THE MARKETS.
PreM Awoclation -By Telejrraph—Copyright.
London, November 10.
At the weekly auctions of Australasian tallow, 1400 casks were offered, and 1150 sold; fine mutton, 20a; medium, 18s; fine beef, 18s 9d; medium, 17s 6d. The total quantity of wheat' and floor afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,310,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,210,000 quarters. National Bank of New Zealand shares £2; Bank of New Zealand 4 percent, guaranteed stock 103; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's 4 per cent, prior lien debentures 97. The American visible supply of wheat is 44,919,000 bushels. Melbourne, November 11. Five thousand bales of wool were offered at the sales, of which 4875 were sold. There was animated competition, and the prices compare favourably with late rates. The market is slightly firmer all round. (FRES3 ASSOCIATION , TELEGRAM.) NAPIER, November U. TheColonial Consignment and Distributing Company, London, cabled to Messrs Nelson Brothers to-day:—"There is a further fall in the valne of Dunedin, Southland and North Island mutton to-day. Quotations are—Best Canterbury 3sd, Danedin and Southland 2sd, Napier and North Island 2{d."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9882, 12 November 1897, Page 5
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