COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 106, 1 November 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

FROZEN MEAT. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 30th October. Frozen Meai;. — Sheop — Canterbury heavy, 4id per lb ; - others unchanged. Lambs — Canterbury light 4gd, medium 4-^d, heavy 4|d; Southland, <4d; North Island I±d, selected brands 4§d. Beef, fores 3 l-16d, hinds 3id. Australian sheep, -heavy aud light, 3gd ; lambs unchanged ; beef, fores 3d, hinds 3 5-16 d. River Plate sheep, heavy and light, 4d ; lambs unchanged; beef, fores 3d, hinds 3 5-16 d. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, 30th October. The hemp market is inactive, and prices remain unchanged. There is a strong demand for copra, and large sales are reported of South Sea *fc (in bulk) £21 10s, (in bags) £21 12s 6d. The market for eucalyptus oil is quiet, prices ruling at lOd to 14d. / At Liverpool October-November cotton ifl quoted at 7.60 d. Messrs. Neill Brothers estimate the American crop at under 11,000,000 bales. Short time will probably be worked in tho Lancashire mills till Christmas. (Received November 1, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, 31st October. ■ Twelve thousand quarters Australian wheat, December-January shipment, have bew. sold at 38s per quarter. The first shipment this season of ArgenHm> butter has been Fold. Salted realised li4s to 116s per cwt., unsalted 118s. _ Rabbits are firm, prices unchanged. English supplies are smaller. Copper, on the spot, £57 13s 9d per ton ; throe months, £58 15s ; electrolytio, £59 lEs. Tin.— Spor, £138 2s 6d; three months, £140. Lead. — There is a slight slackening of consumption, but the undertone of the market is firm. Quotations rule at £13 2s 6d. Silver, 23 l-16d per ounce. Wolfram is quoted at about 295. j Tin plates, 13s 3d and 14s 3d; fram i rails, £5 ss. (Received November 1, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, 31st October. Waihi Junction shares aro quoted buyers j 45s Id, sellers 47s 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Co., Ltd., has received the following cablegram from its London house under elate 29th October: — "Frozen meat — Moderate demand mutton ; market weaker lamb; market has improver] beef."