COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

ij .Pgf, shpremarket showed little alteration I reiierday. sln standard stocks busine?.. was I . done in Hikurangi Coals at 20s; in Westport H Coals at'£6 7s; in Auckland Trams (ord.) at 1 «u, gd; and iin •Wilsons Portland '-- Cement I:'.£* fojil'at 465. In mining lines Waihis imI pfeved slightly, selling at from £9 103 to £9 § SMfiß'W £9 10s, and closing; with buyers at 1 '"• ■cglOs, tellers at £9 lis.; Waihi . Extenders I : dealt in at 3s 2d and & Id. . Grand I junctions wore again weaker, being sold at i _2j 6d. There* were mora, available at the W^sfftrico,'.with buyers at 32s "3d. Taliss' nans 'were also easier,.-..the sales recorded 1 jjjfoj at from 51s to 51s 3d, to 515." More I «iro wanted at 51s, but further sellers held I for Sis 3d. Old Haurakis were disposed of I , from 3 s 8d to 3s 9d to 3s 8d to 3s 9d. I Trade -during tho past few days has 1 tfen a bit brighter, and merchants report i Sere is more life in local business. I Conntry orders are coming in freely, and I indications BTO for a solid revival of trado f do« tho next month. ?i Currants: Cables advise a firmer market. 1 Sicily almonds have further declined ;| |n( j present rates aro favourable for buyI Cocoanut: Market is steady .; at last rates. ] fßluestonc:.' A good local inquiry exists, 1 tad stocks are in light compass. - % Linseed Oil: No alteration to "report. . § Wire" Market ; firm. Good business is I passing at ruling rates. .-/- - / i\ Tinplates ;; have advanced slightly, and ft toll higher prices aro expected to rule ero ■i &$&& '■■'■ .- , '■■:' ' v y" : -'"-' '■■:..■ J Castor Oil: Prices have taken a considerJ iHe. advance, and this is now being quoted II at a high figure. § Hides: Owing to exporters not operating It quite so freely prices are easier. , 1 § Sheepskins: Market continues to be well 3 ftpphed; and prices are still very firm. ; § Tallow: No change- to report. 'V : potatoes: The arrivals , this week consist j!j of 981 s by the Wimmera from tho 5 South. Before these came to hand tho I Market was absolutely .bare, and this small 1 ' shipment was not sufficient to enable merchants to complete their orders, conserojijjylthero aro no stocks held here. are very few local potatoes- being aioVintothe market, and wo can now only tooSftaJ Canterbury to keep us going, i The .is £6 15s ex.store. '■• ?iSnk»sV The Wimmera brought 538 sacks Coast;\ Tho market is' not at all overstocked. Business is faivly good, but are rather easier. To-day's quotaThere are very few local potatoes beio_ sent into the market, and wo can now only joofc to Canterbury to keep us going. Tho present price is £6 15s ex store, iftaions: The Wimmera brought 538 sacks from the Coast. Tho market is" not at all overstocked. Business is fairly good, but price* are rather easier. To-day's quotation is £4. , - -'/;;/ '-"-; ' . ' | Oats.' This market is very poorly supplied, Mid great difficulty is.being experienced by merchants in obtaining sufficient to fill their orders. f The bulk of the oats coming in"have been ' from Canterbury, as Southland oat.> arc not yet ready to be put on the market. ffPrico is 2s 6d ex store. v. Chaff: Local chaff is worth £4 15s, and is idling Y«ry freely at> this price. Farmers i» not forwarding their chaff to this market as freely as could be wished, and stocks held hero are on tho light side. Southern rhaff is costing too high a price to indue© _..business of * any. great extent. -/;V »' ; i Fowl Wheat: '? There has been Vno falling | J J aS in the amount of business doing, but as--1 iihe quantity of fowl wheat in the South, 1 ; (Wing to several circumstance's, is heavier P than .usual,, the price ■:', has receded. Local I OKrcoante ,^:Be " in K a 3s 9d to 3s lOd. i Maize: The arrivals from .the Coast are 1 ttill heavy, which tends towards weaken-" I ing' this market, but holders are still ask--1 i^Pfe 3 * 1; ' ex store, notwithstanding that there has been ?