THE MARKETS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10265, 7 February 1899, Page 5

THE MARKETS.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON,*February 5. Mutton—Crossbred, wethers and maiden ewes, Canterbury, 3 15-16 th d; North Island, 3 3-16 th d. Lamb, Prime Canterbury, s^d; fair average, including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, 4-_d; River Plate crossbred or merino wethers-heavy, 3d, light, 3d. Hides, Queensland, heavy ox, sd; light, 4Jd; cow, 4Jd; New South Wales, heavy and light ox, 4|d; cow, 4|d. Basils,- average strained Australian, B_d; New Zealand, 10_d. Leather, Australian best heavy, 9_d. Mutton, Dunedin and Southland, 3 5-16 d. Galvanised iron—Best brands, 15; second brands, 14_. Fencing wire—Best English, 7g; tin plates, J. C, coke, good brands, lis 6d; J. C, charcoal, 14s. Iron bars, Staffordshire, B. B. H. crown, £8. Quicksilver, £8 5s per bottle. Antimony, 37. Messrs Daigety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office under date 3rd instant: — "The frozen meat market is firm. Queensland beef is worth 3d per lb for hindquarters, .and 2_d per lb for fore-quarters. Prime New Zeal—nod-crossbred mutton 3|d per lb; Dunedin, 3|d -, Queensland merino, 2_d. "There is a fair demand for leather and basils, and a moderate business is doing at full prices." (KRESS ASSOCJATIOV TKLEGBA—".) WELLINGTON, February 6. The Agent-General cables: —Butter 103s market steady; cheese, ex Mamari, 48s tc 50s, market very firm.