MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 51, 13 March 1906, Page 2

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Bislc- Bros. _ Co. have received the following cablegrams from their London Agents, Dalgety & Co., Limited : — Butter— Market very weak. Copenhagen official quotation unchanged. Wo expect lower prices. The imports of butter i lto 'he Un'teJ Kingdom for the week ending ths 3rd instant amounted to UPtOOO cwt, as compared with 95,000 cwt, for the corresponding period of last year, Morj demand for unsalted than salted. Frozen Meat — Lamb, expect a gradual decline in prices as arrivals come forward mire freely. Mutton, market firm, but not much demand. Our luotations are : — New Zealand prime cro sbnd Canterbury (hea\y) id, North Island sd. "Mutton, Canterbury (heavy) 4 Jd, North Island 33 d. Lamb, Canterbury (light) s_d, North Island 5Jd. Mutton, Canterbury (light) __d. North bland 4Jd. New Zealand prime ox beef (fores) 2Jd, hinds 3d. Messrs Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Wellington, report to their Nelson Agents, Bisley Bros. & Co., a? 8 liws :— Wool -All lots held over for sale on the 16th .instant, excopt balo of dead wool, which realised BJd. Skins— Prices were about the same level as last sale. We quote :—Crossbred 83d to 9id ; half bred 9d ; crossbred, damaged 7Jd to B}d ; inferior 6£d to 73d ; lamba BJd to 9Jd ; shorn do B}d ; inferior do 7}d. Pelts— No good lines offering, 3s 3d to 3s 9d, inferior Is 3d to 2s 2d. Hides— Prices were slightly firmer than last sale. No heavy ox offering. Medium ox, s_d to sjd ; slippy do 4Jd ; bulls 4_d ; cows s§d to 53d. Calf skins (no good lots offering) 6Jd to 7d.