COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9514, 23 November 1916, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE,

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

X!y Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, November 21. On tho Stock Exchange to-day tho following were the quotations for Australasian mining and other stocks, compared with tho last previous quotations:

COMMERCIAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON. November 31. WHEAT .MARKET FIRM. The wheat market is finu. An -£- us *. tealian steamer parcel just due has been sold at 70s 9d per, quarter. There is a growing impression m shipping circles; that the Government. Trade Commission may take om the whole of the Australian wheat to tho current season am| its shipment to. Europe, on the lines of a scheme advo--oated early in the year hy a prominent Sh (In''March last Messrs John Metcalfe, and Co-, of • Al.elbourne, at the request of the • Victorian Ministry, supplied a i-Kiiori and recommeJidations on the sub-ject-of the bulk handling, ot .Victorian wheat. They bused , their figures' on a 40,000,000-bushel crop,' and stated tnat the provision of the necessary bulk rolevators at 210 country stations and three iorminal elevators, with equipment, would (cost : £1,479,839. The annual charge, would, be. £214,626, and. the annual income £296,500. The armfD would savo directly J 6083,333, and aim (her saving of £267,605 on various items would be effected. It was expected that the adoption of the bulk handling,of wheat system-in the three mam wheatpreducing. States (Victoria, .New South Wales and South Australia), about the same 'time would simplify considerably any difficulty likely to arise in the- way of securing bulk, shipping space.R. COTTON.i ; The Liverpool Cotton Exchange is ex-) oitiid. Egyptian cottdir; : jumped - 140 points and touched 2KI per lb--a recoi-d. jt thon dropped, nud tiio. closing pned was 2T: t M. Thr high price is duo to tho small supplies in hand and the ditucul'v -ot importing .American cotton, 'ihei'e is'a very strong demand tot the Manchester trade. American cotton hold at Liverpool totals ■ 560,000 bales _c«mnarod with 686,(100 a year ago. and Egyptian cotton at present m hand amounts to 39,060 bales as against 84.000 twelve months ago. ;

ADDINGTON MARKET,

Press Association. CIIKISTUIIC-iBCII’;-November 22. \t Addington market, owing to smaller -entries of fat gtbck, prices for beef, mutton, and iamb showed an apprcciablo advance. .Store . sheep wore easier in consequence of the- continued dry weather, ’ but store cattle sold readily at Kish rates. Pigs were easier, the yarding of pigs being an exceptionally Largo -ouo. Store Sheep— Wether hoggets, (woolly) 25s -ad-, .- mixed .'sex ■■ hbggcts (woolly) 21s Bd, 2-tooth wethers 17s 2d to 24s 2d, 4- too Hi wethers 28s 6d to 30s Id, 4 and 6-tootli wethers 26s lOd to 28s Cd, 6 and 8-tooih we!hers 25s lOd. 2-tooth ewes 18s sd,' 2-tooth ewes (woolly) 84s,- 4toolh ewes 325, -1 and - 6-tooth ewes 26s s<l, fives and lambs (all .counted) 18s 6d to . 2'2s . 6d Fat Lamb., —Best 29s to 33s 6d, lighter 26s 3d to 28b Gil. „ . Fat Sheep*— Woolly wethers 38s 3d to 50s. woolly ; merino wethers 34s to 39s (id, prime' shorn wethers 3fl,s to 33s Bd, lighter 25s ’to 29s 6d, prime shorn ewes 29s 6d to 3Vs, lighter 21s to 295, shorn hoggets 2Ts tkl to 31s. Fat ’ Cattle—Extra prime steers to X2l 16s. prime steers .913 to .1120, ordinary’ steers .£9 10.; to .£ls, prime heifers J 313 10s to <£l4 1.55, ordinary heifers £8 17s Gd to Xl3. prime cows XlB to J 615 ss, ordinary coup .£8 to .£l3. Store' CattVe—Fifteen to 18-month sorts X 3 17s t» .£1 7s, 2-year steers X 5 12s Cd. 2-ycar heifers .£5 12s Cd, 2J-yoar steers XT’ 7s Gil, 3-year heifers X 9, dry cows X 3 10s to’, .£lO. Dairy cows, .ICS 10s to XIS 15s. Pigs—Choppers JU to .£4 17s, extra heavy baconers to X 5, heavy’ baconers X 4 5s to .£d 12s. lighter X 3 10s to .£4, equal to ’7d to "id per lb. Heavy porkers 52s to 575, lighter 48s to 50s, equal .to 9d to 9J.1 per lb. Best stores 60s to 70s, medium stores 48s to, 5Ss, small stores 30a to 38s, weaners 19s 6d to 26s 6d.

