PRICE OF GOLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21117, 26 February 1932, Page 5

PRICE OF GOLD.

FURTHER FALL IN LONDON.

QUOTATIONS FOR SILVER. (Received February 25, 5.5 p.m.) & LONDON, Feb. 24. Gold is quoted to-day at £5 18s 9d an oz., compared with £5 19s Id yesterday. Silver is quoted at 19 13-16 d an oz. spot, and 19 15-16 d forward, compared with 19 15-16 d and 20 l-8d yesterday. The quotation for silver at per standard ounce is 19 13-16 d, and at per fine ouuca 21 3-Bd, same as on February 22. THE LONDON MABKETS. PRICES FOR METALS. SHARP DECLINES RECORDED. (Received February 25, 10.35 p.m.)" LONDON, Feb. 24. (Quoations on February 22 in parentheses. ) Copper.—Spot, £35 15s (£3B 8s 9d); three months, £35 16s 10jd (£37 8s 9d). Copper.—Spot, £4O 10s (£4l ss); three months, £4l 10s ( —}. Wire Bars.—£4l 10s (£4l 10s). Lead.—Spot, £l4 2s 6d (£l4 15s); three months, £l3 17s 6d (£l4 15s). Spelter.—Spot, £l3 5s (£l4 2s 6d; three months, £l3 15s (£l4 10s). Tin.—Spot, £139 6 S 3d (£l4O 13s 9d); three months, £l4l lis 3d (£143 3s 9d). 'American, 6.25 cents a lb. DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES. LONDON MARKET QUIET. Merchants have received the following cablegrams from their London houses, dated February 24: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited: —Butter, 109s. Cheese: White, 60s to 61s; coloured, 61s to 625. The market is very quiet. A. 11. Turnbull and Company, Limited: —Butter: Danish, 154s to 1565; New Zealand, finest salted, 108s to 110s; Australian, 103s to 106s. The market is quiet. Cheese: New Zealand, white, 60s ' to 61s; coloured, 60s to 625, The market is quiet. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. (Received February 25. 11.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 25. The following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market: —Wheat, ex trucks Sydney, 3s 4£d; at country stations, 2s B|d. Flour, £lO. Pollard, £5 ss. Bran. £5. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £10: Victorian, ££L Onions: Victorian Globes, £l6. Oats: White and Algerian, 2s 6d. Adelaide prices are: —Wheat. 3s 2J>d; flour, £7 10s; oats, to Is 9d; pollard, £5 10s.