COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 110, 11 May 1908, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd, Wellington, have received the following cable messages from their London House, under date of the 7th inst. : — Wool: May series of sales. Of the total Colonial wools available (264,000 bales) more than half is estimated to be crossbred wool. The estimated quantity"to be offered is 180,000 bales. Arrangements have been made to hold over the balance. Dates of our own sales are: 13th May, 20th May, 27th May, and Ist June. Butter: Market weak. The Copenhagen official quotation is unchanged. The total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the week ending 2nd instant amounted to 78,000, as compared with 79,000 for the corresponding week of 1907, showing a decrease of 1000 cwt. Finest, 106s per cwt. Frozen Meat: Lamb—The demand continues, and runs principally on finest qualities. Mutton—There is less demand, and prices are weaker. Beef—Poor demand, but prices are unchanged. Our quotations, for New Zealand descriptions are : Prime cross- , bred lamb, Canterbury, heavy s|d, light s|d; prime crossbred lamb, North Island,, heavy od, light 4fd; prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy 3|d, light 4£d; prime crossbred mutton, North Island, heavy 3£d, light 3|d; prime ox beef, fores 3£d,. hinds 3|d. Sheepskins: Prices are lower, as follows, since our last advices: Combing merino Id to l£d; fine crossbred Id; medium and coarse crossbred, woolly, Id to l£d; clothing *d to £d. ' Tallow: At par to 3d per cwt. lower.

Wellington, May 8