COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received May 1, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 30th April. Wheat. — Two cargoes of Australian sold at 34s 3d and three others at 34b 4£d. Rabbits. — Market flat and prices unchanged. Hemp. — The market is inactive and prices unchanged. Cotton, 7.96|d per lb. Rubber, 5s 3d per lb. Copra. — Market firm. South Sea, in bags, £21 10s. Antimony, £9 10s. Bur silver is quoted at 24 9-16 d per ounce. Copper. — On spot, £64 53; three months, £54 17s 6d. Tin.— For forward delivery, £193 15s. BREADSTUFFS. (Received May 1, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 30th April. .Thei wheat and _ flour afloat for tha United Kingdom is 3,590,000 quarters; for the Continent, 3,510,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments, 67,000. The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted to 1,335,000 quarters, including 295,000 from Argentina, 605,000 from Russia, 120^000 from Danubian districts, 86,000 1 from India, and 74,000 from Australasia. FROZEN MEAT. LONDON, 29th April. The Frozen Meat Trade Association's Smithfiold market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters pf beef of fair average .quality. Tho quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of tho bulk of tho shipments now on tho markot. The prices which follow aro on an average {d per lb more than the value ex ship, this difference representing an average cost in expenses, handling, conveyance, and selling the meat. Mutton — Canterbury, light, 3|d; Canterbury medium, 3|d ; Canterbury, heavy, 3gd ; Southland, unchanged ; North Island, best, 2 11-16 d; North Island, or•dinary,/213; Australian, light, 2 9-16 d; Australian, heavy, 2jd ; River Plate, light, 2!d; River Plate, heavy, 2fd ; New Zealand ewes, 2 7-16 d; Australian ewes, 2 7-16 d; ■ River Plate ewes, 2 7-16 d. Lamb — Canterbury, light, 4^d ; Canterbury, medium, 5d ; Canterbury, heavy, 5d ; Southland, 4 3-16 d ; North Island, selected, 4 3-16 d; North Island, ordinary, 3Jd ; Australian, beet, 3£d ; Australian, fair, 3|d ; Australian, inferior 3^d ; River Plate, first, 3jjd; River Plate, second, 3£d. Baof — 'New Zealand ox fores, 2|d ; New Zealand ox hides, 33d; Australian ox fores, unchanged ; Australian ox hinds, unchanged ; River Plate ox fores, 2|d ; River Plate ox hinds, 3Jd ; River Plate chilled fores, 2|d; River Plate chilled hinds, 4£tl.