COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2607, 1 November 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

FEILDING PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report week-end prices for. pips, produce, cte., as follows:—Straw chaff, £3 55.; oatensheaf clialt. £7 to £8; barley., 4s. 6d. to ss. 9d. bushel; seed maize, 75.; feed oats, 4s. 6d.; tares, 16s. to 175.; p.p. peas, ss. 6d.; potatoes. table, £8; seed, £5; pip, £2; onion*, 11b. cwt.j hens, ss. to ss. 6d.; gobblers, tfss. pair; weaner pigs, 16s. to 18s.; light porkers, 3fls. to 375.; forward stores, £2 to £2 65.; cows, to immediate profit, £7 to £8. Customs dn.ty collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £2120 10s. lOd. AUCKLAND TRAMWAYS. , By Telegraph—Pfess /Association—Copy right (Itec.. October 31, 5.5 p.m.) . London, October 30. , Tho Auckland Tramwaya Company Has declared a profit of £59,260, for the year's working, and a dividend of Is. ?d. Nec share; £10,000 has boen carried to the lieserve and £4655 carried forward. N.Z. AND AUSTRALIAN LAND CO. (Itcc. October 31," 5.5 p.m.) m, . v s London, October 30. Hie New Zealand 'and Australian Land 00., Ltd., after placing £50,000 to the reserve, shows a profit of £323,067. The sum of £50,000 lias been credited to the Contingency Fund, and £8067 carried forward. . COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. (ftec. October 31, 3.30 p.m.) „ . ■ SVdncy, October 31. Subsequent to a meeting of the shareholders of the Fiji and New Zealand section of the Colonial Sugar Company, tho TQport, which mentioned the declaration of an interim dividend of 6 per cent, on preference shares for the half-year, was adopted.. All the shares were allotted on a full cash basis, the amount received therefrom totalling £3,5(30,003. LONDON WOOL SALES. London, October 29. At the' wool sales there was good competition for all sorts except faulty merinos. Tho Goumama clip brought 18$ d. per Jb. top. price, average 17£ d.; Gorian, 16* d. and 13 3-Bd.; Aldingham, 14d. and 13 3-Bd.; Miio, 14id. and 13* d.; Weelong, 14£ d. and 13Jd.; Voinbo, 12Jd. and llj|d. : LONDON MARKETS. (Bee. October 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 30. Wheat.—Firm. Chicago December quotations, 100£ cents to 103J cents; May, 1023 cents to 1043 cents. : Ccttoh.—October-November, 6.53 d. • Jute.—Native first marks, November- ; December shipment, £26 ss. per ton. ' N.Z. Hemp—Firm. October-December shipments, £35 per ton. Kuhber.—Hard fine Para, 2s. sod. per lb.; plantation, 2s. s£d.; smoked sheets, 2s. sid. Copra.—October-November chipments, £26 15s. per ton. Silver.—Bar silver, 23 l-Bd. per ounce standard. FROZEN MEAT. (lien October 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 30. Tho Incorporated Society oi Meat Im« porters' Smithflcld market quotations for frozen meat are based on actual 6ale6 of not less than on<S hundred carcasses ot mutton or lamb, or twenty-live Quarters of beef, of fair average quality The quotations aro not for* selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative .of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. Tho prices which follow arc on the avcrugo a farthing per lb. more than the values ex ship, this difference representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat:— button— • <i. Canterbury, light 73-8 Canterbury, medium 74 Canterbury, heavy 7 Southland none offering New Zealand, best none offering New Zealand, ordinary ... none offering New Zealand, cwoo .7. 513-16 Australian, heavy 5\ •Australian, light 53-8 Australian, ewes 5A River Plate, light 62 ltiver Plate, heavy 6 River Plate, ewes 5£ tomb— Canterbury, light Bfl Canterbury, seconds 7i5 Canterbury, medium Yi Canterbury, heavy ....! 7i Southland yj North Island, ordinary 72 North Island, selected ... none offering Australian, best / 63 Australian, fair 61 Australian, interior 6& River Plate, first quality 7 River Plate, seconds 6A Becf-

Argentine, chilled foi'cs b Argentine; chilled hinds 72 BABBITS. . ' lint,bits' are dull, and the maj-ket is weakening:. Some of the recent arrivals were mouldy; the underwriters made all allowances. THE METAL MARKETS. London, October 29. Copper, on- spot, £72 15s. to £73 per ton; three months, £73 .ss. to £73 10s.; electro-lytic,-£BE to £89.

Tin, £158 15?. to £159 55.; three months. <5158 ss. to ' £158' 15s. Lend, £24 155.; three months, £22 15s. Spelter, £76 per ton; three months, £67. Bar silver, 24 1-16(1. per ounce standard.