tor velvet. There den- !l<'t seem io be much of this urain for sale. With the exception of livo lint;?, aU : :thc. business (lone in wheat- was ex store, Tlio' following are the lirl. prices Velvet. 4s. ifl. -.i Tuscan. i.--. 9d. to 3-., 10(1.; Hordier, i;:' SdJ lo 5«. 9(1.; Itcil Chaff. OS. KM. to 35.-H't.;. Marshall's White. 3=. 9(1. The-oat market' i.s weaker, ami in the rtbHnce of fiem.-ni.i little liiisine?<; ii being (losie. The present quotations are:—A Grade tiartons, KjlCd. to K 10i(l.; 11 Grade Cliirtons Is. Stl.' to If. 9J(1.; Duns (scarred Is. 9(1. to Is. 91(1,; Algerians. Is. 5(1. to Is. 6d„ ail not''at country (stations. • BKADFO.RD :.!.U;i;i.'T. Meal's. Murray, Itobcrt.?' and Co". Ltd... have reeeivcd a cablegram from their Loii.doli friends, -Me--ro. Sanderson. Murray, and Co.. under date December 19, as fol-lows-.—"Bradford market continue? ■ weak, business being restricted. Uuotatioim'for tops generally lower sinee sales' elostd.V :v>' , IMPERIAL CONSOLS. ■ A IT'RTHEIi FALL, By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyricht : tHee. December 21, 5.5 p.m.) ' ; _ , London. December 2G.;"' Console arc now quoted at £71, a/ fall of ss. since December 17. LONDON MARKETS. '. 'v'iX.h:-;'■' (Bee. December 21, 5.5 p.ni.) Londonj December-20. Jute, native first marks, are quoted at £oo 2s. 6(1. to £55 ss. »er ton. Copra.—There is small business doinsSouth .Sea, in bags, f)etember-Jo.i!ua ehipmcnt,. £30 10s. to £50 l&=, 6d. per tori. Cotton.—American middling cotton -De-ceinner-January .shipment, 6.78* d. per lb. N.Z. Hemp.—Tho market is" steady, but quiet. January-■•laiclt shipment, £26 per ton. Rubber.—Fine hard Para, ob. IJd. per lb.: plantation, 2s. 23d.; smoked, sheets, 2s, 4d. METALS AND METAL GOODS. (Rec. December 21, 5.5 p.m.)® London, December 20. Antimony is quoted at 2s. 9d. Galvanised iron, flret brands, 165.; second, 145.. Tinplates, I.C. coke, 12s. 9(1.; 1.0. c'narc-oai lis. 9d. Iron bars, £7- 15g. cer ton. 'k.: Angle steel, £5 10s, per ton. AUSTRALIAN .WHEAT. . (Rec. December 22, 0.25 a.ai!)' Sydney, December 22. Government statistics for mid-harvest estimate t.he wheat yield at 41,550,0C0 bushes, an a.vcrage of 13.3 bushels per aero. This is an increase of 9 313,(00 bushels on the figures for tho last harvest.