COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 78, 26 December 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

■Oustoma duty collected at the port of Wellington on Monday amounted to £17J5 17s.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MAItKET ~ 'REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, December 22, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. t (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, arc average market pricea on Epot):-i Meat.—Demand Iβ in excess of supply for all descriptions. Home-killed mutton an>3 beef are in fair supply, selling at maximum .prices. All descriptions of frozen meat are very scarce. New Zealand, no supplies available. Argentine mutton and lamb, small supplies, HJd. Beef quotations are nominal; chilled hindquarters, lUd-i forequarteri, 9Jd. . Butter—There is no material change in the market. Danish, Irish creamery, and Dutch, no supplies available; French, no quotations owing to supplies reported to have been taken by Government. Available supplies consiet principally of Argentine, Government price 2525. Apples.—American apples are in small supply at fixed prices. Oheese.-Englisli Cheddar, 1425.; New Zealand, Canadian, and States Plats, 130s. Bd. Dutch, under Government control, fixed prices full crram. 160s. Estimated Canadian cheese stocks, London, Liverpool, and Bristol, 855 boxes againet 75,729 at same time last year. Hemp.—Manila market practically cleared. It is understood that arrangements completed for shipment larg.e guantities during December and month following. Output, week ended December 8, 26,000 bales. New Zealand, no change to report. Wheat.—Market is very quiet, owine to the absence of Government offers. Oate.—Market is slightly; advanced, owing to small supply, No. 2 white clipped 'American 595. LONDON MARKETS. Auetralian-Ncw. Zealand Cable Association. London, December ??,. Rabbits.—There arc nnne offering. Frozen Meat—No v supplies are on offer. Rubber.—Para, 2s:, 7Jd. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 5Jd. per lb.; smoked, 2s. 5Jd. per lb. Jute.—The market is inactive. Hemp—Fair business is paseine at maximum prices. V WAIHI-PAEROA GOLD EXTRACTION OO.'S RETURN. By Tolenraph— Press Association. Auckland, December 24. During the period ended December 22 tho Waihi-Paeroa Gold Extraction Company treated 13,500 tone of tailings for a return of £3900. The company has now treated 829,560 tons -for. a total of £254,011.