BRITISH QUARTERLY REVENUE

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, 3 January 1910, Page 5

BRITISH QUARTERLY REVENUE

THE COPPER MARKET,

[press association.] (Received Jan. 2, 5.5 p.m.)

LONDON, Jan. ■>. The British quarterly revenue was £32,880,000. Customs contributed £7,548,000, excise £9,696,000, and stamps £2,146,000. Copper, spot £61 los per ton. three months £62 los, electrolytic £63 10s. The firm of Vivian, Younger and Bond reports that it is believed that American negotiations will result in a prepondering proportion of the production of copper being handled by one selling agency rather than any huge amalgamation being formed. There are indications for a satisfactory volume of trade being maintained during the current year. Tin, three months £154 10s. Stocks 21,358 tons, on spot 7645, afloat 4969, deliveries 2944.

Lead.. £13 ]2s (xl per ton. Copra is quiet. South Sea, in bags

Wheat: 25,000 quarters of Australian December-January shipment sold at 39s 3d, and a cargo at 40s 9d. The othcial estimate of the Argentine wheat crop is 4,278,500 tons.