OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 178, 31 July 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. ■ TIN FIRMER AGAIN. Following are yesterday's quotations on the London metal market compared ' with those of July 27: — Julv 28. July 27. Per ton. Per ton. Copper, stan., spot 37 1 10J 38 14 4J Copper, stan., ;} mos 37 4 4J 38 IS IS "Copper, elect. .. 41 0 0 41 0 0 to to 43 0 0 41 13 0 Copper, elect., wire bars 43 0 0 -1115 0 i.c.-oi. soft, spot .. 13 o :: in 2 o Lead, soft, t'orw'd 13 8 9 13 5 0 Spelter, spot .... 17 7 O 17 (i :: Spelter, forward . 17 10 0 17 8 9 Till, Stan., spot . 21G 2 li 214 Hi .'! Tin, stan., 3 mos. 210 7 0 214 18 9 "American 9 cents a lb, same as on July Quotations for other metals, with last week's rates in parentheses, are:—Pig iron, home trade, £:•! 2/0 (£3 2, 0); export, £2 12/0 (£2 18/G); antimony, 'British, £39 10/ (£39 10/.); foreign, £23 5/ (£23 15/); Molybenite, £2 1/ (£2 1/) a unit; Wolfram, 17/ (17/0) a unit. COPPER, RUBBER, JUTE, ETC. (Quotations on Julv 22 in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 0.47' d (0.23 d) a lb; August delivery, 0.13 d (O.Old). Rubber.—Para, 5%d (5%d) a lb; plantation and smoked, 3 27-32 d (4 1-101). Jute.—July-August shipments, £10 5/ (£lO 15/) a ton. Copra.—July-August shipments, South Sea, £10 12/0 (£ll 2/0) a ton; plantation Rabaul, £10 15/ (£ll 5/). Linseed 0i1.—£22 10/ (£22 10,') a ton. Turpentine.—4B/3 (49,0) a cwt. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

LONDON, July 29. Silver is quoted at JBd per ounce for spot delivery, and 18 l-16d for forward. FROZEN MEAT. PRICES AT SMITHFIELD. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated July 23, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of the wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during tiie week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithheld Market and/or ex London stores:— Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 43'501b, 4%d per lb; 57/641b, 3vid; 05/721b, 3%d; North Island, 48/5011). 4 Kid; 57/0411) 3%d; 05 721b, 3%d; ewes, 481b and under, 3%d; 48.0411), 3d; 05,721b, 2%d. Lambs.—Canterbury, 361b and under, GMul; 37/421b, O'/id; 43 /.(Jib, Od; second quality, average 321b, 5%d; other South Island brands, 3Ull> and under, 0M:d; 37/4211), 0K:d; 43/50lb, Od; selected North Island brands, including Downs, 301b and under, 6%d; 37/421 b, 0?id; 43/5011), Od; second quality, average 321b, s : lid; other North Island brands, first quality, 301b and under, G!4d; 37/4211). o%d; "second quality, average 321b, 5%d. Argentine Lamb.—First quality, 361!) and under, 5%d; 37/4211), s%'d. New Zealand Beef.—Ox fores, 2Vid; ox hinds, 2--« d. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, 2Ktd ox hinds. 4%d. Australian I".' <zen Beef.—Ox crops, over 1001b, 2'/2<l ox hinds, over 1601b, 2%d. New Zealand Porker Pigs.- 00 801b, 4'/ 3 d; 81/IOOIb. 4%d: 101/12011), 4Vid; baconere, 120, 1001b, 4%d. Lamb market: Steady, with good undertone. Mutton: Wethers. steady with good demand; ewes, market dull. Beef: Trade slow owing to low prices of Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand porker pigs: Market dull with very little business doing. Bacouers: Market' steady and unchanged.