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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11877, 26 April 1904, Page 9

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United Press Association—by Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 24. Copper—On spot, £58 2s 6d; thre* mouths, £57 17. 6d. Silver—2s l_d. Mutton—AU classes are unchanged. Lambs, Canterbury 5 5-16 d, Dunedin s_d, North Island sd, River Plate 4jd. Beef —New Zealand fores 2|d, hinds 3d ; River Plat, ie> unchanged. SYDNEY STOCK SALES. (Received April 25th. 10.52 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 25. At the Homebush sales values improved all round. Best wetliers Bold at 20-; extra, 245; good, 18s to 18s 6d; beat ewes, 20s 9d; good, 17s to 17s 6d. Best bullocks fetched £11 to £12 s»j good, £9 15s; best cows, £8 to £8 13s J good, £7 ss. Beef sold at 25s 6d. AGENT-GENERALS REPORT. (PHKSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) Wi:LUNtMON, April 25. The Agent-General caftles under date London. 23rd instant: — Mutton—The market i« firm, last week's prico being fully maintained. There is a. good demand for all lamb, the market being linn, with a hardening tendency. The average price to-day for New Zealand lamb, Canterbury brand, is b\d \kt Mi, brands other than Canterbury 5d per lb. Beef—The market is dull, and tliero is scarcely any demand for beef. The average price to-day for hindquarters of New Zealand beef is 3d per lb, for furequarters 2_d per lb. Butter—Tlie market is dull. The supply exceeds the demand. The average prioe of choicest New Zealand butter to-day is 88s per cwt. Chee_e—■Tlie market lias collapsed heavily. Tho average price of finest New Zealand cheese to-day is 45s per cwt. Hemp—The market is firm, and there is a better demand ior hemp. The- price of New Zealand hemp, "good fair 'Wellington" grade, on spot to-day per ton-, is £32 10f*; April to June shipments, £31 10e. Buyers have been offering for cocksfoot seed more freely. The cocksfoot seed market is firm. Tlie average price for bright clean New* Zealand cocksfoot seed, weighing 161b per bushel, on spot, is 52s per cwt. Fruit Pulp—The market is dull and d»*. dining. At auction New Zealand black currants, boiled, brought- 45s 6d, sulphured 38s 9d, raspberries 21s 6d.