COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 71, 23 March 1908, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

_ The Farmers' Auctioneering Company, oa behalf of the Bank of New Zealand, held a. laud sale in Hamilton/on. Saturday, when the following properties were disposed of: Section 22, homestead block, Okoroire 861 acres, W. Main, £6 12/6; sectione 13 and 14, Okoroire, estate, 1050. acres, H. It i Holder, £1 2/6; section 43, Tirau, 668 acres passed" in at £1 5/; section 44 and part 41 Tirau, 1232.acres, H. R. Holder, £2; LJehfieia -township, lot 476, 1 rood, J. C. S. Pan ton, £4-5/; Pirongia parish, lot ITS, 50 acres, C. Hunter, £1 per acre; Waihou township, 28-30, 24 poles, S. McGovern, £10Alexandra township, lot 106, 1 acre, McIndoe, £2 10/; Klhik!W township, lot 352, 1 acre, E. - Kay, £5; Maungatautari. No. 48,' 792 acres, A Westgate, 17/6 per acre. ■ '':.'; . : LONDON CABLE. \ .• , ; (By CaTSle.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Keceiv-ed 7.50 a.m.) LONDON, March 22. Copper, on spot £58 17/6, at three months £59 5/. Tin, on spot £140, at three months £137 15/.' Lead, £14. Silver, 25Jd. Antimony, £10. . The copra market is firmer. A. South Sea fihipmeat sold at £15 2/6. . - The hemp market is firmer. A February- \ April shipment sold at £23 10/. . Unseed oil is quoted at £23.15/. The wool market shows slow sale, with heavy withdrawals of speculators' lots. Shabby crossbreds are slightly easier, but good wools are firm. To date 46,045 bales have been' offered, and 38,914 have sold.. The sales included Poporangi 7Jd, Titi Sd, Puketoi Did. Elderslie" 1/OJ. ' The market- for rabbits shows good demand, young rabbits retailing at 13/6 to 14/. ■ Sheep, North Island 3ld, best brands 4JdOthers unchanged. Lambs, Canterbury 55d. others unchanged. Beef, fores unchanged, [ hinds 3Jd. River Plate sheep, heavy light 3 5-Bd. Beef, lores unchanged, hinda 3 3-Bd. \. ■HIGS COSIMISSIONEBTS CABLE. WBLLINOTON,' this day. The following is the High Commission-, eir's cable, dated London, March is a scarcity of prime quality mutton. Holders are firm, and trade is very disappointing, there being only a, very hand-to-mouth demand. The following are current quotations:—Canterbury, '4 3-Sd.; North Island,' $ 7-Sd.; 'Elver' Plate, 3 3-Sd,; Australian, 3&h. The lamb market is firm, and there is a good demand for all brands, , although. , high prices are restricting business. Canter■bury lamb, 5 7-Bd.; other than. Canterbury, BJd. There is a better demand for beef • especially for hindquarters, which are. quoted at 3 3rßd; f orequarters, 2 7-Bd. Some, holdefs of butter are forcing sales, and. a bear movement is reported, but such.

action is considered unwarranted- ; Light ■shipments are expected, and none is held. In stock. Choicest New Zealand is quoted at -113/, Australian at 110/, and Danish at 120/ per- cwto. The cheese marketis dulY : and a complaint has been received of immaturity and openness in New Zealand brands. . White makes 59/,-and coloured 61/ per ewtv■'• - There are; signs of improvement in the -' hemp market, with better demand. The following are current quotations: Good fair - grade, on spot, £24; fair grades on spot, . £21 10/; fair cnrrent Manila, £24; AprilMay shinments, good fair grade, £21 10/. The cocksfoot sed market is excited/buyers offering freely, and there- are light stocks on hand. Bright, clean 171b. seed, sold -at 84/ per cwt. : The following are ■current qnotations for kauri gum: Ordinary : to: fair three-quarter scraped. 160/: fair ■half-scraped,' 100/; brown fair, half to tnree qnaxters scraped, 90/; brown pickings,' common to good, 48/; best fair to good pale . amber,. scraped, 150/. . '. ■'• The market Is dull and declining, and . transactions are lijsht. . The wool market is quiet, and there Is . a decline. Bradford tops are quoted as follows: Thirty-sixes row crossbreds, 10%; . forties, low crossbreds, lOgd.; fprty-fours. medium, 10-ld.:' fifties, half-bieds, l/si:flfty-. . sixes qparter-breds, l/8i; sixties, merinoes, 2m- ..■'•■.