COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 14636, 4 August 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

■■> • i The value of the imports to New I ■j Zealand during the quarter ended June 30 was £4.319.518, as compared with I ; £.3,456,879 in the, corresponding quarter !of 1910. The value of the exports last | quarter was £4,728,569, as compared with \ ; £5,714,578 in the corresponding quarter | of last year. ;{■ THE MARKETS. ( Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. j > j LONDON, August 3. (Received August 4, at 8.5 a.m.) Copper : Cash. £55 Is 3d : electrolytic, £SB 7s 6d. Tin : Spot, £192 10s; three months, £193 15?. Lead. £l4. j THE HIDE SALES. j Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. \ MELBOURNE. August 3. j Ai the hide sales to-day there were fair < supplies. Kips were in better demand. 1 but other sorts were unchanged. j THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. j Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.. SYDNEY, August 3.—The wheat mar- i knt is firm, and sellers are holding hack. * Quotations, 3s 5d to 3s 5,], d. Flour : | Coiintrv, £7 17s 6d ; c-itv. £6. Bran, j £4 15s. Pollard. £4 10s.* Peas : Blue, j 6s to 6s 6;l: grew 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Barlev : | Victorian Cape/2s 6.1 to 2s 8d ; Ensrlish. ■ 2s 4d to 2s 6,1. Maize, 2s lOd, On-ts :'Tas- i mntiiii.n .sparrowlnlls. 2s lOd: pants, 'h j I lid : Algerian milliner, 2s 7<l : feed, 2s 3d ! ! to 2s 5d ; seed. 2s 7*l : Tartarian seed, 2s | j lid to 3s. Onions, £4 to £4 ss. Potatoes : 1 i Tiism«uian, £8 to £8 10s; Yictorian, £5 j ! 10s to £7. Butter, 116s. Bacon, sid to I 6d. Cheese. 6d to 61d. " I ; MELBOURNE, August 0.-The driff j i market is firm, and tho re is a good de- j | maud. Oaten :' Dumped. £3 10s to £3 ! ; 15s : compressed, covered £3 15s to £4, ! j uncovered £3 10s to £3 15s. The flour ! j market is firm. Countrv. £7 5s to £7 6s ; : ! city. £B. Wheat, 3s s;}d. Oats : Algori.-n | (•milling,. 2s 2-J.d ; feeding, Is 6d to 2s. j .'Barlev: Enclish, maltinc. 5s to 5s 3d; | Cape,' 2s 8d : feedinj:, Is" lOd. Bran and j pollard, £5. Onions. £3 to £3 7s 6d. ! i Potatoes. £4 10s to £5 15s. ! ADELAIDE, August 3.—Wheat, 3s 3d. I Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Brau. Polj lard, 12{d. Oats : Algeriau, 2s 4d. (FROZEN MEAT FROM ARGENTINA. The Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists has received the following cablegram from Buenos Ayres, dated August 3 :--T'he following ship- • • merits of produce wore despatched from the ' j Argentine to United Kingdom ports dur- . ! in-g Julv, 1911 (compared with Julv. i S 1910) :—' " i U .'Julv. 1911. Julv 1910. j Frozen beef, quarters 141.000 84.326 Chilled beef, quarters 215.C00 89.859 Frozen mutton, car oasse-s ..." ... 216X00 240.441