_*:-. drop in the ex wharf WSm There are several lines that - had' I ..to be taken into store on account of a wwrve being on them, and therefore they igliroW not be sold at the market figure. It is i .not anticipated that there aro very heavy I Stocks held on the Coast, and should this be t vanned there is a probability of prices | hardening; but should the coastal shippers fi forward too large a quantity to this market 8 pnee will recede ' further, as fowl wheat is 1 preferred to maize for fowl feeding purposes 1 it this season of the year. • ; .: /'•■.■:'■• 1 . Bran is worth £4 2s 6d. Fair stocks are If Wi Demand is up to the usual. ; If pollard: Steady ;business is being done. ■p Ample stocks aro held here to meet re|l galements. Price £» 15s. ' , pt|M«isw^'Southern-flour is now worth £10 f% Sljfe.b., Northern roller fiour £11 155.; ';' 7 Slil^S is . : '?'' coming forward in very mm quantities. V Good ;i dry :,■ parcels , are <■ '?-'• ■--"'■ii''•**''*'■ ™-*v*rt'J >".'"■ • -~' " •■' ■ v. -- t , teaSsusg s_d. -:-■■.:.-. •.-'-.■/,■■ ;>■ •,'■'•:'■'•■: |||f^laxi^Thi|vdeliverics ; for "21 ■ days of l^lfllaf ch«jconsis^d,. of 12823 Vbales, equals to P«^".*<*&;'Th«re) is still a" difficulty in obLondon to ; cables sent, ||iWriiijyliat-;the market -? there ' is in ;a S»l%rJio' Ji r4«tate^ : XThe nominal quotations ISiarch* consisted of 2823 procurable; £21' 360 tons. There is still a difficulty in obtaining replies trom London to cables sent, ihowinsr that the market there is in a >ery low state. The nominal quotations locally are £23 for fine, if procurable; £21 I lor g.f.a,q.; £20 for f.a.q.; £18 for comM S^FtfThe: quantity sent in up *° date is m *«V; bales, equal to 93 tons. ' ,Tlicre is very II fettle alteration 'i : i"' this. Th-3 ] expert price I Bssv^ about ' £?I °* to £5. ■ \ - m :^^^?J?|tt'^.sß*;a; i-^ Offerings at the Colombo K {action remain on a small scale, 1,481,6111b m |®B''" l<jStota quantity : catalogued at the Si £M"_. °f S the :^ 23rd nit. A good demand' ilj «uted-for all classes, t and ?as f competition I w TO; keen, throughout prices were in adm. Wsi£s-^' > .^ 10 < P^ €Vou s| sale.; •; Common leaf ' fcrtl *' ere •* n request, and advanced ':':< wWs^&&t} per;: lb, while , brokens *,of this ft! Ascription were "<■ hard to secure at two m v *° Qe ' ! on last ; prices. Mediums of fm. also participated, and the good W' $W3%l ■. were ' keenly .# com-'-ill I three cents; per tlb thqawmg descriptions were keenly compeiad, for, and lealiccd three cents per lb than previous quotations. The thin fM 4®«mg sorts were 1 not in so much rem Wk and could ■i' be > had at last prices. $&'■ fii|«u»t invoices, especially the broken 'and m: Ween orange pekoes, showed large advances, H Win some instances as much as 9 L 'to* 12 P& WW&' --° v * !r ; ' ast PriceaP weio'.. paid. The l!^^'^' ■ was v ' ; :'a'-f good one, and' H|: 'generally was • better than wc have i Si 0 * i3onthß past. 'Supplies coming for- '^*' S^onJy.(moderate,:' and as quality will m iß^^^nS; during the. next few weeks a 5 pff "7 strong market, is anticipated. mm' ■' KAURI GUM. ' - . |p M* arrivals for 21 days of March were HI *S^^>*-.KS*i increase of = 156 tons tM i^P < ??