COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3648, 26 January 1899, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

DRESS . AS SOOIAtION. ENGLISH~COMMEECIAL. !' , London, January 23. wool. , At the wool sales Americans are buying the bulk of the low crossbreds at 10 per cent, above the December rates. The following New Zealand clips have been sold: —Clyde, at Is 7fd per lb; Aohanga, 7^d; Owarone, 6jd. ;

Januaryi 24. Wool is American I buyers are competing keenly for crossbreds. ; ■ London, Januaryi 23. THE METAL MARKETS. j The metal market is active and excited. Tin is quoted at =BllO per ton, as against <£lol 10s on Friday last; copper at« <£96 ss, as against .£67 13s 6d.

AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. Brisbane, January 25. The "Sugar Journal" gives the Reason’s sugar yield as 156,000 tons, an increase of 58,000 tons over that- of the previous year. Sydney, January. 25. Wheat, chick, 2s 3d to 2s 4d'; milling, nominal, 2a 7d. Flour, local, £7 to £7 ss; Manitoban, .£10*56. Oats, New Zealand ■feeding, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; milling, 2s 5d to 2s 7d. Bailey, Cape, 2s 7d to 2s 9d. Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Maize, 3s 4d to 3s - 6d. Bran, 71 d; pollard, i B.}d. Potatoes, local grown, £6 to .£7 10s; Circular Heads, £7 10s. Onions. Victorian, £5 ss. Butter, dairy, 7d to 8d; factory, ojd to 9d. Cheese, large, 4Jd; loaf, s|d. Bacon, 5d to 7£-d. ‘ 1 Melbourne, January 25. ■ Wheat is dull at 2s 6id. Oats, feeding. Is 6d to Is Bjd; milling. Is Barley, Cape, 2s to 2s 6d; malting, 4s to ss. Maize, 3s 4d. Bran, 7d. Pollard, 9d. Potatoes, £5 to <£s 10s. Onions, .£4 10s to «£5. Adelaide, January 25. Wheat is firm at 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Flour ,£6 15s. Qats, local dun and Algerian, Is 4d to Is 6d; stout, 2s 3d to 2s-7d. Barley, malting, 4s 6d. Bran, 71 d. Pollard, Bd.