COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 291, 6 December 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

TiHK LONDON MARKETS. LONDON. December -. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The following rate on foreign exchanges are current to-day, compared with the cabled quotations on November i!) and par: Dec. 2. Nov. 2>. far. Paris .-.7fr43c j7.«5 115.2^5 Stockliolm... 18krO.'i<ire 18.11 IS.l.'ili I'hristlanla... Jskri">ore rtS.l5O Calcutta I'<H 11*4 -' iMontJ-wil JfiiolSiSe 8.01 4.aifi New York Mol 49c :i.4« 4.BtW Y.'koham "2;li I'OX.SOLS AND NEW ZEALAND STOCKS. The foliowing table gives quotations for ■Consols and New Zealand inscribed slocks, compared with those of November Trice. Variation. Consols. J* per cent .. -!4 f> n 10 0* 'British :Vi p.r. War Jxiaii «:> 0 0 2 6* ■British ."> p.c. AViv- Ix>au *{ ."■ i> ."> 0+ 5.7. 4 p.c. 82 <> (> «t N 7.'. .li p.c. ISMO <i) 0 It :i" <i* NZ :> p.c.. lfMo j7 10 <> •"> 0' •Lower. tiHlgher. WOOL AND PRODUCE. The" 'Bradford wool is very quiet. The only business is in small lots for keeping ihe machinery running. Quotations are irreKulnr. .Sixty-fours -are nominally quoted at 4Sd to 54d. Wheat.—Qulpt Flour.—Quiet. A small quantity of iinpnrted was released, and quickly sold. Barley.—Slow. Australian spot is quoted at 00', three months OS/. Oats.—-Firm. Brans and d'eas.—'Quiet. :>jO is asked f<.r Tasmunian blues. Sugar.—l'nchanged. Cheese—-Wry flat. Canadian Is offering at 14.V to 14S'. c.i.f. COPRA. ME.MT. RUBBER. ETC. Cotton.—January delivery. IO.SOd. .lute. — Inactive. Noveuiher-December shipments, £4.1. Hemp.—Slow. Decemhei-.Pebruarv shipments. £51 10/. Rubber.—Para. 1/24; plantation, 1/18: smoked, J.'Oj. Copra. —TanuaryMnreli sliipments, £47 Linseed Oil.—£oO. Turpentine.—£3 .""> . HONEY, The honey market is quiet. The highest, i price obtainable for Australan was 65-', and some was sold at auction at UO/. Best New Zealand is making 75/. A DECLINE TN .BUTTER. The announcement that the Oovernmeiu butter r.ition is to be increased to "i>z caused a sharp decline, in Irlnh butters, and '■reameries, which dropped 50/ to £"" li> A further fall is probable. MKTA.I, MARKET R.IOVLVES. The recovery ..f metals is attributable to a more oirtldent tone. The rumour has I price of .tin at £2."> landed. The Metal K\ i change estimates That .ntoeks of tin imount I u> 4«!W tons. .-opperMl.tra toes, lead 14,l»10 lons, and spelter :6.i»S tons. CANTERBURY MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association > CHIUSTCHCKCH, Friday. Values have further weakened for o«ts l?tf\T " f V s " efn,la . tivp order have taken place In next seasons oats at is ]<•,«.. .. price as 3/4 on the land, and f<, I, {.w,.? as [jreweni season's oats are concerned sales I have bpeu made a« low as :: li si nn.i f.o.b. The lateuess of the season aiiil , .•ollupse ~f the English market , re depress Ing values still further, and it is ,i,jw a|>parent there will be considerable carry! over. Cocksfoot has tinned up slightly, and i is reported good A good line of farmers' seed, about lilb. has been sold at l/.V other lines lifeless. '