COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14854, 4 December 1911, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. ■■■~ V'. . ' ' '.".■ Iv'fVtK ' ' —' • Br Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received December 3, 5.5 p.m.) ,"'',,' ' Losdon, December 2. • } J ." . COTBA. ffgjjts is modorato business at £23 15s to i ' £23 13» 9d. BABBITS AND HARES. *' Jabbits are firm and unchanged; bares ':'/ are neglected. HEMP. '"•■*], Hemp is ,liot - November-January ship—eots, £20 ss. !,, JUTE. ' December-January shipments, £19 15s. ;'...'; BL'BBEK. . flubber is quoted at 4s 4d. : COTTOX. '. .■"•■.■■ December-January shipments, 4.87 c,. ' : ;'"; i HIDES. ','.''-. Hides are firm. There are only small offerings. Mtk RABBITSKIKS. • * The rabbitskin sal« closed firm. About 3750 bak's were offered. .;, - _ • Messrs. Dal get and Company, Limited, i Auckland. are in receipt of tho following cable- from their London office, under date ; " 31st wit.:—-Frozen meat: Stocks are very •"" '•• small. Holders ask an advance, but there is ' » very limited demand. Large quantities of Homegrown marketed. There- is a scarcity '' of feed, consequently there way be more H t demand later on. Lambpar to a farthing. j 'Mutton— One-eighth of a penny < higher. 'f; '"Beef— Three-eighths to halfpenny higher. ;-■ Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, Auckland are in receipt ot tho following mx cable from their London office, under date I November 30: —Butter: Total imports into ; United Kingdom for week ending Saturday I§§Jut. 59,000cwt. as compared with 62,000ewt Ita for corresponding period last year. We yjv'» ■.quote:— Danish, 1375; New Zealand, salted .V.'lSOs; finest Australian, salted 128s, unsalted • ' 2305; Australasian exceptional, 2s more; ' Danish, quiet; French, firm and advancIfl ing. Siberian supplies decreasing; stocks ■•■■}''. ar>» wry small everywhere. Future depends principally on export from your side. Con- . sumption has been checked by present high ' prices. Business is interfered with by a HI .competitor sending out a circular offering i:' iancy Australian unsalted l3os, salted 126s ■ : ' to 2s more, tending to depress market. Aus- | tralian quiet, but statistical position very . strong. Under date 31:—Butter, unchanged. Copenhagen official quotation unchanged. 1 Rather too large proportion of unsalted at ""3 the moment. PRICES OF METALS. ' . 3>y Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. {Received December 3, 5.5 p.m.) Lokdojt, December 2. COPPER. -, On the spot. £59 2s 6d; at three months, £59 17s 6d. Supplies. 36,263 tons; de--11l liveries, 39.416 tons; stocks, 58,632 tons; afloat, 6350 tons. 1 * TIN. *'' On the spot, £203 10s. At three months, I £192 15s. Stocks, 17,391 tons; on the spot, ; ; ! ;4 6181 tons; afloat, 4817 tons; deliveries, ' 2167 tons. " LEAD. ■ Lead is quoted at £15 16s 3d. m ; — ■—— WOOL SALES. ; V By Telegraph.—Press Association.— r ,i' (Received December 3, 5.5 p.m.) i-. ■■:.'■," iu - ' ■ London, December 2. At the wool sales the top price for the Hillersden clip was 10d, average 9Jd.

'•:.,■'._ BUTTER AND EGGS. .The wholesale quotations for butter and eggs for the week ending December 9 are v as follows:—Butter, factory Is Oid per lb, /.owners' 8d per lb; eggs, 8d per dozen.

"■*'"..' SALES ■OF PROPERTY. . '",' Notwithstanding the ; inclemency of the " weather. Messrs. T. ilandeno Jackson's land illeato at. Harrow Neck Beach was well at,'V 1 landed,- and the following allotment*» were A quitted :-No. 1, £385; No. 2, £195; No. 3, £137 109: No. 4. £225; No. 5. £240; No. 7, I « ■'■'■ £387 15s; No. 9. £341 5»; No. 11. £302 ss; No. " 13, £575; No. 14. £341; No. 17. £314; No. 1 ,-.■ 33. £279; No. 3D. £180; No. 21. £180; No. 28. £15<l. The KVle was discontinued owing to . ■ the rain, and the remaining sections will be ■•=«' offered on Wednesday next, particulars of • which will bo advertised in to-morrow a • - ißue. < ■- /'- ■' . . ■- ■■ ■ ■