COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

« LONDON MARKETS. ' By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 10th July. Frozen Meat — Canterbury sheep, light 3£d, medium, 21d, heavy 2id ; North Island 2£d, best brands 2£d. Lambs — Canterbury, light 3|d, medium ofd, ;heavy 34d; Southland, 3id; North Island, 3£d ; selected brands, 3^d. Bee{— Forequarters 2|d, hindquarters 4id. Australian sheep, heavy 2&d, light 2|d ; lambs, best brands 3id, fair quality 3|d, inferior quality 3d. Australian beef, forequarters 2|d, hindquarters 4£d. River Plate sheep, heavy 2 3-16 d, light 2 l-12d ; lambs, 34d. River Plate beef, fores 2|d, hinds 4id. Hemp. — Nejv Zealand hemp is negleoted. May-July sliipmcnt is quoted at £23 5s per ton, fair £22 ss. (Received July 12, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, 11th July. An Australian wheat cargo has been sold at 4-5s per quarter. | Copper, on the spot. £58 2s 6d per ton; electrolytic, £60. Tin.— Spot, £131 12s 6d per ton; three i months, £133. Lead, £12 12s 6d per ton. Imports, ' 17,884 tons, including 3400 Australian; exports^6so4. Antimony, £8. , Silver, 23 9-16 d per ounce. Copra active ; small supplies offering, j South Sea, in bags, sold at £19 17s 6d to £20 ss. Mr. H. Ernest Leighton reports; — "My clearance eale of Mrs. Berntsen's dairy stock, etc., at Wainui on Friday was largely attended. Competition all through was very keen, making values high. The cows were in low condition and backward. I sold one cow at £6 12s 6d, one at £6, one at £5 7s 6cT, one at £5, one at £6 15s, orie at £4 2.« 6d, one at £5 7s Od, one at £4 17s 6d, one at £4 15s, one at £5 2s 6d ; one at £8 10s, one .at £7 15s, one at £9, one at £6 15s; dog-cart at £10 12s 6d, milk-cart £7 7s 6d, harness £2 14s. I aluo sold a hoise, pony, separator, milk cans, dishes, poultry, potatoes, hay, and sundries at satisfactory prices."