COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1939, 23 December 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

IXVE3TMEXT SHAKES. A sal© of Rational Bank shares at £5 6s. 6d. was the only transaction recorded in investment shu.re.n yesterday. The quotation were 'da undeL':— Buyers. Sellors £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank «».- — 5 7 6 Standard Insurance — 1 13 0 (»ear Meat (£4) .. 13 0 0 — Gear Meat («£1) 3 5 0 — Tin ion Steam (prof.) 0 19 4 — Well. Woollen Cord-) — 4 2 6 V/ctftport Coal 19 6 — , Wesiport-Stocklon 0 3 11 0 4 0 C. M. 13anks, Ltd — 13 9 Ward and Co. — 5 10 W.F.C.A. (£1)- - 1 5 o ' CUSTOMS BETUKXB. Customs duties collected at'the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2116 73. 5(1. man commissioner's oableqp.au. Tho Department of AEriculture, Industries and Commerce, has received tho following cablegram from the High Commission lor Now Zealand, dated London, De- • comber 20, 1913:— • ■ . Mutton.—The market is Arm. Stocks on hand aro light. North Island. per lb.. sd. to 51d. for best duality; owes, 4 Lamb.—The market is firm. Stocks on hand aro light, and aro firmly held in a few hands, with a result that tliero 13 an endeavour to rateo prices. Canterbury twos, 64d. As hijfU a-3 6*d. has been ob ttiincd in more than one instance. Heavy weights, sid. per lb. _ . flcef—Tho market is steady at last quotntions. There is a good demand for I I-indf. Cltilied hinds, 51(1. JJcr lb.; for<v'. S±d.

Butter.— I Tlio market is quiet, and prltta are slightly weaker. D urine this weclc considerable inQuiry has been mado for fairly large quantities of Australian ana JN'etv Zealand butters for shipment to U.S.A. iwrts. Danish, per cwt. 130s. to Iss.; Now Zealand, 124?. to 125«.; Australian, ,116s. to 1205.; /argentine, 116s. to 118s.; Siberian, 110s. to 116«.

Cliccso.—There h:u3 been no alteration in the cliceao market sincc lost week. Hemp.—Manila: The market hris been very depressed during this week, chicfly owinjr to bear operation?. A largo bueinfss has been done at tho decline. Fair eurrcnt Manila, per ton, £27: forward shipment, £26. The output from Manila for fho week -was 19,C0 bales. JJow Zealand: New Zealand is also lower but lees than expected, as shippers' offerings are very small. Fair business has be**n,done with, ffood fair at £25 15s. to £26: fair, £23 15a..* Wool.-Tlio current Bradford ouotations for tops aro36's' low crossbrejjs, 14ii1.: 50's lialfbreds, 183 d.; 60's merinos. Zsjd.; 40's low crossbred. 14-Jd. to 15Jd.; 56V quarterbreds, 21id. The market is weak; but the general opinion is that it teems to have touched the bottom. « - . Wheat and Oats—The New Zealand supply'is practically exhausted. Beans.—The market is quiet, but steady. Now Zealand beans, f.a.q. (old crop), per 6fi4lb., 365. fid. Peas.—Tho market has been favourably affected bv -a fair demand recently fo* spot parcels for Avonmouth. N.Z. peas (partridge), per 5041b.. old crop. 455. for November and December.

