OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 252, 25 October 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

TALLOW, HEMP, EGGS. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. The Department of Agriculture lias received the following cablegram, dated October 21, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. London: — Tallow.—Market steady at about;, last quotations. Hemp.—Manila: Market quiet and : unchanged. Value "K"' grade for OctoberDecember shipment, £14 10/. Output from January 1 to October 9, 028,000 bales, against 634,000. for the period last year. Stocks in the United Kingdom at October 1, 6081 bales, against 23,307 at same time lust year. . Stocks in.Manila at October 9 140,000 bales, against 130.000 for the same period last year. • Sisal :• Market steadier. Value for October-December shipment. £17 5/. New Zealand: Market quiet. Small business,has 'been done lor OctobeivDecember shipment fair grade at £13 15/, and common grade at £12 15/, Stocks in London' at October 1, .44 tons, against 82 tons same time last year. Eggs.—Market firm with upward tend: ency. English, national pack, scarce, 17/ to 21/; English, ordinary pack, 18/6; Australian, >10/9 to 12/3; Danish, 12/' to .15/. , Apples.'—-Practically cleared, and no rise in prices. PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, October 23. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with | those of October 20:—

♦American, 7.G2 cents a lb, compared with 7.50 cents on October 20. tUest selected, £3o 7/0.

Oct. 23. Oct. 20. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. .£ s, (1. Copper, stnn., spot 32 10 7J 32 1.1 0 Copper, stan., 3 mos. 32 14 4J 32 18 1J *Copperi electrolytic 30 0 0 30 0 0 to to 37 0 0 37 0 0 tCopper, elec., -wire bars 37 0 0 37 0 0 Lead, soft, spot ... 11 5 0 11 7 (5 Ijead, soft, forward 11 12 (i 11 13 !) Spelter, spot 15 11 3 15 1ft 3 Spelter, forward . . 15 17 ("> 10 2 6 Tin, stan., spot . .. 222 0 3 221 Hi 3 Till, stan., 3 mos. . 222 5 0 221 10 3