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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 April 1926, Page 6

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METAL MARKETS

tßy Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.; Australian &. N-Z. Cable Association..

LONDON, April 5 Upper £57 18s 9d and £SB 16s 3d; lead £3O iss Ud and £3O 17s 6d ; spelter £33 11s 3d and £33 13s 9d ; tin £287 17s fad ami C‘279 7s fad; silver, standard, Slid, fine 323 d .

LONDON MARKETS The Department, of Agriculture Itas received the following cablegram, dated tile Ist inst., from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London :—• BUTTER Market quiet. Official quotations are:—New Zealand, finest, salted. 173 s to 176 s per cwt (Is G£l to Is per lb); mi salted J 74s to- 176 s (Is Gd to Is 63d), i-xeept'oimL 178 s (Is 7d); other qualities 154 s to 168 s (Is 4.',d to Is Gd) CHEESE Colonial quiet : New Zealand, coloured. 97s u. SBs. exceptional 100 s (10id. 10i<l, to 102(1 pc-i- tb! ; while 96s to 97s 1 lOjil), exceptional 98s (10^1). HEMP Manila market lias declined further. .)' i-rade March-May shipments sold down to £3B, but market steadier -.t the , liami April June shipments of t. red at- £33 10s. Sisal market ion lirtues dull. March-May shipment;:- Tan ganyika number one quoted at £'45.10:'.; Kenya £43 New Zealand neglected and high points April-Jum- shipments offered at £37 and fair £34. WOOL Bradford market- quiet, and iinprovctl tone maintained though business in medium and low crossbred tops -shows no improvement yet. Present quotations arc for lops:—64’s (merino) warp 4s to 4,s 11; 64's (average) 3s lOd to 3s lid : 56’s (super half-bred) 2s 9d ; 430’s (halfhrt‘d) 2s 2d : 4()’s (prepared) Is 9d TALLOW Spot, market remains quiet, and no change in prices with the exception of: —Mutton, fine 44s 6d to 45s per cwt. OATS Market quiet hut. steady. Plate en route sold for 18s 9d and Maivli-April shipments offered at- 19s. No 2 Canadian Western March-April shipments offered at 25s 9d nominal value. Now Zealand Cartons "A” grade 275. English slow. Best white seed making 33s to 41s 6d, good feed 26s to 275. PEAK Maple partridge e xsto-re firm. Value for best New Zealand 82s 6d and Tasmanian 92s 6d. Blues more demand and Japanese values have advanced. hebruary-Maroh shipments sold at £35 per ton. Dutch hand-picked pressed for sale at £lB. New Zealand and 'J asmaniau neglected. COCKSFOOT Unchanged at 82s 6d to 925.