COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 43, 20 February 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

(By Telegr»ph.— Press Association.— Copyright.l (Received February 20, 10 a.m.) SILVER. LONDON, 19th February. Bar silver is quoted at 26 9-16 d per ounce standard. WHEAT. LONDON, 19th February. Wheat is very firm, and sellers are holding for an advance of 3d. Four thousand tons of New South Wales February shipments and 6000 tons of South Australiam and Victorian March shipments have been sold at 35s 9d per quarter. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, 19th February. Wheat, 3s Bel to 3s Bid. Flour, £8 10s. Oate, Algerian feeding 2b Id to 2s 2d, milling 2s 4d, New Zealand A Gartons not quoted. Barley, Caipe malting, 2s 7d to '2s 9d. Maize, 4s 6d to 4s 7d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmania,n £b 10s, Victorian £11. Butter, selected brands 107s, secondary 104s. Cheese, 6£d. Bacon, le. ADELAIDE, 19th February. Wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 7d. Flour, £7 15s to £8. Bran and pollard, ll^d. (Received February 20, 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Wheat, 3s 9£d; flour, £8 15s;/ barley, malting, 3s to 3a 6d ; pollard, 3s j cape, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; oats, Algerian, Is 8d to Is lOd ; maize, 3s lOd to 3s lid ; bran and pollard, £$; potatoes, £3 5s to £4 10s; onions, £7 10s. MELBOURNE HIDE SALES. MELBOURNE, 19th February. There was a good catalogue of hides, and the sales were marked ' by strong 1 competition. Prices were one-eighth higher.