COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1903, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL.

1 ' <m THE LONDON MARKETS. JVRKSS ASSOCIATION.I LONDON, 22ntl Maroh. Homo buyers aro keenly competing for jrt^nnos and crowbrods, and Continental huyora for merinos. Tho total number of bales catalogued to '^t" |h 133,872, and tho number sold is (Heceivod March 23, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd March. 1 rozon Meat.— Sheep— Canterbury, V> j }>i-i lb. Lambs— Canterbury, 5Jd por lb; Dni.edin and Southland. 5 Jl-16d— 3-16d lowrr; North lalaiid, 5 9-16 d —Ad loworj Autiinlmn and Hivor Plato, 5 0 d. . New Zoahin] boo/, 180 to 2201b, fair average quality ox fore», 3Jd — Ad higher; himls, 4j(l-~icl lower. Kivcr IMato boof— Fores. 3 7-16 d i>cr Hi — l-16d highor; hinds, 3 1516d-Ad higher. Uomp, dull. Fnir V^ellinglon, JanuaryMaiol^ shipment, £31. If ides Eenrtn ; hupinoss limited. Quoons-* land heavy ox, 5Jd per lb ; light, 5 8-16 cl;c l; cow, 5 3-16 d. Now South V/alo"*, hoa\y ox, 4Jd por lb; liKht, 4|d ; cow, 4 9-16 d. Leather wonlccr at Is 2d. Basils, loss enquiry, In 2Jd. At tho wool tale* tho Rnngatira clip ronliond 6 a d. Copper on tho spot, £66 10a per ton; Uuvu months, £66 S». l.ond, £13 lla 3d por ton. Tho Agricultural Department liqb rocoivod tho followinfr cablo mrrsago from tho AKcnt-tioucml, dated London, Saturday: —"Tho mutton murkot io firm. The avoraso prico to-day for Cnnlorbury mutton is 4,,(1, .«carco j Dunodin, Southland, and U.M.h.Co. mutton, 4Ad; othor North lulmid mutton, 3Jd. Thoro is a good demand for all lamb. Tho average price today for Now Zealand lamb. Canterbury brand, » sld to 6tl. Now ZonJam! lamb, other than Canterbury, biA. Now Zealand lamb thu seivson is givinar catisfaotion to buyers. Tho beef market ia stpady. Now Zealand hinds, 4id; fores, 3gd. Tho butler market J3 stoady. Tlw price of butter to-day is 107s por owt. Tho chooso market in vory firm. Thoro w a good donmml for choose, 68s per cwt. Tho homp market is firm in snot deliveries. Tho pnt-o of 'Good I'air WoUington' grado on 2&n t , t ,T* dny .'* £5 £- Mnroh-April shipments, •i3O 10»{ omot. Tho cocksfoot seed mnrkot is vory dull. Now Zealand 171b standard, o9« por owt; coai-BO crossbrodti, all grados, tins woolc weaker."