COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

{By Tclegrapn.— Press Absociation.— Copyright.' (Received June 1, 10 a.m.) FROZEN MEAT. LONDON,- 31tefc May. Tho Incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Sniithfiekl market quotations for tho undermentioned classes of frot'.en meat are based on actual sales of not less than one hundred carcases of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of beef of fai'* average quality. The quotations aje not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of ths bulk of the shipments now on the market. The prices which follow are on tho average a farthing per lb moro than the values ex ship, this difference representing the avoraga cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and Rolling the meat: — Mutton. — Canterbury heavy, 3£d: North Island, 32d; best brand*, 4 l-16d,; New Zealand ewes, 3 7-16 d. Lambs. — Canterbury light, 6 5-16 d; medium, 6'3-16d; heavy, 6gd ; Southland, 6 l-16d ; North Island, 6d ; selected brands, 6 3-16 d. Australian Sheep.— Light 3|d, heavy, 3 11-16 d; ewes, 3§cl. Lambs, 5 11-16 d; inferior quality,' s|d. Beef. — Hinds 4 15-16 d. , South American Sheep. — Heavy. 3|d ; ewes, 3;id. Lambs, first quality, s^d ; second quality, s^d. Beef, chilled fores, 3£d. Other meats unchanged. RABBITS. Rabbits.— Market dull. Prices unchanged. (Received Juno 1, 10 a.m.) BREADSTUFFS. LONDON, 31st May. Wheat is steady. Market quiet. A cargo of Australian sold at "37s l>kl. Holders ask 37s 9d for shipments off coast. The wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom totals 3.030,000 quarters; for tho Continent, 2,460.000; Atlantic shipments, 500,000; Pacific, nil. The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted 'to 1,380,000 quarters, including Australasian 107,000. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON. 30th May. Copra. — The market is weak. ( South Sea, in bags, vi being freely offered ab £24 10s to £25 per ton. New Zealand hemp is quiet. High point lair, May- July shipments, £24 10s per ton. Cotton. — May-June shipments of American middling cotton arc clearing at 7.32 d per lb. Rubber. — Hard, fine Para, 2s OJd ; plantation, 2s 3ijd ; smoked sheets, 2s 4d. Tin plates, I.C. coke, 12s 9d per cwt; I.C. coke, 13s 9d. Fencing wire is quoted at 140s per ton. German cement, 4s 9d per cask. Antimony, 2s 6d to 2s 7d.