London Quotations.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8053, 3 April 1905, Page 5

London Quotations.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). . (Per Press Association.) (Received April 3, at 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 2. Copper, spot, 67*; three months. 67 15-16.

Tin, spot, 3095 tons; afloat 2557 ; stock, 15,607 : deliveries, 2265. Silver, 2s lsd. Hemp.—Dull' and lower; a January. March shipment sold for .£29 os.

Rabbits.—lrregular; large, 16s to 17s; supplies plentiful....

Opossum skins.—There is an. improved demand. Well furred have advanced ten per cent, but low are slightly easier. Mutton. — Canterbury, light, hone offering; medium, 4Ad; heavy,- unchanged; Dunedin and Southland, unchanged ; North Island, best, 4d. Lamb.—Canterbury, light, sgd; heavy, sfd; Dunedin and Southland, 5H\ x; North Island, s|d. ' Beef.—Fores, unchanged ; hinds, 3d. River Plate mutton unchanged. Beef, fores, unchanged; hinds, 2 11-16 d. The Frozen Meat Trade Association's. .■; Smithfield market for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats are based on ". actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 25 carcases of beef,' of fair average quality; these quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcelsfairly representative"of the bulk of the shipments now on the market:—NewZealand sheep, crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, Canterbury, light, 48 to 56 lbs; Canterbury, medium, 56 to 6 libs ; Canterbury heavy, 64 to72lbs; Dunedin and Southland, 56 to 641bs ; North Island, 55 to 65Jbs ; New Zealand lambs, Canterbury, light, 28 to 361bs-; Canterbury heavy, 36 to 421b; Dunedin and Southland, 28to 421bs; North Island, 28 to 421bs ; New Zealand beef, ox fores, 180 to 2201b5; ox hinds, 180 to 2201b5. .