COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 104, 29 October 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 28th October. Copper.— On the spot, £56 8s 9d per ton; three months, £57 11s 3d; electrolytic, £58 ss. Tin. — On tho spot, £138 5s per ton; three months, £140 2s 6d. (Received October 29, 0.15 p.m.) LONDON, 28th October. The American visible wheat supply is 51,37b,000 bushels. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, 28th Octobei. Wheat, old 4s lid to ss, new 3s lOd ; flour, £11; oats, Algerian 2s to 2s Id, Tasmanian 2s sd ; barley, Cape, 3s to 3s 3d ; maize, 4s Id to 4s 2d, South African 4s ; bran, £4 16s 6d ; pollard, £5 15s ; potatoes, new, £8 ; onions, £7 8s ; butter, 100s ; cheese, 6|d ; bacon, 8d to B£d. MELBOURNE, 28th October." Wheat, old 4s 7id, new 3s lOd; flour, £10 15s; oats, Algerian, Is 6d to Is 9d ; barley, primo English milling 3s 9d, Cape 2s 8d ; maize, 3s 8d ; bran, lid ; pollard, 13d ; onions, £3 to £4 10s ; potatoes, £2 5s to £3.. ADELAIDE, 28th October. Wheat, old 4s 6d, new 3s lOd ; flour, £10 15s; bran, ll£d; pollard, 12^d ; oats, Algerian, Is 7d. MELBOURNE HIDE SALES. MELBOURNE, 28th October. At the hide sales to-day supplies were moderate, and there was strong competition for all classes Priceß all round were id dearer compared with last week. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency O< mpany, Limited, have receivod the following cablegram, from their London house, under date 28th instant : — ''Sheepskins — Fin© crossbreds have declined id, and coarse crossbreds and clothing descriptions £d per lb since last sales; other descriptions, id to id per lb." Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co. have received the following wool market cablegram from their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray an<J. Co., dated 28th October: — "Fine crossbred Sheepskins ! have declined a farthing per lb ; merino and coarse crossbred skins a halfpenny."