- < that cams forward • for W "J. Suaa Period.:. in February, when s*o m mLVf&wnVra-- ' ■■■■■.: ■■ • .'■ Wg: i^ llft " kct at the: present time :is slack, um i^mi^f- lotl3 ■- that arc taking placo . are PI f^awS^- 1 "- actual - requirements to fill or- ■■} sS#^?,°t9 ; t,lc merchants are holding S : MM- r ,' as - the y sufficient stocks ml Purchased ; to complete : orders , that m Sf« hand This.: has tended to- .,■;. .m -.;-. «*''"'"'t«« ? business to a very ..great ex-I-i further orders aro . received. ' u ca^u* 8 if,brokers! will have* to hold f '"'tiSt! ■ Istocks, as it is not-altogether price, r for oven ; rcducecT qu<K lot led; to increased business.?; >Thcre is very-little of thia on qtnry is dull.' ■.. '? there have -been a few sales of t! the 'demand is not brisk. : Iri::of roscraped aro hanging fire. iorS three-quarter • scraped i orItflMhl if ■changing hands reduced quonave not led to increased business. OJ^!£ lec . t: There is very little of this on Orj'- ,nt » l,ll T « dull. i>Wa»ry: There have been a few sales of 'SBRSr b i Ut th « demand is not brisk. Inof rcscraped aro hanging firo. ifitiirv Su P enor , three-tiuarter scraped or- % .„!? Dot cnan ?' n g hands in any quanteßcli ,m ted lots are not meeting with n,; but if. holders were prepared l«r, 0 ,«r a c "°nsidorablc drop in this particu*"iSa?l!! ' rser sales mi « follow.: "There »«dim»r S j me amount;of business doing in ■**3^«°r nary, but good, washed nuts, ¥fi» 8 5 a 5d L free. from dust, are chang-*iwS?'i.-i Xhero ' i " very little doing, in *£L Washc nuts. ■:: Chalk with heart in it, 4ShT. 1S Belll hut the medium grado of W lr amp is getting difficult *? to ■ quit, *"* fr 1 swamp on the; other .hand is : '&wh^ t: VThcro; : is very" little business! Ml'!™-- at the present, time, but stocks gj"° t excessive. •v./"- .•.--.••■-'/;.-'.-..'-. ■■ -■..■/' , ■-:■:.-.7 .._ : '.. - . • v *t*toA : - Ti 110 ? 5 . aro buyers of good re- '- ;tfe Wed a f f ] holri lumps) sound and well- '' r . c ,d three-quarter- scraped steel IWof M g , w, . th fair despatch, but uusorted ■'-'■'"'iNMri \ ariwtill. difficult to quit. The ' " ; 1 W hnrrl ui neintni black is not so keen, ' :; l' ! «Wi i ack nuts are moving off stcadilv n Whi. .rates. Poor black nuts* mixed I ■' ■•I-«nd«'i„ . s^ am nuts arc only, changing l;|iffi°Tll a,lquan l ti " ios - .-,. : ?■/'. J-.-": »%V-if t P are buyers of good rescraped ! l'Sii-K,«i w,,our a'" l free from bled. ti-1 if; bold ( and -of good colour, is I-* : 1 * : Medl 1 'well.' This must also contain I ';rl^W .-Dark.sorts and pickings are I •*' i,K 're is no business doing in any kind. ...' .: ?;. " I'' I Ninarv .Dust: .Bright chips and good I■■;'■'' ■■ pS . a - ro not moving off. . Digi if'a lowiv, Ty x ll|,s a,,d dust can bo placed B 3S* Ofdiho.S 0 ' 'but there is « • f?ood inquiry I"'- l^dv T y - Just, if coarse and of pale colour. I V> m '? being done in:black ridI I■■-*!*ycond feeds, and coarse black dust, a?tion;r.:. •..',. . ' '.;,>■: r ■• ; i I W^ INGIX)X ; STOCK" EXHCANGE. '■ i't ''■ f TBl,K inAriL-OWX COIIKJHSPOXDBXT.J • Y'ril I t& ! ;.:,.. ■■..:■ .Weilistgtos, Tuesday. .■-.. l'-'* I 'J-^*fti M . re . CO r- I<,,J <,!l the : Stwkiiicch»nge tor :-»iP*WitM £":r-~ M 10 '■•«>. call: Talisman ' J2-.lTs'6d,'v£2lQ.s 3d ; -Waibi. "£&>&- h ' B9;k 9d.n£3 8s 9 "'• £9 0s 3d;.no ßa; L '- Jk'^a.,; At - noon - call : i Wuilii, £9 3s I*. IPSS %'.' 'Jst'tlloSsiUnlilficMs! d-uiU). Gi. At »■ Mav y-ccn. .4, M : --. Wail.i. €9 8s: £9 ta-