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(U- Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) WHKAT. (Received December lltli. 7.00 p.ru.) LONDON. December 13. The market is quiet, but steady. METALS. Copper —L'7G to U7G l'Js (Wl. 'Jin—i.'lGo 1.-»s to JJIGG 10s. Lead—i'l'7 l->-i to iS-T "j.i. Spelter—£Bo to LT-. Silver—'J'J 11-Jfkl per oz. MKIJiOrnXK WOOL SALKS. M fcLHOUHNE, December 13. At the wool sales a good selection ol merinos nrl crossbred* produced keen competition, ami prices showed ;ui increase "i '} per cent, on rates. GI'Al.N* AND IM'ODl'Clj MARKETS. (KV Of P. COMMERCIAL KDITORA Tuesday Kvemng. The wheat market remains with practically no change. .Millers juia merchants uh<» were well stocked ha\e been supplying the northern deimuiu lor wheat, but tiie price they are obtaining. about -~>s 'id !.0.1>.. represents n hcavv I<>>s on what the "wheat cost. There practically nothing oflerinj; bv those growers who still hold "wheat. Ihe i|Uantity ol' wheat sold out ol .store during the pa-,t lew days amounts to about <So<N> or WK.K> sacks. Beyond a lew showers in parts ol Canterbury and North Osago the conditions ren:ain ten' dry. A number ol crops ol oats have already been cut and stooked. and some crops of wheat that were damaged by frost hare been cut lor hay. Old wheat grower* say they have never known a frost do so much damage bolore to whent in Canterbury, the reason being that the crops were so for«urd on account of the dry season, and the frost was „o late and severe. The potato crops that were cut down by the frost are making a slow recovery. A •*<xxl rain is required to ensure anything like an average crop this season. The following are the prices paid to i'arifiers. at country stations, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated: — ' Nominal). Os, at country statjiotis. Oats—iNominali. 3s to ,'Vs .'ld, at country stations. li irley- (Nominal). !•' our—A.' 1:1 1'.0.b., loOlb bags CI.T 10s •Mill bags i;l:i ].js. 2jl!) bags JL'l-i. H mii LI lUs |H-r ton, for ship[>iug. Pollard—L'i 10 s per ton, for shipping. Oatmeal — L2O per ton. Oaisheal Ciiaff—fNomina!). per ton. Potatoes (Nominal), L'!) ]os. liycgras.-—s to os lid. extra to Gs. White Clover—ls to Is 3d." Cowgniss—7,l t<j Bd. Peas—Partridge, os !) ( | to Gs. C ocksloot —<id to 7d per |b. .RANGiOKA .MA I!KKTS. 'I here was an entry of o0(> sheep at Langiora yesterday, comprising i?: 20 isits and stores. Prices iop fat sheep were high. Prime owes made from lils !'d to Jti*. others l(js Gd. extra prime wethers 21s (id. j>rinie 20s (id to 20s lid. This year's lanib.s made from 10s 3d to 19.s fid. IXuails are as follow:—TCwes : Account W. .1. Cuy, 4 at 225; (J. Has- , sail. 8 at IGs Oil: W. J. Thomson, 12 |at 21s !)d. Wethers: S. I{yan. 21 at ] {)s: client. 1/ at 2()s lid: ,1. J\oarns, 0 at 2-ts lid: J. Bowden. H at 20s Gd Lambs: W. J. (iiiy, 73 at JO.s lid: B. Bradley. H at I 5) s 3d. I'or stole sheep there -was a very poor demand. Kwes and lambs (ail counted) made 8s Gd, aged ewes 4s Gd. Cattle—There wa.s an entrv of GO head, and a dragging sale. ".Fat cows sold to <M 1 7s. Gd; cows in nrofit, £6 10s: eighteon-moriths to two-vear-old cattle, £'3 .12s to !.'3 lis; store coivs. jL'2 10 s io 1:1. I'igs—About 200 -wore penned. Heavy baconers made 7.3s to 80s, equal to 0.1 per II.; lighter. f>Bs t<. 