COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10812, 31 January 1921, Page 10

COMMERCE AND MINING

WELLINGTON' STOCK EXCHANGE. SATURDAY'S QUOTATIONS.

NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. LONDON. January 28. At the annual meeting of the National Bank of Ireland, the chairman stated that notwithstanding the Itirh troubles, the deposit and current accounts for the past veai showed a record increase of *’6 stO.tOO. MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS. (Received January 30, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 29. Cotton—February delivery _ 9.17 d per Para 12id, plantation ISJd, smoked 10d. Jnte —January-Februarr 3.d. Hemp—Dull; January-March 51d. Copra—January-March, X 34 ss. Linseed Oil, .£3O 10s per ton. Turpentine, 80s per ewt. THE WOOL SALES. AN IMPROVED TONE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram, from their London house under date of the 27th instant:—"Wool sales continue very firm, competition animated, improvement in demand .partly due to American buying. Continental and English buyers are buying more freely. As compared with last sales closing rates merino wools greasy par to 5 per cent, lower; 64- 70 combing wools are often rather dearer. Merino wools scoured par to 5 per cent, lower. Crossbred wools fine quality greasy 10 per cent, lower, crossbred wools medium quality greasy 10 per cent, lower; 36-40 gold at 8d to 9d. Crossbred wools scoured scarcely any demand. Free Australian 35,000 bales offered. New Zealand 1115 bales. Bulk sold.” SALE AT FEILOING. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a fair entry- of stock at their Feilding sale on Friday, the 28th instant, when all lambs showed an advance in price. Quotations: —Sheep —Small lambs 11s 3d, medium woolly lambs 13s 9d, ordinary black face lambs to 19s 3d. Cattle—Young bulls to j£4 7s. SALE AT HUNTERVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd, Marton, report as follows: — At Hunterville on Tuesday a- fair entry of, sheep and cattle met with slightly better demands. Prices as follow: —Twotooth wethers 225, 22s id, 4-tooth do 22s 4d, wether lambs 12s, m.s. do 10s, small do 6s 9d, cull do 3s, 4s Id, empty cows to jes. At Mangaweka on Thursday only cne line of fair 2-tooth wethers came to hand and realised 20s. WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue received at Wellington op Saturday totalled JE3729 18s

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