COMMERCIAL

Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4310, 13 November 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

(Received 13, 8.20 a.m) London, November 13. BANK RETURNS. Bank of England returns : Gold coin, £31,940,000 Reserve, £22,854,000 Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 5071 Circulation, £28,809,000 Public deposits, £5,854,000 Other deposits, £39,175,000 Government securities, £16,158,000 Other securities, £23,730,000 Three months' bills, 4Yz per cent Short loans, 4% per cent Bank rate 5 percent. CONSOLS. Consols, £B2 I2s 6d STOCKS AND SHARES. New South Wales, fours £lO7 J ss, three and a halfs £9B 10s, threes £BS lOs Victorian, fours £lO3 lOs, three and a halfs £97 15s. threes £B6 Queensland, threes £B6 5s New Zealand, Fours £lO5, three and a halfs £BB 15s, threes £B6 Tasmanian, three and a halfs £97 lOs. West Australian, threes and a halfs £O7 lOs South Australian, threes and a halfs £9B The new South Australian £500,000 loan is still uncleared, though offered as low as £99 lOs, and buyers are asked to bid. WHEAT AND FLOUR. The wheat markets aie firm upon stronger American advices and rumours of frost in the Argentine, but they are still inactingAustralian landed 42s 6d to 43s 6d. sailers' October shipments 41s, new crop December-January 38s, JanuaryFebrnary 37s 9d. February-March 37s 2%d, and parcels of DecemberJanuary 38s. Flour market steady and quiet. Australian at London 31s; ex-store Glasgow, no sales of new crop, old crop 33 s.

OATS. Oats: Market slow. La Plata January-February 14s l%d. BUTTER. There is a strong demand for best butters, salted at ll2s to 114s and an occasional Il6s, unsalted Il6s to Ilßs, secondaries 106s to lIOs. The Paparoa's landing is quoted at Ilßs, Danish 130s to 1325. A conference of leading butter and rabbit importers agents expressed anxiety as to the result of the strike and the possibility of lessened supplias followed by marketing of accumulated stocks. Though most of thec i.f. contracts contain the strike clause the result of deiaying shipments will be disastrous. SUGAR.

1 There is a firm speculative market owing to less favourable-c'rop reoorts from France- German 12s, first marks 13s 9d. WOOL.

The Bradford wool market is dull Top makers advance for present and future quotations one fai thing but business is limited METALS. Copper, spot £SB 3s gd three months Lead: Imports i. r t 7 so tons, Aus tralian 2957 tons; exports, 3377 tone. Iron, £2 10s ll^jd. KAURI Kauri, In stock 311 bags WEEKLY MARKET RE POET. Special to Hastings Standard Wellington. November 10. The N.Z. Farme-s' Co-Operative Co.. L l rl.. report as follows ■ Maize—4s 3 1 per bmliel Wh^at-(whole fowl) 4s 10d to 5s per bushel. Barley— r ar>9 seed, 3s 6d per bushel Barley—-Feed 3s per bushel Oats—Feed 2s 3d to '2s 5d per bushel Oats —Seed Sparrowbills, Gartons. Duns, 2s (id to 2b 8d Algerians 2s 4d per bnshe 1 , Oats (crushed) 2s 7d per bushel ■Partridge ''easss per Hishel Prussian Blue Peas 5s fid per bushel Dressed 0 eksfoot Bdper lb Dressed Rye grass 5s to 5s fid per bushel Super hosphate (best) £5 per ton Tonsil Plai —£4 15-! per ton Hay—(prime) £3 to £i per ton Oaten 37s 6d, wheaten 41s per ton

iiran—£4 to £4 5s per ten Pollard—£s to £5 5s per ton Barley Meal—£s per ton Sncrosine —200's £7, 100's £7 5s per ton Linseed Oil Cake—(genuine) £l3 per inn

Prime Oaten Sheaf Chaff —£3 to £3 is per ton Po'ato s (new), Hutt, 20s per cwt Potatoes (old)—£4 H's to £5 10s per ton Onions ( 4 ustr«lsan) £lO 10s ve* - ton Butter —Separator, bulk, 8d to 9d, pats 9d to 9£d, Dairv 7d to 8d per lb. Eggs—(fresh) Is to Is Id per doz, good demand Cheese—best factory mediums, 3d per lb Honey—6o's 4d, 14's 4Jd per lb Beeswax—ls 6d per lb. Fungu*—od f ier 'b Walnut®—sd per lb Bacon—SiAes Bd, Ralls 9J, Hams 9d per 'b Porkers—7o's 'o 90's * 4 t|d, 90's 1o 100's 'VI. Baco-ers 4d. Hea,\y Pgs 3d pc lb

Green Peas—ls to Is 3d per peck, ( abbfigfi—7s to f'd ifr pack Cauiiflow. r 8s (id to pt r sick, Oanr t-\ T»l>l«—2s prr jack Parsnips - Is per sack Marrows—ss Gd per sack Pumpkins --Ps per sack R-we 'es—4os to 50s per ton A«pava<rus —4s (id to 7s doz bundles Cucumbers—6s to 9s ner doz I ettuo.e—4s to 8s per ca-e liaddisli fid per doz Spring Onions —9 1 per doz Gooseberries 4£d per lb _ ' omato's lOd to Is per lb Rhubarb—3s to (is per dozen Dessert- I ">s per ca-e. Apples Cookers—lis 6d per case Pou'trv—Tab'e Roosters 4s Pel to ss, Co. kerel< 5s to -'s (id. Table Flens 4s (id to (is, Di ; c\s 7s to 7s fd. Geese Gs (id, Chickens 1 to 2s 6d. all at per pair. Turkey Gobbler" 9d, H*ns 8d per 1!) Poultry i'i excellent r'ernanL

WOOL, SKINS AND HIDES Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd.,. report having held their periodical s-ale of wool, skins, hides, and tallow before a fair attendance of local buyers. Bidding was slack and prices realised showed a drop of from to Td per lb for sheepskins. Hides sold well up to last sale's rates. We quote: Wool: Crossbred fleece up to 7£d» dead 7d, bellies and pieces locks 3d-

Sheepskins : Half bred up to /Md» crossbred fine heavy 7%d» medium 6d, hoggets 5%d, lambs Is 7d each, pelts is. Hides: Ox, heavy 6J4d per lb, medium 5%d, light 4%d. Tallow : in tins 2%d per lb, rough fat l%d.