70s, equal to o*d per lb: porkers. 30s to 13slarge stores, 20s to 30s; slins, 8s to 1 Isand wearers. 2s to Gs. The demand tor stores was poor, small pigs bein'f almost unsaleable. w In the produce yards heavy crossbred : heei>skins : .s„ld ;;t Gs to 8> 7d. medium OS .Id to os 4d, light 3s Gd to 3s Od, nieriuas,(, s Gd nelts l s 3d. calfskins 2s n 'i" V-V'-' 1 ]I) . c-rutchings 1 ,(" mH-cs od hides 7d, fat l?d. Poulti\ Roosters 10s a couule, outlets 3s tn 's ll'' ' )S °° s a oats 4s to -.s 3d, grass-seed -Is Gd. bran 7s a sack, sharos 12s. oatslieaf chaff .« OcL stiaw do _s to 2s Gd. old Potatoes 18s a sack, green peas Is 3d a peck. EOG .MARKET. e«ri* t i ' l ', : l n,(,t ' on f l "' -feather Brand eggs held yesterday, on behalf of the hgg I'armers Association, first grade he„ eggs realised ls 3d to Is 3!d nor dozen second grade l s 2d to Is -»'d and duck eggs Is 3d. ' r ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET. J here was a yarding of 745 sheep ;it he weekly stock sale held at the Ashburton yards yesterday. The entrv included 284 lat ewes. .51 fat wether.s. 21 iat lambs, and 357 stores. The following prices were obtainedßest butchers' ewes: Shorn 21s to 23s Pd, woolly 245, medium weights (shorn) IGs 4d to 1,8. woolly 20s 3d. inferior shorn 8s 3d to 12s f)d. Wethers: Shorn 21s 4d to 2-ts 3d. lambs 10s to 20s. Of the small yarding of store, sheep 20 shorn wethers made 13s !>d. and G4 sound and tailing-month shorn ewes and GO lambs (all counted) 13s Od. A line of 290 three-quarterbred woolly hoggets (mostly wether.s) were passed at IGs od. There wa.s a good yarding of cattle. which sold at the following prices: Kat cows £8 10s and £9 Ms, fat heifers £'o ll\s to £10 12s Gd. fat steers £',) to £9. dry cows 20s and £3 r>s. cow (springing) £7 los Gd, heifer (springing) £4 10s. CANTERBCKY PETROLKI'M COMPANY. The second annual meeting of the Canterbury Petroleum Prospecting Company was held at Abhburton yesterday afternoon, .Mr ('. -I. Harper, chairman of directors, presiding. The report, which was adopted, made reference to concessions obtained and the delay in boring owing to the late delivery of casing. and stated that 10.BIG shares had been disposed of. Messrs H. A. Lloyd and .1. A. Joyce were re-elected director. Mr F. \V. Watt auditor, aud Mr C. .J. llarper chairman of directors. CHKISTCHURCII STOCK EXCHANGE. YKSTKKDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. loport-etl : — Kaiapoi Woollens, £5 3s; New Zealand Insurance. £G Gd. QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers, i." s. d. il t>. d. UKEWKP.IKS— Manning •• *» — 4 H 0 INSI'KAXCE — National •• -• — 2 6 9 MKATS— i'l Cbristohurch M<-nt (£2 paid) .. 3 0 0 — Canterbury Frozen Meat ((•> per cent, pref.) .. 5 2 6 — SHIPPING — Cnion Steam Sh:p .. 14 9 — "MIXING — Talismim .. 0 1G 0 — AVailii Grand Junction — 10 0 YESTERDAY'S RfSI.VES.S ON OTHEK EXCHANGES. (PRESS association telegrams.) AUCKLAND. Sale: —Talisman, lt>3. WELLINGTON. C'lc* ir.c mining quotations:—Murrav's Creek. o'.d. lurers : Murray's C rc-ek, new, ivisvers 15s premium: Ross, buyers Tri: Tal:?tr.sn. buyers 16a, sellers ICs 6d; Wai'ai. juycr3 :i"s. DUNE DIN. Sjlcs .—Ta'iiatuan, 15s 9<i; t"ni«n Stcaiu (oruinaryj, iia.