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Evening Star, Issue 17849, 21 December 1921, Page 2

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Press Association—Bv Telegraph—Copyright FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. LONDON, December 19. The foreign exchange rates on London afford the following comparison;

The exchange rate on New York is the highest since October, 1919.—A. and N.Z. Cable ' LONDON SHARD MARKET. LONDON, December 19. Consols are quoted at £SO 10s. P. and 0. shaves: Buy £290, sel £3lO ■—A. and N.Z. Cable. BRADFORD WOOL MARKET. LONDON, December 19. The Bradford wool market is stronger all round, and there is more business. Cross-bred quotations, 64’s (March), A, ;uid N.Z, Cable. LONDON METAL MARKET. LONDON, December 19. (Received Dermbr-r 21, at 10.15 a.m.) Copper, £66 15s 3d to £67 ,16s 3d. Lead, £2: 10s to £24 12s id. Spelter, £27 12s 6d te CM 15=. Tin, £172 12s 6d to £174 12s 6d. Silver, 55|-d. —A. ami N.Z. Cable.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, December 21. (Received December 21, at 10.25 n.m.) Tho ninth sores of wool sales has closed. Com pa-cl with the rater or the November series fine merinos increased bom 10 to 12j prr cent., good bellies and pieces incensed from 10 to 15 per cent., stronghaired wools increased by per cent., and pure cross-bre' , s and comebacks increased by 15 per cent. BUTTER AND CHEESE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., advise having received the following cable from their head office, dated December 16; “Butter continues weak and irregular. Danish, £9 2s to £9 6s ; Australian unsalted (finest) £7 12s to £i 14s, salted £6 6s to £6 14a, secondary, £5 16a to £6 4s, inferior £4 16s to £5.10a; New Zealand finest, £7 ]oa to £7 16s. Government prices unchanged-; hut no sales are being made, owing to the present high prices compared- with free butter. Cheese, very quiet. New Zealand color, £4 10s to £4 16s, white £4 10s to £4 18s. Australian, not quoted. Danish, c.i.f., not i quoted ; season is finished.’’ I A mistake in regard to the price of | Lion motor spirit and benzine appeared in our motoring cobvrui last .'•e'n’day night. Tho price quoted was 23s 6d, whereas : t should- have been 25s 6d, less the usual discount.

Dec. 15. Dec. 19. Paris, fr to £1 ... 51.70 52.00 Christiania, kr to £ ... 27.37 27.05 Stockholm, kr to £ ... 17.04 16.95 Copenhagen, kr to £ ... 21,79 20.35 Pcrlin, mk to .€ ... 768.00 770.00 Montreal, dnl to £ 4.55 4,55 New York, dol to £ ... 4.19 4.22 Hongkong, stcr to dol ... 59d olid Yokohama, st to yen ... 273d 27|d Calcutta, st to rpe ... 153d 16d