COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3646, 24 January 1899, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

, VICTORIAN TRADE. f PRESS ASSOCIATION.” Melbourne. ’January’. 23.' Tiio imports of the 1 colony last year were valued ■at .£10,708,000, an increase of .£1,314,000, as compared with the previous year, and the exports ' wore .worth ■£15,817,000. a decrease of .£867,000. ! PROZEN MEAT. The following are the official quotations of the Frozen Meat. Trade Association. The basis of quotations is a sale of a line of not less than fOO carcases of mutton and'lamb. All the quotations aro foe fair average quality:— ' , , MUTTON. New Zealand crossbred -wethers and maiden ewes —Canterbury,' 1-lCd higher, at 3Jd per lb; Dunedin and Southland, Jd higher, at 3:;d per lb; North Island, at 3jd per lb. River Plata crossbred or merino wethers —Heavy, unchanged, at 3d; light, unchanged, at 3d. ;. L- WHEAT./ A, parcel of 11,500 quarters of South Australian wheat (February,, shipments) has been sold at 28s per quarter, c.i.f., equal to 3s Gd per bushel. / . b "tin." The tin market continues to exhibit" great strength. wool. . ■ At the wool sale Continental 'buyers are operating actively." /The/ hßlderslie clip sold at Is j Jd per lb. 1 STANDARD BANK LIQUIDATION. . Heubournd, January: ; 23. , , ,/1 The liquidator of the Standard Bank’of.* Australia reports that in August last, when the order 'was /made against tho company-/formed tb!.take over the old company, tho position of the company, exclusive of capital, was—Liabilities, .£782,000; assets,"/XIO ficieney •is • largely ■■ • represdiited by l,ll btfd 1 • debts. ■■ >• WOOL SALES. , . Reoeivcd January 24, I,lo:b,jdv.V< _ 1 Lo}xpoi^ v January, 53.,. Tho total quantity! bfi/wohllcatalordicd to date amounts to 32,211 bales, of which. 30,800 have been sold. :