COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16009, 30 August 1915, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Br Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received August 29. 5.5 p.m.) London. August 28. WHEAT The wheat market is dull and prices are lower. Chicago-September options are quoted at 99i to 97£ centi and December options at 97* to 95£ cent*. Wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom 1.310.000 quarters, for the Continent 715.000 quarters. Atlantic shipments, 381.000 quarters; Pacific, nil. Totals: Europe. 500,000 quarters ; Russia, 20.000 quarters; India, 14.000 quarters. BUTTER. Danish butter, 165s to 1695. High prices have checked the demand, especially from Germany and Austria.' FROZEN MEAT. New Zealand: Ewes. 5.d ; Southland lamb*, , 13-16 d: North Island, 71 d; selected brands. Bd. ' ' ' Australian: Best. 7£jd ; others 73d Argentine: chilled fores, 6jd ; hinds o£rt. The prices of other meats are unchanged. The demand for rabbits is steady. Prices are unchanged. COTTON. August-September shipments, 5.52 d. JUTE AND HEMP. Jute: September shipments, £24 l £ n ™; Hemp: August-October shipments, £o2 Ids. ' RUBBER. Para, 2s 5d ; Plantation, 2s 41d • smoked, 2s 3|d. ' COPRA. August-September shipments, £23. METALS. Copper: Spot, buyers £71 10s, sellers £71 15a ; forward, buyers £72 15s, sellers £73. Electrolytic Copper: Buyers £74, sellers £75. Tin: Spot, buyers £152 15s, sellers £153 ss; forward, buvws £154 sellers £154 10s. Lead : Buyers, £22 15s, sellers £22 17s 6d. Spelter: Buyers £66, sellers £70. Quicksilver: 345s per bottle. Silver: 22 15-16 d ner ounce.

J The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile j Agency Co., Ltd., have received the fob i lowing cablegram from their London house under date 25th inst. :— Tallow : We quote present spot lvalues for the following descriptions Fine mutton, 365. per owt, ; good beef, 35s per cwt; mixed, 32s per cwt. The market is quiet." BUTTER AND EGGS. The Dairy Produce Committee has fixed the wholesale price for butter and eggs for the week ending September 4 as folI lows : — Factory butter. Is 3d per lb; j farmers', separator, and dairy butter, lOd j per lb. Eggs, lid per doz.

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. An interim dividend for the half-year ending June 30, 1915, is now payable to shareholders of the Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Payments will be made at the company's office, Bank of New Zealand Buildings, Swanson Street, THAMES GAS COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Thames Gas Co., Ltd., will be held at the company's office, Hobson Buildings, Shortland Street, at noon i to-day. The transfer books of the com- j pany will be closed from August 23 to] August 30, both days inclusive. !