FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5229, 19 March 1904, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs revenue received yeste: day.totalled .£BIO 18s lid.

George Thomas aijd Co. report the following prices'lulling in .their market: ■ Flour, Golden Gem. 200’s £9 10s per ton; bran, £3 10s per ton; McGill's'oatmeal, Jill; oats, prime short'2s 3d, duns 2s, Danish 2s; baled straw, £3; horse beaus, 4s 3d per bushel; partridge' peas, 4s 3d; Capo Barley seed, 3s 3d; spirt peas, :ss; factory bacon 7£d; dairy butter, 8d per lb; Hutt potatoes. £3 to £3 10s; tomatoes, Is to Is fid per half-case; peaches, Nelson A grade, 2s to 3s Bd, Hawke's Bay A grade-la fid to 2s, B grade Is toGs 81, C grad© Is; green peas, is tft Is 5d peck; Messina lemons 10s per 160, 18s for 300's ; ducks, 4s 6d per pair; fungus, 4s to did per lb; cauliflowers, 4s‘fid to os fid por sack; pri mo whole fowl wheat.: 3s fid; pollard, JBS ss; maize. Auckland £3 3s; O.S. chaff, 75s to 80s; baled hay, £4 10s to h£s; Prussian blue peas, 5s 3d; • ■ feed barley, 3s; pearl barley, 15s per cwt.; Taratahi factory cheese, 5Jd; hams, Sid; fresh egg®. Is sd;‘ onions. £4 10s to £3 10s; cucumbers, 3s to 4s per banana case; beans, id per lb ; fowls, 3s Sd to 2s per pair; walnuts, 4-id to sd; cabbages, 3s to ss; mushrooms, 4id per lb; Cane gooseberries, 4id per db; .'itoek melons, 3d to 4d,eaeh; pie melons, 4s fid per cwt.; pumpkin®, 3s sd per cv.T. ; marrows, Vs fid per sack.

Laery and Co., Ltd., report the following wholesale selling prices on the. Wellington market:—Wheat, fowls’, Ss- fid; feed oats. 2s to ,2s 2d,* discoloured: Is 7d to Is 9d'; barley, 2s fid bo 2s: 3a'; pollard, .£5 10s per ton; hour, £9 10s to £10; bram, £3 to .£3 10s; oatmeal, .£9 10s to £9 15s; rolled oats (s’s), 9s 8d; sacks ditto £l2; oatsheaf chaff, 75s - >.o 80s per ton; Cape barley, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel; maize, Ss 34 bo 3s fid; fungus, 4,Jd per lb; potatoes, £3 15s to £3 10e; onions, 4s fid to 6s; swedes, 3s fid to 3s fid; tomatoes, Is to 3s half-case; green peas, 9d to Is per peck; cabbages *s to 6s; oauli-! flower's, fis to. Ss; cheese, factory sid to 5Jd, loaf size fiid; butter 7d to 8d for pastry, inferior 5d to fid; bacon, bast factory 7d, rolls "id; bams, 8d per lb; walnuts, sid; cooking apples, 2s to 4s a case, dessert 4s to 19s; grapes, fid to Is lid; peaches, 2s to 4s half-case; plums, 2s fid to 4s; Messina, lemons, 9s to 10s; Messina oranges, blood 9a to. 10s;. hens, 3s; roosters, 3s to 3s fid; ducks 4 S to ss; turkeys, hens 8s to 9s, .gobblers 11s to 1.35; ryegrass, 3s 9d bo 4s fid por bushel; cocksfoot,, machine-dressed, 5d per lb; undressed cocksfoot, 3Jd to 4d; swede and turnips seed, 50s to 55s per cwt.; white clover 92s fid per cwt.; red- clover 70s per.cwt.: con-grass, 70s per cwt.; linseed, 12s; linseed cake, fis 6d.

Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable from their London office,, dated the 17th inst..Butter—The market is dull and declining. Since our last telegram prices of Danish butter are lower by 4 kropor (about 4s sd). Hides in general, are nnqhanged. "Wheat —Tho market closed lower, but buyers do not come forward! There are plenty of sellers of La Plain and Indian wheat." YESTERDAY'S WOOL AND SKIN ' SALES. . Levin and Co., Ltd., report: —At the fortnightly sale the comparatively large catalogues presented attracted a full attendance of buyers, several operators

from other centres putting in an appear ance, The wool offered was composed r&f lambs* wool, late fleece and straggl t and oddments, and everything offe) , sold at prices in advance of anythi J , ruling at the sales here this season. \V* quote half-bred up to Bid, medium cross* bred (no superior offering) 6£d to Vd* coarse crossbreds 6d to 6Ad, logstainedi ; and inferior 6Ad to 6d, lambs* wool Cid to 6?d. Skins.—Competition was verykeen, particularly 'for short wools with sound pelts, this class bringing as high ■ as 43d and ad. We quote.—Wool Merino* 6£d to 7d, half-br'eds 6d to 6id, fine crossbreds 5Ad to 6d, coarse crossbreds 5d ia std, short wools -lid to 42d, dead Sid to? 4d. Hides.—Ox hides 17s Cd to 235, cow hides 13s to 16s Cd. TalloSv.—Good mixctf 20s, station fat 17s to 38s, rough fat I3a to Ms Cd.

Murray, Roberts and Co. report:— ln> consequence of late arrival of some wools intended for earlier sales a sale of wool was held by us, the combined offerings being about 500 bales. Our catalogue comprised 300 bales of this quantity, and with the exception of a few odd lots all were sold at auction, at figures which should satisfy growers. Prices ruled on the whole a halfpenny above last sal® held in February. Taking quality or lately arrived wool into consideration, prices must bo considered well up topresent Loudon equivalent.' We quote:— Wool,—Merino (medium sorts) 7d to HAd, fine crossbred 7d to 7£d, coarse to medium crossbred 6Ad to 7-fd. medium dingy and inferior s|d to 6id, lambs (clean). 6Ad to Bd, lambs (seedy) 42d td 5Ad, pieces ,and bellies 31d to -lid, locks to 3ld. Skins.—llalf-breds and merinos (none ottering),'crossbred fine 52d to 6id, coarse to medium crossbreds 5d to 5Jd, short to half-wools 4d to skl, lambs* 5d to aid, pelts 8d to Is 2d. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report as follows: —We hold, a supplementary wool sale, when 510 bales were offered. Th© prices realised showed a considerable advance on previous sales, especially in low class wools. The folio-wing give*s an idea of prices realist: —Merino and half bred fleece, 8d SAd; bright cros* bred, GJd to 7d; crossbred lambs, 6d to 7d; crossbred pieces, 3|d to 4Ad; locks, 2£d to 'SAd. Th© Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports as f o Hows:- Th e Wcl ling ton wo alb ro k en* held a sale of wool, when: about 600 baloo were offered, and nearly every lot .vai Mid. There was a good attendance, of southern and local buyers, and price* obtained were in some cases considerably over these ruling at the February sales* The’ bulk of tho . wool offered u*as very posdyf Wo quote:—Halibred, 7id» uiedlum crossbred. CA-d to ,7d; coarse cross-* bred, 6fd to 6Jd;- inferior and- logstained, 5d to Cd; pieces and bellies, 3d to 4sd; locks, 2d to 2}d; lamb®, cloxn Gid-to 6|d; lambs, seedy and dingy, 4d *:o Cd. Sheepskins —At our fortnightly sete we offered about 1200 skins, which met readv sale a t X>rices about equal to last sales. We quote—Morion and* halfbred, 5d to CJd; tine crossbred, to 6d; medium, s|d to s^d: coarse, 5d to aid; lambskins, 4d to iji-d; pelta* from Cd to 2s 5d each.' Hides, cowl from 15s to 17s-each. Wool in bags made satisfactory prices.

COMMEKCIAL CAULKS, PRESS ASSOCIATION. (Beoeivod March. 18, 10.10 p.m.) LONDON. March 18. BANK OF ENGLAND BEL GEN., The Bank of. England return issued j'or tire week ending Wednesday,.loth March, is as under:— ' > ! : | ISHDB DeFARTMKHT. Rotslsruo.. f52.013.0J1l QoT. debl.. £11,015,00* Other noean- , tiaa ' 14 1010, ' Ooid .. sj.uii.'ina *63.003,000 . fE2.068.00® 1 •: Basbimo DtiPiaTMiax. Proprietor*' Gov, aecurlcapital.. £ 11.503,003 , ties .. f 19,225,05* Public do- ■■■■■; Other aopoaita .. , 13,721,030 ooritiea .. 24 993,01* Other da- Notes .. 24.501,00# posits . 55.C41.000 Coin , .. , 2,161,00* Real, 7-day and other bills .. , 3,905,000 _■ £7.1,880,000 £70,830,000 : The leading items of the Bank of .England return, afford: the followingjcomparison:— ' This weold Last week. Last year 4 ■ ■ ' £ ■ ■ flullfoa' £B.CIt,COO 83 301,C00 33,C25,0f1« .Htaatro : .. 26.602,100 20 152,0-'O 27,182 000 Mole oiroalation ... 27 562.000 27,7.7.0.0 28,129,06® nepoßitß . . .. 61,362,000.62.213,000 55,662,030 Proportion resorro to liabilities . . . 30:35 49 93 48-72 GOVERNMENT! SECURITIES. ; Thel. following are . the latest quots* lions for Government securities, with * comparison of those ruling last week:—.

