FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5603, 1 June 1905, Page 2

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs revenue received yesterday totalled .£2063 17s sd.

Laerv and Co. p Ltd., Jervois quay, report th© following selling prices on the Wellington market:—Wheat, fowls* 3s 4d to 3s 6d; broken wheat, 3s 3d; feed oats, 2s Id to 2s 4d; barley, 2s lOd to 3s; seed oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; Cape barley 8s; New Zealand flour, *69 10s; Adelaide, -69 15a; bran, *65 to .£5 10s; oatmeal *611; pigmeal *B6 15s; pollard. *B7* rolled oats (s'e). 9s 6d per dozen; oatsneaf'chaff. 85s to 90s per ton; straw, *B2 10s to *B2 15s; maize, 3s 9d to 3s lid; fresh eggs, 2s to 2s 2d; limed Is 3d to Is 4d; potatoes, sound 6s to 6s Gd per cwt., medium 4s 6d to 5s 6d, cwt; onions, 7s 6d to 10s per cwt; cabbages, Is to 2s; cauliflowers. 2s to ss; lettuce, 2s to 3s per case; cheese, factory 5d to s£d. loaf size sjd; butter, prime 9d, inferior 7d to 8d; bacon, best factory 7d. hams 7Jd; split peas, 15s; pearl barley, 15s; hens, 3s to Ss 6d; roosters, heavy 3s 6d to 4s; ducks. 4s to se; turkeys, hens 7s to 9s. gobblers 11s to 13s, all at per pair; ryegrass, 4s 3d to 5s per bushel; Prussian blue peas, 4s Cd per bushel; swedes, 2s to 2s Cd; carrots, table, 2s per cwt; mutton birds, in casks sd; fungus, 4d; oilcake, *B6 10s; parsnips, 3s to 4s; peanuts, Fijian 2d, Japanese 2sd per lb; bonedust, *B6; superphosphate. *B4 15s per ton; rice meal *B6 per ton; ground wheat, *B6 15s; wild ducks, 3s 6d to 4s per pair; teal, 2s 6d to 3s; hares, 2s 6d to 3s; bush honey, 4d to 4ld. WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. Borens bBLLBtis. Salks.

Ij, H. B. Wilson, Chairman. C. D. Morpeth, Secretory, COMMERCIAL CABLES. PEESS' ASSOCIATION. LONDON. May 30. Copper, on the spot, .£64 15s to .£65 per ton; three months. .£64 17s 6d to 2s 6d. The total quantity of -wheat and flour afloat for the Dnitod Kingdom is 3.010,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,155,000. Atlantic shipments, 67,000 quarters. Thirty-six thousand quarters of Australian wheat, prompt and May shipments. have been sold at 323 3d per quarter. i Shares are unchanged.

SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, May. 31. At Addington yards, there, was a fairly largo entry of almost all classes of stock, and there was a good attendance. Beef showed a sharp decline in values. Eat lambs were somewhat irregular, but fat sheep were, if. anything, firmer. . Store sheep met with good demand. Pigs of all classes were very dull of sole. , There was a good inquiry for the, best sorts of dairy cows.: i Store sheep.—The yarding was _ not large, and was composed almost entirely of wethers and hoggets. There, was a good demand, especially for, hoggets, and prices ivoro still firmer. Two and four tooth owes brought from'ljs 9d to 18s 6d, six and eight tooth owes in lamb 22s 3d, aged 14s, hoggets 13s 9d to 15s Bd. Fat lambs.—There was a fairly largo yarding, a ' good proportion being of prime quality. The competition of. export buyers was not so keen as of late, .and the sale ivas somewhat irregular, though values showed little or no change. Tegs made 10s to 21s 6d. lamb weights ICs to 18s 6d, unfinished sorts 13s lOd to 15s 6d,

Pat sheep.—The yarding was good both as to number and quality, and all 'prime lots were .Well competed for. An export buyer wasuperating in ewes, and vgenerally there was a firmer tone throughout the sale. Range of prices was:—Prime wethers 22s 6d to 255, others 19s 9d to 225; ewes, extra heavy Downs to 24s 7d, prime heavy 19s to 235, medium to good 16s to 18s 6d, freezing ewes 16s Gd to 18s. aged 12s 9d to 15s 6it, merino ewes 9s 9d to 13s 9d.

