COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26, 1 February 1915, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

«. , LONDON WOOL SALES. SPIRITED COMPETITION. (By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright) , LONDON, 29th' January At the wool sales there was spirited American and Yorkshire competition for merinos at full rates Prices realised : Detroit, 13d, 113 d; Canonbar, Hid, 10id; Wombdn, 13d, ll|d ; Nivcdowns, 13d, Hid; Sesbania, 22^d, 21A.d ; Yule, lOd, 9d; Yardie, BJd, 7id. New Zealand— Ch^iatohuroh, 16d, 141 d; Otairi, 15>id, 143 d. FROZEN MEAT. LONDON,, 30th January. The Incorporated Society of Meab Importers' Smithfield market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of nob less than ono hundred carcases of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of beef, of fair averago quality. The quotations a-re not for selected lines, bub for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. Tho prices which follow are" on the average * farthing per lb more than the values ex «hip, this difference representing tho average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat: — Mutton. — Canterbury, medium, s^d ; North Island, best, 5 7-16 d; Australian, light* 5 M6d, heavy 5 l-16d, eweß 4 1546 d. Beef. — Australian ox fores sjd,. ox

hinds 6Atl ; River Plate chilled fores bid chilled hinds 7*d. Rabbits. — Tho_ market ia firm for rabbits, and prices aro unchanged. Hares. — Ilares aro neglected, and values are unchanged. LONDON MARKETS LONDON, 29th January Copper. — On the spot, £63 6s to £63 10a; tbreo months, £63 12s 6d to J6J63 17s 6d ; electrolytic, on tbo spot, £67 10s to £68. Tin.— On the spot, £172 to £172 10s ; three months, £160 10s to £161. Lead, £18 7s 6d, £18 83 9d. Spelter, £36 to £36 10s. Jute.— January-February shipment, £20. LONDON, 30th January. Wheat — Tho market is very firm. Chicago May options, 148 cto 150£e; July options, 1320 to 134 c. Butter — Danish, 144s to 148s per cwt. Hemp — Tho market is quiot. MarchMay shipment, £27 15s per ton. Rubber — Hard fine Para rubber. 2s s|d per 1b ; plantation, 2s 3d ; smoked sheets, 2s 4d. Copra — January-February shipment, £23 15s per ton Cotton — May-Juno shipments, 4.88 d per lb. ' CHICAGO WHEAT OPTIONS. LONDON, 29th January. Wheat. — Chicago May optionb, Idol 49 cents, 1 dol. 505 cents. July options, 1 dol. 332 cents, 1 dol 35i cents.