COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1907, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

LONDON MARKETS. [FRESB ASSOCIATIAK.I (Received January 31, 8.39 a.m.) LONDON, January 30. Copper. — On tho spot, £106 7a 6d; three months, £107 12s 6d. Tin.— On the spot £188 10s; threo months £189. Iron, 56s 6d. Lead, £19 7b 6d. Silver, 2b 7 15-16 d. Tallow. — At the auction sales 777 casks ■were offered, and 480 gold ; fine mutton, 38a 9d ; medium, 35b 6d ; fine beef, 37s 6d ; medium,.' 34s 6d. Tho American vieiblo supply of wheat is 78,586 bushels. ' The wool sale 3 have closed at late rates. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, 30th January. Wheat, cn-ck, 2s 6d: milling, new. 2a lid; Manitoba, 3s 2d. Flour, old, £7 108; new, £7; Manitoba, £14 id £15. Oats, Victorian and Algerian, 2s 4d to 2s Sd ; Tasmanian, white, 3s to 33 2d. Maize, 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, 9d. Potatoes, local, £3 15s to £4; Tacmanian, £3 10s to £5. Onions, Victorian, £4. Butter, 7d to Bd. Ckeo^. Sid- 8~=0... 13.AMELBOURNE. 30th January. Wheat ifl firm at 2s lid. Flour, £7 to £7 ss. Maize, 2s sd. Bran and pollard, 9d. Potatoes, £2 to £3 ss. Onions, £2 15s to £3. ADELAIDE, 30th January. Wheat, 2s lid. Flour, £6 17b 6d. Oats, Algerian, Is lid: white, 2s 6d. Barley, Cape, 1« lOd; English, feeding, 2s 4d. Bran and pollard, 9*d. Potatoes, £2 10s. Onions, £3. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. DUNEDIN, 30th January. At Burnside »tock sale 215 fat cattle ware yarded, mainly cows and heifers, with a few lines of prune bullocks. Prime bullock* sold on a par with last week. Cam and heifers suffered a decline. Best bullocks £9 to £10, extra to £12 15s, medium £7 to £8 103, best heifera to £7, medium and cowb £5 to £6, others £2 10s Sheep.— 3ss4 ppnned Best wethers to 21s 6d, medium 16« to 17«, others 12» to 15s, best ewes up to 16s 9d, good 12s to 13» 6d, others 7a 6d to Us. Lambs.— 2l49 penned. Prices showed a decided drop compared with last week. Beat lambs to 16a 3d, good 13s to 15s, others 6s to 12s. „..*» Pigs.— l9l penned Prices for both fats and stores were decidedly easier. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, received the following' cable mes«ogo from Londonthis morning under yesterday* date: — Wool Market closed strong for all sorts; as compared with last sales closing rates price* »re about par to 5 per cent, higher for crossbred alipo and merino, and about 5 per cent, lower for medium greasy crossbred tnd coarse greasy crossbred; greasy merino lambs aro nigher by id to Id, and greasy crossbred lambs aro higher by 4d. Tailor — We quote present spot values for tho following descriptions of tallow : Fine mutton 37b Bd, good beef 35s 3d, mixed 34s 6d."

