OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 46, 24 February 1936, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

DAIRY PRODUCE

THE BOARD'S REPORT,

The New Zealand Dairy Board lias received tlie following market report fioin its London office, dated February 21: New Zealand Butter. 21/2/30. Last week. Last year. Salted 02/-93/* 95/-90/ 83/-S5/ •Equals 10.80 d per lb, f.o.b. nn/no/ Unsalted .. 100/ 90/-9-/ Tons. lous. lons. Deliveries ...... 2303 In store 3700 310b 7004 Australian: Salted> 91/6 to 92/; unsalted, 98/. Deliveries Australian, 2364 tons; in store, Australian, 3974 tons. Market quiet. New Zealand retail price unchanged, 1/. <■ ■ Argentine, unsalted, 96/; South Africa, 90/ to 91/; Danish, 108/ f.0.b., 128/ spot. Danish retail price unchanged, V"*Dutch, unsalted, 98/ to 117/; Polish, salted 90/ up to 92/, unsalted 91/ to 94/. Market quiet. . Imperial Economic Committee s estimated stocks of all butters in storei 445,502 boxes; last year, 466,326 boxes. New Zealand Cheese. 21/2/30. East week. Last year. White 51/-52/* 53/-53/0 47/0-48/ •Equals 5.59(1 per lb, f.o.b. Coloured .. 55/-50/ 57/-57/0 47/-48/ Crates. Crates. Crates. Deliveries 18,087 17,225 17,004 111 storo 70,221 53,200 129,500 Australian: White, 49/ to 50/; coloured, 53/ to 54/. Canadian: White, 60/ to 62/; coloured, 60/ to 64/; old season's white, 67/ to 68/. Deliveries, Canadian, 3995 boxes;- in store, Canadian, 111,371 boxes. South African: White, 50/. Market steadier end of this week. New Zealand retail price unchanged. 7d to Bd. English: Finest farmers', 9/6 to 106/; factory, 48/ to 56/.

Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Company have received tlio following cable from their London principals, Messrs. Trengronse and Nathan, Tooley Street, dated February '23:—Butter: 92/ to 93/ per America buying. Quantity so far small. Cheese: White, 51/0 per cwt; coloured, 55/6. Quiet. PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, February 22. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market compared with those

Quotations for other metals, with last week's prices in parentheses, are:—Pig iron: Home trade, £3 10/ (£3 10/); export, £3 10/ (£3 10/). Antimony: British, £72 10/ (£72 10/); foreign, £4!) 10/ (£OO 10/). Molybdenite: £1 14/6 (£1 ■14/6) a unit. Wolfram: £1 15/ (£1 10/) a uuit. PRICE OF SILVER. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, February 22. Silver is quoted at lS)%d per ounce for spot delivery, and at 19% d for forward. COTTON, RUBBER, JUTE, ETC. LONDON, February 22. (Quotations on Feb. 10 in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 6.17 d (G.2ld) a lb; March delivery, 5.88 d (5.90 d). Rubber.—Para, B%d (B',4d) a lb; plantation and smoked, 7%d (7%d). Jute.—February-March shipments, £18 17/6 (£lB 15/ to £18 10/3) a ton. Copra—March-April shipments, South

Sea, sun-dried, £14 to London and Rotterdam (£l3 15/) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £13 5/ to Marseilles and Genoa (£13); plantation, Rabaul, hot air Hried, £14 17/6 to London and Rotterdam (£l4 15/). Linseed Oil.— £28 15/ (£2B 15/) a ton. Turpentine.—43/9 (44/3) a cwt.

of February 20:— Feb. 22. 1« eb. 20. Per ton. Per toil. £ s. d. £ s. (1. Copper, stan., spot 35 1C 10i 35 18 1J Copper, stan., 3 mos. 30 1 101 30 4 4J Copper, electrolytic 40 0 0 40 O 0 to to 40 10 0 40 10 0 Copper, elec.. wire burs 40 10 0 40 10 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 10 10 0 10 12 G Lead, soft, forward 10 12 0 10 13 .) Spelter, spot .... 15 15 0 15 13 !) Spelter, forward 10 1 3 10 0 0 Tin, stan., spot . . 207 15 0 20!> 10 0 | Tin, stun., 3 mos. 201 15 0 203 0 0