COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 20, 24 January 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

THE METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph.— Preaa Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 23rd January. Copper.— On spot, £70 ss ; three monf hs, £70 15b; electrolytic, £77 15s. Tin.— On spot, £228; three months, £226 10s. Lead, £7 16s 3d. (Received January 24, 10 a.m.) SILVER. LONDON, 23rd January. Bar silver is quoted at 28 13-l6d pier ounce standard. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, 23rd January. Wheat, 3s 6£d to os 7£d. Flour, novi, £3 10s. Bran, £4 15s. Pollard, £S. Oats, Sparrowbills, 3s 7cl to 3s 8d; New Zaaland Giants, 3s 9d. Maize, 4s 7d to 4s lOd. Potatoes, local, £4; Taslnanian, £7 10s. Onions, Globes, £6. Butter,, prime, 100s; selected brands, 92s to 96a. Cheese, 6£d. Bacon, 74d to Bd. ADELAIDE, 23rd January. Wheat, 3s s£d to 3a 6£d. Flour, £8 12s 6d. Bran and pollard, Is lid. (Received January 24, 10.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Wheat, 3s 6£d. Flour, £8 10s. Bran* £5 ss. Pollard, £5 15s. Barley, prime,. 4s 8d; Cape, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Oats, firm, Algerian, 2=. 4d to 2s 7d; seed, 2s Bd. Maize, weak, 4s o£d. Peas, 4s to 4s 3d. Potatoes, £4 to £4 ss>. Onions, £4 15s, to £5. ' , MELBOURNE HIDES. MELBOURNE, 23rd January. Hides were in small supplies at to* day's sales. _ There was a brisk demand, and prices were a farthing dearer. The New Zealand Loan and. Morcantiloi Agenoy Company, limited, and reduced, hare received the following cablegram) from their London house, under date) 22nd iust. :— " Tallow. — We quote present! spot values for the following descriptions} . of tallow ."-Fine mutton 39s per Owtj I good beef 355, mixed 33s 3d. The market is firm. Wheat.— We quote 37s 9d, d.i.f. Australian cargo. The market isi quiet but steady owing to inoreased supplies. The Argentina outlook is uncertain. We quote per quarter c.i.f. ,New Zealand wheat, long-berried 35s 6d,.i short-berried 355." 1