MAIL NOTICES. Subject to necessary alterntiont, nulls will olo»o nt the Chief Port Office as under :— For Kew Plymouth and Auckland, per Manawatu trim, daily, 6.30 a.m. THURSDAY, 3l«fc January. Vat Southern Office* of New Zealand, ahn Chatham Island*, to connect with Ripple at liyttelton, per Rotonwliana, 6 p.m. For Kelion, per Ar»nura, 7.45 p.m. For Picton aod Blenheim, per Walnut, 7.15 P '™or SouHiem Office* of Kew Zealand, per Te AtMU, 7.46 p.m. FRIDAY, Ut February. For Bllkoura. awl Cheviot, per Watitu, 3.^0 P "Money Order* for United State*. Canada, Cnited Kingdom, and Continent ol Europe, ylt San Francisco, 4 p.m. . , Paroel Mall for United Stiim. 5 p.m. Reriitered correspondence for despatch by •■S»n Fnneiaoo mail. 5 p.m. For Southern Omeea of New Zealand, aleoi Australian 9t4tc», to connect with Mocrakl at Bluff, per JUriroa, 6 p.m. For N*l»on nad French Pa*t, per Penguin, p.m. For Blenheim and Ploton, per Waihi, 7.45 pm. SATURDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY. For 6moo«, Bandwioh Hluids, Japan, America, West Indiec, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via San FrajKusco (due London 4th March), per Mancwotu train, 6.30 a.m. For Pioton, Blenheim, and Xclaon, per Walntri, VL2O a.m. ; For Ceylon, India, China, Strait* ftottlementfl, South Africa, alco Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via. Naples (duo London 17tli I Marcb), per Rireritu, 2 p.m. For AtMtralian State* (due Sydney 6th February), per RWerltm, i p.m. For Southern Office* of N«w Zealand, per Rctomalisn*, 7.46 p.m. For Kel*m, per Kotolti, 7.4S p.m. Far'NeUon, Westport. Or«ymoulh, and Hokltika, per Arahura, 7.4 ft p.m. Th» next beat dMMtoti for Continent of Europe «nd UnMed Kingdom will bo via. San Ffondatto. doting, at Chief l'om Office, Welling- ' ton, Saturday, 2nd February, at 6.30 n.m. ; late-feo letter* at Mail-van, Mandwatu Ettatfon, 7.60 a.m. (due London 4th March). M/inrvowlera tor dMpalch by thi* mail mu«t be procured before 4 p.m., on Friduy, Ist ■ ■ February. All rpglrtcrrd correspondence an<J nsreete tor United State* must be presented before. A p.m. on Vtifav, \**> February. Hail* for Chatham Inland*, per Ripple, cio«e , \ at Lytteitoa oa Friday, Jtt Xtbtwy, «t 8 p.m.

Unleos otherwise specified, rcfiatered letters and parcsU-pcefc packages must be handed in and money orders obtained one hour before tha ordinary mall closes. J. A. HUTTON, Chief Postmaster. TELEGRAPH i MAIL NOTICES. Mails for Samoa, Honolulu, America, Continent of Europe, am. U>» United Kingdom, via San Francisco, per Sonoma, closo at Auckland at 8 p.m. on Saturday, 2nd February. METEOKGXOGICAL. TO-DAY'S WEATIIEB. TIIOM OBBEBVATION6 TAX UK AT 9 A.H. <

Wind— t, light; br, breeze; £b, fre«u breeze; m g, moderate gate; g, whole or heivy gale ; w, gale of exceptional Be 7° nt y,i mn _< 111 , r - WeathW*— B, Wue »Sy. b- tho atmosphere dear or heavy; O. clouds, V^^c^-V, drizzling ram; F. togKri Q. gloony -. d» rk weather; H, hail; h, Ugbtnmg; 11, mwtj , O, overcWr the whole eky c°™ r « d Jf"n\.* ll* clouds; P. paaring; anowera; Q' «l u f' 1 > ' ".' rain, continued raY; S, snow; T. thund«r; U, ugly, threatening uppeawmce. WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 HOOBS FEOM 9 ».ra. TODAY. Wind.— Moderate to strong from the northward at all places 'northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Raglan, but from the westward thence to Napier; strong: to galo from the northward from New Pl> mouth and Napier, southward to Lyitelton and Hokitlka, and from the westward elsewhere. Barometer. — Fall everywhere. Sej.— Cbjisiderable on. all western coast and at Cnps Campbell; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good on east coast northward of East Capo and on west- coast of South Island ; high on west coast of North Island and at Cape Campbell: moderate all other ports. Rain ia probable in Otugo and northward of Thames and Manuinu Heads. Warning signal for northerly gale is exhibited at Capes Campbell, Foulwind, Farewell Spit, and Nugget Point. SYNOPSIS OF IAST 24 HOURS. Slowly falling barometer everywhere with generally moderate' northerly winds and fine weather. R. A. EDWIN. Thursday, 31st January, 1907.

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