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Press, Volume L, Issue 15163, 30 December 1914, Page 10

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j * —: (Dr C'ab!o.—Prtss Association. —Cor»jr:jlit.) V.'HEAT AND FLOUR. LONDON, December 28. Wheat —The marke- is dull. Tho quantity of wheat and flour afioat. lor tho L'ntte<! Kingdom is 1.985,000 quarters, for tho Continent 1,960.000. I Atlantic shipments total &33.000. " and ! Pacific 30.000. The total for Europe i-i 757,0C>0 quarters. MLTALS. j Copper—On tho snot £oG 12s 6d, thrto' lEonths £57. Electrolytic—JL'UO 10s. j Tiii— On tho snob £1-1S sj, three, months Tl4o 10s.* I/cad—£lo. Snoltcr — £'2C 10s. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. (PIIESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON. December 2l>. Tlie High Commissioner's cablcKi'am, dated London, Docombor 2-1 th, is jus follows (Quotations, unless othenvit.o spet-i----f'tod. are averago niarket prices on spot) :— The market for Christmas meat is quiet, but moderate business is <loin;, r - I The demand has been chiefly for Iloiucjyown." Frozen Mutton—Tho market is- dull, but -prices aro firm. Canterbury mutton oid. North Island sscL Laml>—(Canterbury twos 6 9-lCil, other than Canterbury G-Jd. Beef—New Zealand' hindqnartors G 5-16 d. i'oreqnarters 5Jd. TJicro is a largo snpnly of chilled meat on tlio market. quotations being—hindc|Uart<rs 7Jd, forequartors ojd. Butter—Tho market closed rather quiet on account of tho holidays. Danish (slow) 150s t<> 1545, Australian (small supply) 124s to 1365. New Zealand (good demand) 136s to 138s, Siberian (fair demand) 126s to 130s, Argentine j (firm) 124s to 1325. Clieese—The 'markpt closed rather • quiet with a decreasing demand. Canadian wliito and coloured 78s to 795, Zealand whito and coloured 76s to 775. Hemp—The Manila market is quiet on account of the holidays. There is less demand, but shippers aro firm, and there is no change in prices. Tho output from Manila for tho week was 26,000 hales. The estimated shipment for tho next two weeks is 4.5,000 bales Dealers will probably try io pet their hump-haled before tho grading law comes into fore© on January Ist. The New Zealand market is rather raoro active, especially for spot. Prices aro firm at last quotations. .Wool—3G's low crossbrtxk 18d, 40's low crossbreds 19Jd, 44's medium crossbreds 20Jd," 50's .24-Jd. 5G'« quarterbreds 25Jd. CO's merinos 26d. WEST COAST COAL EXPORT. (PItESS ASSOCIATION" TEMGRAAI.) GREYMOUTH. December 29. The export of coal last week was as follows.—Blackball, 4350 tons 16cwt; Paparoa, 468 tons 19cwt; Livernool, 929 tons Bcwt; Point Elizabeth, "1488 I tons Cwwt; Brunncr, 2330 tons; total, 7960 lOcwt. " 'PRICE OF OATMEAL. ' tPRESS ASSOCIATIOJT TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN. December 29. In consequence of the advance in the price of oats, millers have raised the , prico of oatmeal by £1 per ton. The : current quotation is £15 10s per ton for 2u's. . ' ' MINING. A NEW- REEF. .{?ItISS ASSOCIATION' TELZGICAJO THAMES, D«cj:mbor 29. ■ A s°ld find ia reported from Whangamata. It is said to be a Hew reef, and assays up to £20 MT ton. Wellington and Nelson people are said to bo interested in the find.