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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

: LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph— Association—Copyright. (Received Mas SO, 6.5 p.m.). ® $Hv ; "'Vt LONDON, May 29. 1 /A '' .v , MEAT, .•' *.. ■. New Zealand: Sheep, North Island, 6 7-16 d; owes, 6<S;' lambs, Canterbury', second - quality, 8d j others, ' BJd ; Worth' Island, 7|d; selected brands, BW. ' Australian': Sheep, best, 6gdj second quality, 6d. Ewes, 53d. Lambs, best, 7£d;fair, 7^d; inferior, Vgd. South American: Sheep, light, 6Jd; heavy, 6d ; owes, s|d. Lambs, light, 7Jd; heavy, 7Jd.' Beef: Argentine, chilled, fores, 6Jd; hinds, BJd. The prices of other meats are I unchanged.

k , ... RABBITS. • ' The price of rabbits is unchanged. There is rather a better demand, owing to I the dearness of other meat. 1 rfUTE AND HEMP. Jute: May-June shipments, £20 10*. Kemp, June-August shipments, £52 15s. COPRA., May-June shipments, £22 10s. COTTON. May-June shipments, sd. RUBBER. Para, 2s ?id. Plantation, 2a 4£d. Smoked, 2s 4Jd. . WHEAT. The wheat market is active. At Chicago, July options are quoted at 126J cents to Jiidi cents; September options at 123 i cents; and October options at 120jj cents, to 121$ cents. ' "••METALS. Copper: Spot, buyers £78 15s, sellers £79; three months, buyers £79 12s 6u; sellers; £79 17s 6d. Electrolytic copper, buyors £87 10s, sellers £88 10s. Tin: Spot, buyers £163 ss, sellers £163 15s; three months, buyers £163, sellers £1631 '10s. Lead, buyers £20 ss, sellers £20 15s. i Spelter, buyers £78, sellers £82. Silver, Is 11 5-16 d per ounce. Quicksilver, 255s to 257s 6d per bottle. , BUTTER. Danish butter is quoted at 148s to 150s per cwt. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT. .. Most of the apples by the routes and the Telemon were good as regards condition and quality, and there was a strong demand. West Australian Cleopatras sold at 13s to 15s; Chandlers, 13s fed to 15s; Mun'ros, 133 N to 14s; and others at lis to 148, while a few were done at 9s 3d to 10s 6d. Tasmahian Stunners were sold at ; 13a 6d to 14s 6d; New Yorks, 103 6d to 114s; Scarlets, 13s 6d to 14s. Of the pears, (Vicars sold at 5s 6d to 6s 6d the tray, and I Winter Nelif. at 9s to 10s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from their London office, under date May 26 "Wool: Fifth series, list closed, May 22; gross * arrivals, 510,500 bales; forwarded direct, 310.000; ■ net .available, including old stock, £32,500 bales. 11 *

CONSOLIDATED DENTAL CO. ■■■ \ , [BY mtGIUTII.—TRESS ASSOCIATION. ';•?' ; '-'vl- '■ Wellington, Saturday. The: 17th > annual' meeting of the New Zealand Consolidated Dontal Company was laeld. last night The ; chairman announced that despite the war the : com ; pany had had I a successful year. The profit? and : : loss account showed imbalance of £3328 13s 6d, which it was decided to apply as followsTq payment of a dividend, of 7 per cent., ,£2060 8s .4d; 2£,pfcr cent, ' bonus on shareholders' purchases, £404. 12s lid: reserve account (making total.£6lso), £500: carry forward to next voar, : £363 17u 3d., Mr. Andrew Qn\y was re-elected a director, aid the auditors afc Auckland;' Christ church, Dunedin, and Wellington were all re-elected.

BUTTER AND EGOS. , The wholesale merchants odvue that the Dairy Produce Committee ha" fixed tho wholesale price . for - butter and eggs. for the ; week, ending June 6, as follows:— i factory - butter, Is 4Jd; fanners', separator and dairy butter, lid; eggs, Is 6d I per dozen. : " ; - •,