COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9964, 7 May 1918, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s d i s (I Mining— Talisman Consol 0 8 6 Waihi Grand Junction 0 14 3 Investment— Bk. N.Z. (£3 6s Sd) ... Bk. N.Z. (£6 13s 4d) ... 17 9 6 17 10 6 Equiiaole .building ... 9 0 0 National llort 4 0 0 Wn. Invest. T. and A. 0 11 0 Wn. Trust and Loan... 5 12 6 Auckland Gas 17 0 National Insurance ... *2 19 0 South. Brit. Insurance N.Z. Refrigerating ... 1 19 0 Huddart-Parker Cord.) 118 3 HiuLdart-l'nrker (pref.) 10 6 Union Steam (pref.)... Wn. Wooll. (ord.) Westport Coal 1 11 0 Waipa Colliery 0 17 9 Leyland-O'Brien 17 3 Tarangamutu Saw G-oitien Bay Cement... 017 9 N.Z. Drug 2 U 6 *Ex div. QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE. Presa As-ocnuion DUNEDIN, May 6. Stock Exchange quotations:— ELectric. b lid. Talisman, s 9s. . VViuhi, b 365 9d, s 3Ss. Grand Junction, b Ms 3d, s Ms lOd. Mt. Lvell. b 265. s 30s. National Bank, s 105 s. Bank of Now Zealand (old), s .£l2 ss. National Insurance, b 60s. s 60s 3d. Union Steam, s 21s 4d.. Huddart-Parker. c 39s 3d. Westport Coal, b 3l)s 3d. s 30s 6d, Dominion. Rubber, a 30s. New Zealand Rufrlaeiatms, s 38s 3d. Milbnrn Lime, s 30s 3d. New Zealand Drug, b 51s 6d. Portland Cement, s lis. Paper Mills, b 19* 9d. s 20s 4d. New Zealand Express, e 18s. Bruce Woollen, b 29s 6d. AUCKLAND, May 6. Stock Exchange sale— Huddart-Parker, 395. ■HDX3O3 CDMM'IiSSIONTR/5 REPORT. ' The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received tne following cab.egnun, dated London, May 4th, from the High Commissioner tor Now Zealand: ■Meat—'Market conditions are unchanged. Regulated supplies at maxinxuan fixed r-rices. Butter—Market remains unchanged. Stocks in cold store are heavy, but release is restricted, in order to meet the demand. •Queese—Demand is in excess of supply. Estimated New Zealand cheese stocks, London and Bristol, 25,036 crate* against 25,939 orates at same time last. year f . \ -, '- .. , './. , Hemp—Manila,arid New Zealand, market quiet and prices unchanged. Business being done under Government control. I Wheat—More. offering by order of the Government. No change in prices. Oats —Market quiet, offerings small, no change in prices. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Laery. and, Co., Ltd., Allen street, re- , port, wholesale prices as follow:—Fowls* wheat,' 7s per 'bushel-; maize;"'feed; 7s Sd per bushel; oats, feed 5s 6d v t°-fe 7d "per bushel; oats,. Dim, choice, 6s to 6s 5d ner bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, £lO 10s per ton, sacks in;-.flour in sacks, £l7 ton; oatmeal, i 5 s, £2s'los per ton; fowls. 4s to _4s (jd per pair; ducks, Gs to 9s per -pair; g-ees-e, lis to 13s per pair; butter (pound porta), Is 3d per lb; butter vprime haik), U 3d per lb; eggs,- Iresn ~s 6d to 3s per dczen, preservea 2s to is Id per doz; turkeys (dead weight), lOd to Is Id per lb; dressed iork, choice 7Q"s to ■9o's'SJil u«!r lb. 90's to 100\ s 8d oer lb;. b.-con l>ig=i..-,cho : c« 7id-.lVBd. r>::" 11);'. choppers, heavy, BJd to 5d per lb; beeswax, 2s per lb; bacon (all best factory), sides Is 2d, rolls Is 3d, hams Is 3d, shoulders Is per lb; cheese (factory), medium lOd to 10Jd per lb; cheese, loaf lid to HJd per lb; linseed oil meal, 100's. £l2 10s per ton; linseed oil /nuts. 13s Gd ner owt; linseed oil trround cake, 13s Gd per cwt; whole linseed 25s per owt; onions, £9 ton; potatoes, southern table,. £8 17s ed'to £9 5s per ton. sacks in; North Island, srood £7 10= to £8 70s per ton; oaten-sheaf chaff, suitable-for [cow feed, 4s Gd per sack, sacks included. WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. - The Customs .revenue received at Wellington yesterday totalled £2514 5s 6d.