LONDON WOOL SALES

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 138, 6 March 1936, Page 14

LONDON WOOL SALES

New Zealand Offerings Murray, Roberts and Co.. Ltd., are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London agents, dated March 4:— The following vessels have arrived in time for the Consignments of wool by them to be offered in the next series:, Tainui, Waipawa, Alahana. Tamaroa, Coptic, Benreoch, Cornwall. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency* Co., Ltd., have received the followin'- advice from their London house, diTted"March 4:—Wool sales: List closed March 2. New Zealand shipments ex Rotorua, Tamaroa. Rangitane, Port Hobart. Benreoch, Cornwall and Coptic available. Base Metals Market By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 5. 9.15 p.m.) London, March 4. The official London (middle) quotations for Wednesday, as reported by (be AustraHan Mines and Metals Association, compared with those previously cabled as

Ships to and from British ports during the year 1935 aggregated 349,577,50 l net registered tons —an increase of 1.1 per cent, on 1934 The figures for the Port of London at' 59,752,434 net registered tons are tl>e highest ever recorded and constitute a record for British ports. The figures for the Other chief ports are as follow: Liverpool 33,238,099 net registered tons; Southampton. 25,004,035; Hull, 12.115.428; Manchester, 7,573,304; Bristol, 7,091,050.

follow Mar. 3. Per ton. Mar. 4. Per ton. CopP‘ ,r “ Standard, spot ... ,£ s. d. 35 11 1(H .£ s. d. 35 IS 9 Ditto, forward ... 35 19 4} .»O <> 0 Electrolytic HO 17 0 40 2 6 to 40 2 G 40 a 0 40 2 G 40 5 0 Lend — in n 3 10 7 0 in io o it; ii :i Spelter— in n o in 2 n 10 6 3 16 7 6 Tin — 209 10 0 210 15 0 201 12 (1 202 10 0 SilverStandard, per orFine . 19 1-Sd. 20 5-Sd. 19 3-16d. 20 ll-16d.