COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1908, Page 4

COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE.

Wheat — Th<» markets are slow, and axe tending downward. Heavy American and Argentine shipments are counteracting tho effect of .the reduction of the bank rate. Cargoes are neglected : South Australian afloat, 39b 6d to 40s ; new crop loading 1 40b ; January-February shipments, 39b 3d ; steamer parcels, January-February, 393; March shipments, 38s 9d; Australian spot is quiet at 44s 6d to 455. Flour. — The market is dxill. American declined 6d. Australian shipments, 29s to 30s, London," 30s Glasgow. Sugar. — German beet Id higher at 9s lid ; first mark granulated, f.0.b., Hamburg, unchanged at 11s 7d per cwt. Butter. — The market is very firm, iind all colonial arrivals are rapidly absorbed. Ohoioest Australian, 118s to 120s ; secondary, 116s. New Zealand, nominally ]225. to 1245. Danish, 126s to 128s. Thoro is a prospect of a further rise all round. Cheese. — The market is quiet. New Zoaland white, 61s ; coloured, 625. Canadian is quoted at 2s more. Wool. — The Bradford wool market is very fluiet and depressed. Nominally merinos are unchanged. Common 60' s, 25^d ; supers, 26id. The London sales are irregular, and there havo been considerable withdrawals. Good wools aro very firm. Other sorts in buyers' favour. Ngatapa clip realised 9Ad. THE METAL MARKETS. Copper.' — Spot, 30s lower at £61 2s 6d; three months', 20s higher at £61 15s a ton. Tin.— Spot, 10s lower at £124 ss; three months', 10s lower at £125 5s per ton. Lead.— Bs 9d higher at £14 18s 9d per ton. Pig iron. — 3d lower at 47s 6d per ton. Silver is quoted at 25 9-llid per oz. {Received February 1, 0.24 p.m.) LONDON 30th January. Afc the wool sales business was brisk. Some lots of faulty grcaaiee were withdrawn LONDON WOOL SALES. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable message from their London house, under date of yesterday: — "Wool sales continue active, competition is brisk, and tho buying- is general from all quarters. Prices are somwhat firmer for greasy good merino wools and greasy fine crossbred' wools. Scoured merino wools, inferior and faulty qualities, prices are 2£ to 5 per cent, lower. Medium and ' coarse crossbred wools, prices are on tho average 5 per cent, lower than opening rates of Jast season " WOOL, SKIN, HIDES AND TALLOW SALES. Tho Associated Brokers, in their report regarding yesterday's tale, slate that although th'ero was a fair attendance of buyers, competition for all lines, save hides, was slack. There was an active market for hides, and prime ox advanced id to 3s Bd, whilst good cow hides hardenod >£$. Calfskins declined iv sympathy with oversea markets by Id to l^d. The following prices wero reab'sed : — Skins. — Fine crossbred, 6d to 7d ; coarse crossbred, 4d to 6d; dead skins, 24d to 42d ; dead hoggets, 3d to 4d ; dry pelfs, 3d to 4d ; lambs., Is to Is lid ; lamb pelts, 8d to Is 3d ; green pelts, lOd to Is Bd. Hides. — Ox hides (extra heavy), 6d to bid; ox hides (medium), s|d to 6^d; ox hides (light), 4d to 51d ; cow hides, 33d to sad ; ox and cow damaged, lid co 4Jd ; calf skins (best), 3£d to <\\i; calf skins (cut and fiippy), 2d to 3d; buil hides 2d to 2id Tallow was steady. Parcels in shippiniy order £24; tins £15 to £20: rouch fat £15 to £17. b fij H i° rE ?o ai S-i ls *? Ib , 4cl per Ib; norns od to LBs 9d per hundred; cowtails, 10d to ls 4cl per dozen. Wool.— A small catalogue of 65 bags was submitted. Bidding was dull pondinr the sales on 21st February. Medium crossbred, s£d to 6id; dead wool, 42d to ?ad ; good pieces and bellies, 3id to 4j| • inferior, Id to 2£d; lamb, 6d to 6id.