COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2790, 7 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

JS"'- . f INVESTMENT. SHARES.. ■ Ves'tprday's. quotations, for investment' shares were as under:— I V . , ' ' Buyers. . Sellers. . -is. d.£ s. d. I-.--: -National- Bank 5 9 -n . — | Loan, Mercantile . (ord.) 81 00- — ■ i: \Napier- Gas (£10) 1510 0 ■ — p;.iWell,.-Gcs (£10) 14 10 0 — .?s.Z. Insurance 6 5 6 6 7 6 Meat (£1). 4. 7 6 .— f 'Well. Meat Export (£2l2s. . ; &d;)" '. ' 3 1: 0 3 2 6 ci - tUiuoii'.Stoam (ord.) .111 9 ■. — Vv '.Kaiapoi'Woollen (ord.) ...' —: v 60 0 .P.->''!and-o'Brien 1 1.1 i _ JJrur ; 2 5 6 - it - Golden Bay Cement ....... 12 3 — jf-'rrWn.i.Da" Coal .-.J... 0 18 3 — v '"jtEs ■ div. ' . . %/._ Customs duty collected at the port of r*. Wellington yesterday - amounted ■ to £4085 l' : \: ■■fa»4d;«.,v'-r . r ■ SOOTHERS PBODOCE JIAEKETS. : Telegraph-Press Association. i ; :Christchurch, June 6. rtv-^rhe..'wheat market has firmed durin- thrf fc,,.. past few days, as North Island, TimaTu, fe. Oamaru, aud.Dunedin millers have been 3- "lir-.the, market-. Several lines of vheat , haverbecn bought- in the Ashburton district t south. Pearl wheat, ie scarce, and J/ iS-now firmly held, and it is stated that has been offered and refused. Tuscans - il-S worth from 4s. Id. to 4s. 2d., and Hun,*E; . 'd:.to 4s. 6d. at country stations. rjThe-arnv'al of flour-in the North Island ■•'. f-™--Tasmania, , which is being sold at j-.';, under-local prices, is disturbing" the mar- ' Tasmania is- not. included in tile :iV_Cominonwea'.cli wheat scheme, and, there.fore; millers there are not bound down by y :-, 'TKed prices. . , ' ; "fThere is nothing -fresh to repoxt' : rega,tui' Ing—the. oats market; and:as-in'the'case with-wheat there .is little offering locally, t.-. • potato market, .remains . without f .change, the present ' price being £5 at s.;\ oountry, stations for - this - month's de- • we.-y; • . ■ ■ ' ■ FROZEN:MF,AT / MARKF.T. V - "' ! Gilbert.Anderson and Co. (Messrs. j. ■ jlellEop, Eliott, ; and "Co., Palmcrston. local ■; -agents), report on the frozen taeat market ■ -under date., London, April 14, as follora:— i ~llonic-ero-,™: Higher prices have rfeen i~ made^for'Home-grown, but it has checked i' the : demand, buyers purchasing sparingly. ' The market finishes to-day with increased 'i i fflfpplies and a lower tone. •; ~rFrozen:' The arrivals in the United Kingflom of frozen meat for six months. Octobei,..J9ls,;;to M'arch',,.,l9l6,'.compared with' i ' the ..previous year, '- 'show decreases of LI 1 3j6j2a9., r cdrcasses mutton, 303,753 Quarters [■: fr'ozeif'i.beef, and '324,317 . quarters chilled F . beCi'; '.ftiHl 88,262 carcasses"-lamb, increase; j representing a net decrease 1 of 76,500 tons t of-meat; which is accountable for the pre- |. . 6£nt„aljnbrmal prices. The failure of tho Ajjg,t.raliah; season is largely responsible' for-this condition, but -.shortage- ol re.frigerated tonnage is also van important !•':. factor.* South .American: prices for,mutton i-:' aiid-''lamb".'have' been forced to such.'an' e*V trerae. that a reaction has set in, and we* « are-ablelto l.quote; them id. to Id. lower. "'V'lnhere :is no change in the prices for i colonial meet, supplies of which continue f, ; t6\fall" belov/ the demand. v . 'i • .-'Prices. •; i [ -----April 14,' April 13, I ' , ■ : 1916.' . 1915. p . d. d. d. d. l!cef, sides ...; 9 to 10 73 to 8 ', 'Jlutton, wethers... 103 to 12J 9to 9} i."' 'Mutton, ewes 92 to 105 7} to 8 ; VTegs" : 114 to lo . «tolo '■ ■: -Lamb 12j to 14 . lOi to 12 s -Veal.(best) 10 to 13 ■ 73 to ? .Pork- (best) 11 1o lli , <1 to 91 f —ivozsrir- .' ■ ' N.Z. ' - wethers v ....\7a nom. 6J to 55 -. ~ '-Jlutton. N.Z. ewes 7i ' 5£ to • 53-8.

. Mutton, Australian , wethers nom to sft Mutton, Aus.' ewes 7£ nom. 5& Mutton, S. Amcricnn' ■wethers 93 to 93 52 to 5H Lamb. Js r .Z. and Australian 83 8 to 11 Lamb, S. American 10J to 10J 71 Veal, ?f.Z €3 nom. — Pork, U.S.A." 9 to 91 Chilled Beef— .. Plate, fores and hinds ~6 and 63 LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright /Otcc\ June 6, 10.20 p.m.) London. Juno 6. At the wool sales thero was a strong war* merinos and recent prices were fully maintained. Crassbrods continue in sellers' favour, The following prices were realised for the flceco portions of the clips named:—JHuft Cliffs, top price 19i<L, aver, age price IBjd.; Hakateramea, top 23.\t1., average 23jd.; Osoka, top 35d:, average 293-Bd. ' ' Por the ffch series of eales, commencing July 11, 101,000 belles are available. WHEAT. . (Rec. June 6, 10.2Q p.m.) London. Juno 6. Wheat.-The market is easy and neglected. . . /