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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1904, Page 5

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AGENT-GENERAL'S CABLE. (By Telegraph. — Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The liefKii-tmeiit of Industries ami Commerce have received tin- following cable from Ihe -General, dated London. Ihe '.'oth ultimo: "The motion market hi linn at idle 11 not at ions cabled last week. Tlie luuili market is quiet. The shipment of new season's lamb ex Atlienie Is not yet upon the market. There bias been no alteration lv the beef market since cabling last week. Tli-ere is a bettor demand for butter, and the market is tinner. Average price to-day for the choicest New Zealand barter, !iT' |m»i* cwt. The el ioc-.se market is unaltered. The hemp market is tirm at quotations cabled lust week. There Is no chaiifce in the cocksfoot market, 'flip wool I market is firm, with a hardening tendency. Prospects arc favour-able for -shipments of apples, with a clear market." LONDON CABLE. (By Cable.— Press Association. — Cnpy...:: A.) (Received 9.21 a.m.) LONDON, January 111. Woo: catalogued to date. 116.798 bales; sold. 111,762 bales. Prices for merinos were fully iniiiiimiued. Shabbier crossbred an- rather drugging. The following clips sold: (Huso. 11-,'il; Okawa. SJd. Wheat: DOiKJ quarters of Victoria, February shipment, 20/. 11.000 Australian. February and March shipments, 29/. The City of Agra's cargo sold at 20/3. Sheep: Canterbury. 4 H-ltjd: Duuedin and Southland, 4„d; North Island. 4 3-16 d. Lambs: Canterbury, 4Jcl: Duneilin and Southland. 4|d. North Island: None offering. Beef unchanged. River Plate sheep, ■lid. Beef fores, 2jd: hinds, 210. At the kauri gum auctions 2980 cases offered, ami SOU sold, chiefly chips and sittings. Full prices were realised. No three-quarter scraped sold. Copper: Ou spot. £00 10/: at three months. •£*■(• 7/0. l.cad. £11 8/9. The Kronen Meat Trade Association's Smithtield market quotations for the uiideriuelitioiieU classes of frozen meats are based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb, or 25 can-uses of beef, of fair average quality. These quoations are uot for selected lines, but Tor parcels fairly representative of the bulk of tile shipments now on I lie markets:— Zealand sheep: Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes. Can.a rbury, light, -ts to 5G lbs: Canterbury, medium, 50 to M lbs; Canterbury, heavy. 04 to 72 lbs; Duuedin and Southland, .".ti to 0-1 lbs; North Island. 55 to 85 lbs. New Zealand lambs: Canterbury, light. 28 to 3G: Canterbury heavy, .".ti to 42; Dunedin and Southland 28 to 42: North Island. 28 to 42. NewZealand beef: Ox fores. 180 to 220 lbs; ox hinds ISO to 220 lbs. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are in receipt of the folI lowing cablegram from tlieir London house: -'Wheat: Ordinary wheat to arrive. 2S*'li. Oats: Sparrow-hills we quote c.i.f. at IT.", and Danish at 13/3 per 3201b5. Wool: The sales progress tirmly. Since opening of the sales greasy merino super is Jd per lb higher, and medium to good merino id to Id •higher. The demand is less active and the market weaker for faulty character wools."