LATE COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 4

LATE COMMERCIAL

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. 'WELLINGTON, April 19. The High Commissioner cabled from London on tho 17th inst. : Mutton.—Market quiet, but there is a better demand on account of low prices. Canterbury lightweight is scarce at 3Ad heavy-weight plentiful at 2gd; North Island light-weight 2fd, heavy-weights 2jfl. Lamb.—The maiket is'eteadv, and a fair business is doing. The stocks of lamb on hand are heavy. 65,463 lambs arrived during the week from the Argentine, and are selling at 3|d; Canterbury lamb, 4fd ; other than Canterbury, 4£d. Beef.—Market weak and inactive. Hinds, 3|d ; fores, 2i_d. Butter.—Better demand. The market is steady, arid holders are" firm. Prospects are uncertain. Choicest New Zealand, 100s; Danish, 108s; Argentine, 98s;- Siberian, 98s; Australian, 975. Cheese.—The market is steady, but without animation. White, 60s 6d; colored 635. ' Hemp.—Market very quiet, and transactions moderate. Good fair grade, on spot, £23 ss; fair grade, on spot,'" £22 ; fair current Manila, on spot, £22; April-June shipments, good fair grade, £23; fair grade, £2l 10s; fair current Manila, £2l 10s. The Manila output is 20,000 bales.. Cocksfoot. Better , demand. Light 1 stocks on hand. Bright, clean, 171b seed, Wcol.—The market, remains firm. Bradford tops are quoted as follows:—Thirtysixes, low croas-breds, lHd; forties, low eross-breds,' Is Okl; forty-fours, medium' eross-breds, Is ' : fifties, half-breds, Is t y-s:-: marter-breds, Is B^d; sixties, merino-:,. 2s Id. Kauri Gum.—Market quiet, and small business doing. Ordinary to fair three-quarter scraped, 1655; fair half-scraped. 102s 6d ; brown fair half to three-quarter scraped, 87s 6d ; brown pickings, common to good, 50s; bush, fair to good, pale and amber scraped, 140s; stock on hand, 434 tons. Hops.—Maiket /lull, and likelv to continue so. Grain.—Market firm, with an upward tcrdoncy. The wheat market is strong, and all stocks are advancing. The market is greatly affected by the reports of American speculation, and small supplies are coming forward from the Continent. New Zealand long-berried wheat, on spot, ex granary, per quarter of 4961b, 465; New Zealand short-berried, ditto, 455. No supply on hand, and prices nominal. The oat market remains firm, and prospects are favorable. New Zealand oats, Ehort Sparrowbills, ex granary, on spot, per quarter of 3041b, 26s ; New Zealand oats, Danish, j ex granary,' on spot, per quarter of 3201b, 21s. Beans.—There is a general and active demand. New Zealand, f.a.q., old crop, per 5041b. 345. Peas.—Market firm. New Zealand .partridge peas, per 5041b, 465. Following are the shipments from the River Plate during March:—London: Jvlutton 62,108 carcasses. lamb 11,107. Liverpool: Mutton 102,577, lamb 9.746. Hull: Mutton- 5,874,- lamb 852. Cardiff: Mutton 3,409. lamb 1,972. Southampton: Mutton 8.147, lamb 4,239. Plvmouth: Mutton 1,516, lamb 505. Butter: London and Southampton, 9,843cwt. . WHEAT AND FLOUR. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON. April 18. (Received April 19, at 9.30 a.m.) The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,310.000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,080,000 quarters. The Atlantic shipments were 95,C00 quarters.