COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. B/ Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyrifiht. (Received January 30, 9.28 a.m.) LONDON, 29th January. Silver, 2s ]§d per ounce. Copper — On the spot, £61 17s 6d per ton ; three months', £62 12s 6d. Tin— On the snot, £122 15s per ton; three months', £123 10s. Load, £14 133 9d per ton. Consols are quoted at 851, a riae of 15s since Saturday. Bank of New Zealand 4 per cent, stock, 101. At the wool sales tha Gore clip realised lO^d per Ib. At the tallow auctions 1428 casks were offered and 157 sold. Fine mutton, 33s 6d per cwt ; medium, 3,15. Fine beef, 32s 6d ; medium, 30s 6d. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. [By Telegbaph.— Special to The Post.] CHRISTCHURCH, 29th January. At the Addington yards to-c!ay there wero good entneß in all classes, those of store sheep and fat lambs being in excess of last week. Fat cattle.— Tho entry comprised 252 head, the yarding being a mixed one. There were a few lines of prime beef, but tho majority of the yarding was not of a high class. The demand was poor, and a considerable number of lines were passed. As compared with last week's sale there- was an all-round decline in tho prico of beef of about -#3 per 1001b. Prime steer beef made from 20s to 22s 6d, medium 17s to 19s 6d, and inferior and cow beef from 14s to 16s 6d. Steers realised from £6 to £9 10n, heifers £4 5s to £7, and dry cows £3 10s to £5 ¦ 7s 6d. Noticeable gales were:— For J. F. Buchanan (Little River) 7 steers at £8 to £9 10s; F. Davie and Co. (Scargill), 4 steers at £6 ; H. Symon (Omihi), 2 steers at £7 15s. Fat Calves. — A fair entry of veal calves realised prices ranging from 3s 6d to £1 173 < 6d, according to age and quality. Fat Lambs. — There was a very large entry, including a. fair proportion of prime quality. Competition among export buyers was more active than at recent tales, and prices, especially for tegs, were rather better than at recent markets. Tegs made from 15s 3d to 17s lOd, best freezers 133 to 15s, lighter 11s to 12s 6d, and rape lambs from 10s 6d. Store Sheep. — Tho yarding was a- very largo one, including a number of linea of wethers varying from low to very forward condition. Nearly all lots were sold, but tho prices realised were below those obtained last week, the advanco then recorded being conceded to buyers to the extent of about Is per head. Under the weather conditions it was only to be expected that forward' sheop sold relatively better than those in backward condition. Sales wero: — Wethers: 362 (very forward) at 15b 7d, 115 at 13s, 446 at 11s 2d, 857 at 10s sd, 213 at 10s Id, 100 two-tooths at 11s 3d. Ewes: 104 soundmouth at 12a lid, 154 sound-mouth at 14s, 49 two-tooths at 15s, 65 four and eixtooths at 14s Bd. Lambs: 141 at 8s 7d, 190 (small) at 6a Id, 768 at 9s to 9s 6d, '493 at 10s 6d, 209 at Bs, 116 at 11s 9d, 76 ab 7s 7d, 96 at 10s lid, 230 at 10s 6d. Pigs. — There was a large entry, especially in tho store pens, and prices were on a par with those ruling last week. Choppers made to £4, baconers 45s to 52s ,6d for ordinary and. 60* $£>$ Jacka&^PC.

equal to 5d per lb, and porkers from 33s to 40b, or 5d to s_d per lb.