FINANCE AND TRADE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6450, 22 February 1908, Page 8

FINANCE AND TRADE

LONDON COM MF.RCIAL CABLES. BETTER I'RICES I’A 1.[.1 NO. I'ill. S;j A iJiSOC f AT/ ON. bOM>OX, February Jil. Wheat is (ill lower on tin- week. TinA meriean visible -apply is (ki.TKi.Wk) Tie- i'.tillcr innrki-f. is n-lapsin;;. Colonial is at about litis, -.util few buyers, UiPfSTCIfCKCIf GKAIN AND X'JROJil'CE MARKET. rMKSH AodOCIATION. CiJJdSTC’UL'KCIE February 2] Thflro Jui.i b<tu a hudy largo quantDy »f v/b<-fiL <.‘hiin;.; during U-.c and ivliilo buyers have b- .-a endeavourin',,' D; i• iilJ*(* pundia •/. at E-, "cuv.'its haw hold m-fiily for Is Id and i • 2d, s-i.d at the. o price., a. number of sales have been ;>jTf‘c.. ed. Among Uni lim-s that have rlmi'M-'-d hands were 1)20 bushels or Du i -;.ein end 5710 bushels of Iftinf-er’s at id 2d. ; ad nt her iols amf.unling to b<s- - Rt'AU and AOU/ bush D’s at U Id at i-ouiitry Nations. A tow sales of oats eonMnuo to bo made, Quo'aiion A prime lot of 28(2) bushels of limit changed hands at 2s i»d, 1.7/0 bu.diel- oi (Jarton’s at 2s 2d. .■mil about RddO bushels of da Hons and I lan’s ac 2s lo 2s Id at country tftations. I.'urim; flu- wi--k then- Ims boon a re-m-iml demand for IsiHey, nml for prime millillK OS till:! (iron piiid. Oatslieuf chuff is impiircd for, ami .81 Us is offered. U this price some rales iiavc- l)i-( II marie. Out growers are generally asking ,t:i 10s. Peas are now corniiiff forward, and for wriil Uin-sbcd imbrokcn samples of partridge As fid is offered: Prussian bines, Is at country stations. LONDON 7 MARKETS.

Dalgely and Co,, Ltd., V\ ellington, have received the following cable message irom their I/omlon hou.su, under date of tho Blitli inst.. , . ttuttni —Tho Copenhagen olhcial quotntiou is I kronur (about Is ltd) per cwt higher. Tho total imports of butter Hilo tho I’uitod Kingdom for \teok ending l.llli just. amounted to HKi.lHiOowt. as compared with B'J.OOO for the corresponding week of 1007. showing an increase of Ki.OOUcwt. Tho market is depressed, and prims are declining owing to high prices and restricted consumption. Froz»u Meat.—Now Zealand beef; I’riee.s are lower by id per lb. Forc-a: Prices nro rather dourer. Mutton and lamb; Prices are unchanged. Tallow.—Tho market is dull, and there is very little doing. Prices for good to piimo mutton tallow nro unchanged: other descriptions, 3d to 6d per csvt lower. Tho Customs revenue received at Wellington yesterday totalled .C 2325. WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTEUDAY’S QUOTATIONS.

He vans, Sfcll/LRIVB. Sales, X B. d. A s. d. £ 3. .1 13ANRH — National ot N.Z., Ltd. 5 0 » 5 8 0 — Now Zealand 0 I'd 0 0 15 0 — Financial— Equitable Building Co.. Ltd, 10 0 0 N.Z.LoftnfcMercantile 0 5 0 0 6 4 N.Z. and It. Plata Land, Ltd, I 10 0 W’gtn Tenet Loan, Ltd 7 S 6 — — Q A«— Port Chainin'* .. — 10 0 — iMHUBAMaH — National of N.Z. .. 1 8 0 18 9 Now Zealand, ox.. 3 18 0 South Britiuh ot N.Z — 5 15 0 Blaudardot N.Z,, cuu 18 9 — JJlOAT Pf\K«imV|HO Christchurch Meat 10 IB 10 17 6 Wellington Meat. £9 12h Od — 3 5 9 — TUlliWAVS AMDSMIPflMa — IV’tfIn-Wanawutu 2 8 3 5 0 _ Union Btoam Ship — 1 13 6 — Coal— Westport, ex .. — 7 10 0 — Westport • Stockton Ltd.,7sOd paid.. — 0 2 9 prem. MlBOBLLANBOOa — Leyland - O’Brien Timber 2 5 0 N.Z. Portland Ce« meut 1 13 0 — Ward and Co, Ltd. — 4 14 0 Mining— Knranui-Caledonian 0 0 a 0 0 10 N.Z. Crown.. 0 6 y 0 7 1 May Queen, Ltd .. 0 1 u 0 2 0 rairua Broken Hilla o a 10 0 4 1 Talisman Gonsolidated, cam 3 13 a 2 14 0 FV'ftihi O.M. Compuny, cum.. 8 10 0 9 10 Weihi Grand Junotion, Ltd. .. I 0 d 13 0 Sig River 0 12 ti 0 18 0 “