Price. .Variation. ~~ : ~s~». a i ■ 2= %Xm?etial Ooaadu .. 8,1 12 C2O/- higher 4 % Mow South Wales ~ lus 15 D Uu. hnugf-A si % Mon Soush Wales .. 35 ,0 <1 5/ lower a %Naw South.Wales'. .. 84 0 0 Di.changed 4 % Victorian .. ..105 0 0 Uiu’-hiaigeJ 8} % Vioiorian : ~ .. SG 1 O o Uothangei’! 3 % Victorian .... tti- 0 0 Unchanged ... 31 %Souttt Auetraliaa t.. GO O HiO/ higher; a % South A&scraliau 85 0 0 Unchanged ■ 4 % Qaeenstauil .. .. Mil 10 ulO/- higher • Sj % Queensland .. .. US 11 0 ,0/-lower i 3 % tjnpeasland .. .. 86 0 OUnobanged , 4 % New Zealand* .. ~ 105 : 0 0. 5.-- higher Si % Mow, Zealand! ~ leO 0 010/- lower 3 % Now Zealand! - .. 87 0 0 Unchanged Si % West Aneirahaa ~ »i 0 0 Unchanged ■ H % West Aua raliao 84 0 0 Unchanged SJ % Tasmanian . ~ , .07 0 0 20/- higher . 8 % Tasmanian . .. .. 87 0 o UnclianEed ; * Int.rest payable in Way and November. • t Interest payable in Ja iunry and July.

J Interest payable in April and October. MONEY MARKET. . The' market rate of discount.-for best three months bills is i lower, at 3 15-16 per cent. The Bank of England rate is 4- per cent, as. against 3 per cent on 3rd September. COLONIAL AND OTHER. PRODUCE. Flour—Minneapolis, 10 cents,highfer, at 4 dollars 70 cents. Wheat. —S.m Erancieco, U cent lower, at 1 dollar 40 cents. Cargoes of Anstra*. I: jin are ciuiet; 31s 3d to 31s is asked, pending shipment, and 31s fid per quarter Tor wheat afloat. Putter. —A further slump has taken, place ih'Copenhagen butter, and the mar-, ket is iepreosed and trade vciy slow. New Zealand 935, as against. 93s to 100 s; Victorian, 94s to Ofis; Now South Wales, 90s to 91a (Australian lout week.was quoted at 965-to 9Ss); Danish, 107 s. r.s against

Ohieese.—The market is firmer.. Best New Zealand. 7Jd per lb, old 6Jd. English supplies have practically ceased. Sugar. The market, is/steady. German 'beet, 88dog., 2s Id higher, at 10s 3d por cwt; first mark granulated, f.o.b. Hamburg, 24 higher, at 8s Id. : Bradford’ Tbps,—Tho market is quiet. Merinos are easier; 40’s arc quoted at 12Id. 4G’s at 13Jd, common CO’s 221 d, super GO'a 23M. Wool. At the London sales there was a good demand,' and late prices were maintained. The rales included the Lagmhor clip at Oid, Tonncnt, at 9Jd and Puketoi at 10Jd. THE METAL MARKETS. Copper; On the spot, 7s 6d higher, at So 7 7s 6d per ton; three months’, 12s Od higher, at .£56 12s 6d. Tin.— On the spot, £2 12s 04 higher, p,t J 3127 5s per ton; three months, £2 5t higher, at Jil27 2s 64. Pig iron. Midd'o»brough. No. I cash, 3d higher, at 42s lOd per ton. - , Lead', unchanged, at .£3l 18s 9d per ton. Speller, Gs 34 lower, at X"2I !Cs 3d pet lon. , Silver, 5 1 d lower, at 2s 214 per oz.