COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2595, 18 October 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

FEILDING PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs. Atkinson, Ltd., quote:—Oatensheaf chaff, £7 to £8; straw chaff, £3 10s.; pressed hay, £5; potatoes, £7 to £8 ton; seed, ss. to 9s. cwt.; barley, 4s. 6d. to 6;. 6d. bushel; feed oats, 4s.' 9d.; maize, 6s. to 7s. Hens, per pair: 4s. 3d., ss. 6d., to fcs. 9d.; good weaner pigs. 21s. to 225.; others, 18s. to 193.; poor slips, 9s.' to 143. 6d.; 6toree, 28s. to 375.; light porkers, to 41s.- • Customs duty collected at thiNport of Wellington on fa'aturaay amounted to £2252 ss. 3d. FROZEN 3IEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Itec. October 17, 5.5 p.m.) ' London, October 16. The Incorporated Society ol Meat Importers' Smithfield market quotations for frozen meat are. based on actual sales' of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton- or lamb, or twenty-live quarters of beef. o£ fair average quality. The quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market..The prices which follow are on the average a farthing per lb. more than the values ex ehiD, this difference representing the average cost in - oxpense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat:— Mutton—.' : d, Canterbury, light .'. V 3-8 Canterbury, medium 7i Canterbury, heavy 7 ■ Southland - neno offering New Zealand, best none offering New Zealand, ... none offering New Zealand, 'ewes 53 . .. Australian, hcaTy .. 5-J \ Australian, light .. 5? , ■ Australian, owc3 .. 51 EJver-Plate, light C 3" lliver. Plate, hea,vy .. 6 River' Plate, ewes 5J temb— Canterbury, light 8J Canterbury, seconds 11 . Canterbury, medium 72 Canterbury, heavy 71 Southland ... 73 North Island, ordinary 73 North Island, selected ... none offering Australian, best nono ottering Australian, fair none offering Ausli-aliais, inferior 6S Diver Plate, • first quality 7 River Plate, seconds 6i Beef— ... ... Argentine, chilled fores 6J Argentine, chilled hinds 6l ' BABBITS. . ; The market is a shade easier; high prices are checking business.

LOX.DON MARKETS. (Rec. October 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 16. Wheat—The market is quiet- on the reaction in America. Chicago December options. 1093 cents to 107} cents; May options, 1093 cents to 108 3-8 cents. Cotton. October-November Ehipmcnts, 7.15(1. per lb. Jute.—Native first marks, October-Novem-ber shipment, £25 (10s. higher). ' NiZ. Hemp—Unchanged at £33 per ton. Rubber—Hard line Para, 2s. sid. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 6td.; smoked sheets, 2s. 5Zd. Copra,.—September-October shipments, £24 2s. (d. per ton. Hides— Quiet. Australian, 9 3-Ed. to 10Jd. Leather.—Moderate demand for light shades; less inquiry for heavy. Best Australian, 17s. to 21a; basils quiet. First Sydnoys, 14s. to 165.; New Zcalande, 19s.

tcr skins w„ere also Id. to 2d. dearer; incoming and light racks, J<i. dearer; autumn racks, unchanged, whilst Australian better sorts were Id. higher, and common qualities id. higher. METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. October 16, 7.55 p.m.) • London, October 16. Antimony.—9s. 3d., 9s. 6d. . Copper.—Spot, £72 7s. 6d. to £72 12s. 6(1.; three months, £72 15s. to £73. Lead—£24 17s. 6d. to £23 7s. 6d. ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, ANI) AUSTRALIAN BANK. . (Itcc. October 16, 7.55 p.m.) _ London, Octobeo 16. •lac* English, Scottish, and Australian Hank, Ltd., has declared «. profit of £240,139. The Interest on perpetual stocks totals £96,870; reserve fund, £15, COO; divisible profits amounted to £128,269, making a further dividend of 4 per cent.; £35,GC0 was carried to the reserve. £14,385 to the cancellation of deposits, £2500 to tho officers' fund, and £33,229 carried forward. PATERSON, LAING, AAT) BRUCE, LTD. (Rec. October 16, 7.55 p.m.) London, Octobeo 16. Paterson, Laing, and Bruce, Ltd., have declared a profit of £65,702. and a dividend of 6 pel' cent. Tlie sum of £3COG was credited to tho pension funu, and £26,702 was carried forward. DROP IK SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FLOUR. Atielaids, October 16. The Assembly ha 6 reduced the price of Hour to £16 per ton from October 19. There'lias been a great demand for the celebrated Victor -cheese vat during tho past few months; anyone requiring new vats are urged to write immediately to the maker, as material is extremely short. Albert J. Parton, Carterton.—Advt. Never has the demand for clear-headed constructive thinking in business been so urgent as it is right now. We are living in a progressive age, and must take edyantgae of all up-to-daite methods. It 13 in savings from waste of any description that money is made to-day, and by concentrating one's efforts on all details of onr'business we claim to be able to produce results for our many cream suppliers. We want more cream. Can you supply us? Further particulars,-Wanga nui Fresh Food Co.—Advt.