COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9175, 15 October 1915, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS. MINING. Murray Creek, 01d—11.30 a.m-, s XI Via Gd; ;;.J5 p.m., s M 18s 6d. Murray Creek, new. prof—ll.3o a.m., s X\ ss; 3.15 p.m., s Jbl ss. Talisman Consolidated-11.30 a.m., b lGs Sd, s 17s; 3.15 p.m., I) lfe 0dWaihi Grand Junction—3.ls p.m., o £.i la 3d, s £1 Is 9d. Note.—The letter "b" signifies buyers and "s" sellers. INVESTMENT STOCKS.

, COMMERCIAL CABLES Bj- Telegraph—Press Association—Copyriglil LONDON, October 13. Copper—On the spot, J 673 10s to £l'i 15s; three months. Jill to .£74 ss. •Lead—Cash, <£24 7s 6d; forward, .£22 17s 6d. Imports, 19,439 tons; from Australia, 7187 tons; exports, 8143 tonsAnning's report on the sale of rabbit* skins states that 2000 bales were catalogued- Best'advanced Id and common id. About 400 were' withdrawn, , tho sellers asking a further advance. A RECORD WHEAT HARVEST. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 14, 10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 14. The estimates of the wheat harvest range from 50,000,000 to 68,000,000'bushels —a record one. The Government Statist estimates that 4,160,000 acres were sown, of which 3,900,000 were harvested for threshing purposes. LONDON" TALLOW SALES. , By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 14, 10 p.m.) LONDON, October 13. At the tallow sales 1982 casks were offered and 1270 were sold. The rates , m - 6: —Mutton, fine 39s per cwt, medium 86s 6d j beef, fine 33s 6d, medium 25s 6d. AUSTRALIAN, PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 14, 10 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 14. Oats, American Oregons 3s 6d per bushel, Algerian 3s, Tasmanian 3s 6d; barley, nominal; maize,, yellow 5s 3d per bushel, white 4s 9d, Javan and South African 4s 6d to 5s 2d; onions, Victorian £," to £8 per ton, American .£10; potatoes >£l4 to .£ls per ton, New Zealand Mi. ADELAIDE, October 14. Wheat, old 7s 5d per bushel, new for prompt delivery ss; flour, ,£lB to .£lB 2s 6d per ton; bran, Is ljd per bushel; pollard, Is 6|d per bushel. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 14, 10.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 14. Hides are in moderate supply with active competition. AH classes are from an eighth of a penny to a farthing dearer. " ■ . LIVE STOCK SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. At Levin yards on Wednesday we offered a fair yarding of cattle which was sold at the following prices:—Store cows JB3 14s to .£3 18s, springing; cows to .£7, mixed weaners 25s 6d to 26s 6d. A good yarding of pigs met with keen competition, sows with litters £0 10s to £5 10s, fat porkers 29s to 355, store pigs 17s to 265, weanor pigs lis 6d to 16s. CITY PRODUCE'PRICES. Laery and Co., Ltd,, Allen street, report wholesale'prices as follow -. Fowls' wheat, prime 5a 8d to 5s 9d bushel; fowls' oarley, ss; Cape barley, 6s; feed peas, prime 8s 3d, good 5s 3d, Prussian blue peas 8s 6d. partridge peas 6s 3d; maize, feed 5s 3d, seed 6s; chaft. oatsheaf .£7 10s to .£8 ss; hay, J 65 to .£7 10s; Bour in sack, .£l3 10s ton; oatmeal, ,£2l; bran, .£6 to .£6 ss; pollard, £.l 5s to £7 10s; rice pollard, £& 15s; onions, Californian Mi 10s; potatoes, white skinned table £9 10s to .£lO ton. new zealaniTexports. Exports of New Zealand products during tho week ended Tuesday last 1 wore valued as follow: £ ' Butter 34,204 Cheese - H-- **> ■ Frozen lamb 81,871 Frozen mutton 32,072 Erozen beef, etc. , 49,487 Gold 54,155 Grain and pulse 1,1*2 Hides and skins 6,127 Kauri gum 247 Flax and tow 5,806 Tallow L 563 Timber , 1.922 Wool 6-127 The Customs revenue received at Wellington yesterday totalled -62600 Os

Buyers. Bellui ■s. Sales. £ s d X s d x s d Banks— National of N.Z 4 10 6 — — Sim- Zealand. .£3 6s Sd pd 10 0 0 10 3 6 — financial— N.L. Loan, and Mer., ord.... 78 0 0 82 0 0 — Wgtou Trust •7 8 6 - Moat Preset-vice— • AVgtn .Moat Ex6 0 0 — Wgtn Meat Export, .£2 12s 6d — 2 17 0 — ShippingUnion Steam ord. 1 3 G — "■ — Union Steam, pref- 10 0 — — Manufacturing— .., Wgtn Woollen, pref. 3.6 0 — — Coal— Wcstport >.'. —. 1 9 0 — Timber— LeylaudO'Brien ... 1 2 3 — ~ Miscellaneous— Golden Bay Cement Co. ... 0 19 0, 1 0 0 — Manning and Co., Ltd. ... — 2 5 0. ■■ — Waitangi September i •eturns , show that .£745 was taken from 971 ti oils of ore treated.