Fat cattle.—There was an over supply, 259 head being penned. A very dull sale resulted, prices showing a decided decline. The reduction in the retail price of beef may also have affected the market, The bulk of the yarding consisted of good to prime steers, and only the host quality was really saleable. _ Cows and rough sorts of steers were difficult to dispose of nt any figure. Prime beef made 19s to 20s, a few choice steers to 21s. medium 17s to 18s, and cow and inferior 14s to 16s per 1001 b. A line of twelve heifers (W. O. Rutherford, of Montrose) made i£7 2s Gd to JCB 7s. Steers sold at .£6 5s to Jl9 7s 6d, heifers £i 17s Gd to £7. cows £i 5s to £7 2s 6d, veal calves 8s 6d •to .£3. A line of vealtrs tIC. Richards (Waihao Downs) averaged £2 7s 3d. Store and dairy cattle,—There were a few good lines amongst those offered, but there appeared to bo no buyers, and most of the lots were passed in.' Really good dairy cows were wanted, but other sorts were not so brisk of sale. Yearlings made 15s to 20s, fifteen to, eighteen months 42s to 48s,, two-year-old. steers J 23 9s, three-year-old steers £i is to .£4 17s 6d. three-year-old heifers £i 3s 6d, dry cows 30s to £i, best dairy cows .£8 to J! 10 10s; others £i to £7 10s. Pigs.—There was a fairly large yarding. hut the bulk of thebaconers and pork'Ym were not well finished. Baconers marly 38s to 48s. and heavy weights up to 535. equal to 3d to 4d per lb; porkers 23s to 325, equal to 4d to 41 d per lb; large stores 16s to 235, medium 10s to 15s, weaners 6s to 9s.

* DUNEDIN, May 31. At the Burnside market 180 fat cattle were yarded, and proved in excess of requirements.! Prices were 5s to 10s lower than last week. Best bullocks iJS 15s to £9 15s, good £7 15s to £S 10s medium -S6 to >B7, best cows and heifers .£5 Iss to £6 10*. medium £i 10s.to *BS 10s, aged and inferior £2 15s to .£3 10s. . Fat penned. Prices at the beginning v?ere firm at last week's rates, but receded slightly towards the end. Best wethers 22s to 25s Cd, one pen extra prime 26s 3d, good wethers 19s 6d to 21s; best ewes up to 225. a few pens extra heavy 255, others 16s to 19s. Fat larabs.-~490 penned. Prices obtained were equal to last week’s rates. Best lambs IGs to 17s Cd. others 13s to 15s. Pigs.—ll 3 yarded. There was a slump in suckers and slips- Baconers sold, after good eomnetition, at last week's rates. Suckers 3s Gd to Gs.' slips 6s Gd to 9s Cd, stores 10s to 20s, rforkers 22s to 325. light baconers 35s to 435, heavy do 45s to 50s, choppers to 555. OTAGO GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, May 31. - Wheat—No business of importance has taken place during the week. Prime

milling 2s lid to Ss, medium to good 2s 9A to 2a I 0d t best fowl feed 2s 7d to 2b-Bd* broken and inferior 2s 4d to 2s 6d, sacks extra. Oats—There has been demand for *IV good quality, but prices remain unaltered. Milling Is 8d to Is 3d, good to best feed Is 7d to Is Bd, inferior and medium Is 5 to Is 6£d, Backs extra.

£ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Banks— National of N.Z. Ltd 5 11 0 5 12 6 New Zealand .. 5 19 C 6 0 0 — Financial— National Mortgage Ltd S12 9 N.Z.&R.Plate,Ld. 16 9 — Wellington Trust & Loan, Ltd. .. _ 7 5 0 — Gas— Fellcling — 14 0 - Tnso range— National oCN.Z. ex 110 — . — South British of N.Z — 4 12 6 - , Meat PaEsenviNa Canterbury Frozen Meat 6 0 0 _ Gear Meat, Ltd. (£4) 7 B 0 — _ Ml) 2 0 0 Wellington Meat Export (£51 ... ... 6 15 0 — _ (£212s.6d). 9 4 6 — , Railways and Shipping— W.&.U. Railway... —■ X U 0 1 13 6 N.Z.Shipping — CO Air— Taupiri - 10 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Lajland & O’Brien Timber Co. ... 1 10 6 _ Muuricevillo Lime Co 17 0 „ N.Z. Drug Co., Ltd. £'2) 2 8 0 ' — "N.Z. Times" (ordinary) 2 2 6 _ (preference) .♦ — 2 2 6