FROZEN MEAT. MeesTo. Gilbert, Anderson and Co. (Messrs, Mellsop. EJiott and Co., local agents), writ, ing under clato London, November 14, re-port-as follows:— Home»gro}vn.—Moderato supplies met a, dull . market, and unfavourable wcathor. Little ohonce in prices. Scotch sides of beef, 6}d. to 63d.; Enslich, 63d. to 6id.; Irish, 5Jd. to 6d.; Canadian, 5.-{d. to Gd Mutton: Scotch. 7Jd. to Bd.; English, 7d. t.o 73d.; Dutch. 6jd. to 7d.; ewes, sid. to s}d. , Tens: Scotch, 7Jd. to Did.; Dutch, 7d. to Bd. Scotch. Hill lambs. 6d. to lid. Veal. 7d. to Bid. Pork, 6ii. to 7*d. Frozen—46s,CCO sheep ana 220,000 lambs from Australia, arriving this month in excess of Jast November. The efFcct will bo watclictl with interest. ' At present thcro are virtuallv no stocKs of Australian. Jfcvr Zealand lambs still on tho market. Some stale Canterbury? sold at 51d. for undor 36, sd. for 36-42. Primo Canterbury, under 36, 5 3-Bd. New Zealand mutton, firm; aleo Australian, especially ewes. Chilled beef moro plentiful. BmithEcld Prices. Mutton— • Under 481b. 48-561b. 56-6«b. 6W2IU. Canterbury — — ~ — Wellington — <8 *fi Ordinary Now Zoaland — 44 — Ewes.—New Zealand, 48-641b., 315-16 d.; Australian, 30-501b., 3 11-16 d. Australian sboop, 30-501b., 3 13-16 d; SO-701b., 33d. South American, 56-721b„ 41-Bd. Lamb— Under 361b. 30-421b. 42-5016. d. d. rt. Canterbury SJ-5 3-8 5 J-So 5 Wellington - — — — Ordinary New Zcflr land H 4Jo — Australian.—llest., 28-421b., 5Jd.; fair, 5 l-16d.; inferior, sd. ' Beef.—Now Zealand, fores, 33d.; limfls, 45d.; Australian, crops. 3Jd.; hinds, 4 3-Bd.; South American, fores, 33d.; hinds, 4id. ' Chilled bcef.-South Amcr'can, fores, 3jd.; liinds, sd. By Telejrftph—Press Association—Copyright London, December 21. : Tho Incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Smith Held market nuotations for tho underracntiftfied classes of frozen meat are based, on actual sales of not less than one hundred carcases of mutton or lamb, or twciity-flvc Quarters of beef of fair averaze quality. The quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of tho buik of tho shipments now on tho markot. The priccs which follow are on toho average a farthing per lb. moro than tho values ex ship, this differenco representintt tho averace cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and scllinc tho meat;— _ ~ _ „ Dec. 13. Dec. 20. Mutton— d. ... d. . Cantcrbjiry,"light 41-16 41-16 Canterbury, medium * * Canterbury, heavy 41-16 41-16 Southland 4i 4J Korth Island, bc3t 5 ■ 5 North Island, ordinary 4g 45 Australian, light 4 44 Australian, heavy 4 4J Eiver l'lato, light 4» 43-8 ltivcr Plate, heavy 43 ; 16 , New Zealand ewes 315-16 43-16 Australian cwro 32 4 lilver Plate owes 4 Lamb— Canterbury, light 61 6i Canterbury, medium 5* 's'i Canterbury, heavy 6J 51 Southland * * North Island, ordinary... * 53 North Island, selected... * 5j Australian, best 5 3-B 5 3-D Australian, fair 5i 63 Australian, inferior 5j 53 Eiver Plate, first 55 liivor Plate, second 4a 5j BeefNew Zealand, ox fores ... 4 4 New Zealand, ox hinds... 4J 41 Australian, ox fores 4 4 Australian, ox liinds 43-8 43 8 Hirer Plato, ox fores 4 4 , Kiver Plate, ox hinds 45 41 lliver Plate, chilled fores 4a 5J Eiver Plate, chilled liinds ,4J 5i 'None offering.' ItABBITS. Tho market is firm, and priccs are unchanged. WHEAT AND FLOUR. London, December 21. Tho wheat and flour alloat for the United Kingdom totals 1.YV0.000 quarters; for ths Continent, 1.810,1t10 quarters. Atlantic shipments, 404,000; Pacific. shipments, 45,000. Tne total shipments to Erropo during the woftls amount .to 1,33.5,000 Quarters, including 72,000 from Australia.