BURNSIDE PRICES.

Press Association. DUNEDIN, November 22. At Burnside 170 fat cattle were penned. The quality all round was inferior to that of last week, bat prices advanced 10s to 15s. Beat bullocks .tIS 10s to -620 10s, extra X 22 10s to £25 15s, good .616 10s to .618, unfinished .£l3 to .£l-1 15s, best coirs and heifers £)l3 10s to £l4 10s, extra -Sl6 15s to .£l7 2s 6d, •medium JBII to £ll2 30s, light £8- 10s to .£lO 10s. Fat Sheep—224o penned. The entry exceeded batchers’ requirements, but: graziers took a fair propoxtiou. Prices declined Is to Is 6a. Ustra prime ■woolly wethers - 4Ss 9d, good 40s to 43s 6d. xiiediuni 34s to -38 s. extra heavy woolly ewes -Ids 6d. good 34s to 3Tb, extra prime shorn wethers 41s 3d, good :>.(< to 31s 3d. medium 2Ss fid to 325, light 26s to 27s 6d, extra heavy shorn.

owes 36s 9d, medium good 2T S to 295, light and inferior 23s to 255. Lambs—93 were penned, meeting with a good sale. Best.,29s. 6d,' medium to good 22s to 275. Pigs—A small yarding, and, prices were firmer. Best baconerg 105 s, good 90s, others 75s to 80s. A, small entry of stores, and last week’"? high rates were maintained.

WELLINGTON CUSTOMS.

The Customs revenue received at Wellington yesterday, totalled £13771 7s Bd.

Bayers. Sollero. JC S d £ t a kilning— Consolidated Goldfields 0 5 0 — ilauraki Kcefs (cent.) — 0 0 >uc-ci.‘oi Gold iJrotlgi? ... — I 10 Waihi Grand Junction 0 16 6 ““ Investment— N.Z. & I!. Plate Land — 3 1 0 to — 0 10 y Auckland Gas (pel.; ... 1 8 6 — Chch. Gas (.Lo) 6 10 o — Wu. Gas (pref.) 0 18 (j 0 13 .Vat. Insurance of N.Z. — Gear -Meal (,-Sl) i 10 0 — Wn. Moat Export (.£2 12s Cd) — 3 Wn. Meat Export (.£1 15s) — 2 Huddart-.l’arkor (ord.; 1 8 Union Steam (prof.) ... 1 1 6 — Kaiapoi Woollen (<;rd.) 6 2 6 6 1 Wu. Woollen lord.)... — 6 0 Wn. Woollen (pref.)... — 8 17 Westport-Stooktdn — Waipa Colliery — Leyland-G’Bnen — 1 3 . Golden Bay Cement ... — N.Z. Dims-(AS) 2 6 — Taranaki (N.Z.) Oilwells f.c£l) Ward ami Co ■> 16 Sale—Waipa Colliery , 18s. 9cl.

' To-day-Lastquot. b s b 8 fed S d Hampden-Clon. :i7 G 0 Mount' Elliott 115 Other Stocks —Middlo Prices. To-day. Trev. Quot. ■ X s J JS 9 <1 Aust. Merc. .Lund and 13 Finance shares ..! la / 0 Do. 4 per cent. dobs. 70 10 0 ° 9G 0 0 cent, debs t)a * Melb. Metrop. Oas -|1 per cent, debs 96 10 0 GoldtibroUKh, Mori. 15 0 o nor cent. debs.... SO () 0 Dalfgty and Co. n 6 10 0 Do. i par cent. debs. 70 0 0 *71 0 0 *Ex interest.