COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12601, 3 March 1903, Page 4

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Press Association—By Tolfarapli— Copytisbt. LONDON, March 1. (Received March 2, nt 7.45 a.m.) ' ' M the ltauti gnm Miles 1550 oases wore offered, nnd 1078 sold, at generally 2s 6:1 dearer. Ordinary three : qrart°r scraped, £133. At the periodical sales of liidsa simplies wore annll, and prices unchanged. Leather is firmer. Firsts, Ui&; b»eile,-Sd \ower; flnt i WelliliEtons. Is 2Jd. . ....--;.-

Tin,—Stocks, 14,243 tons; spot, 3818 tons; afloat, 2623 tons; deliveries, 2130 tons. Fto7.cn Meat.—Sheep: Canterbury, unchanged ; Dunedin and Southland, 4Jd; North Island, 35d. Lambs: Canterbury, 63d'; Dmiodin and Southland. G.!d; North Island, CJd. Beef, unchanged. River Plate sheep: Heavy mid light, 3 7-16 d; lambs. s£d. Beef, unchanged. The Frozen Meat Trade Association's Smithfield Market quotations for tho above-mentioned classes of frozen neat are based on nctual soles of not !caa than 100 carcascs of mutton or lamb, or 25 carcases of beef, of fair average quality. These quotations ar-3 not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of tho bulk.of tho shipments now on the market. New Zealand sheep: Crossbred v<-others and lunula;] ewes—Cantcrbn.'y light, 45.551b; Canterbury medium, 50.641b; Canterbury heavy, G4.721b; Dunedin end Southland. i>G.G4lb; North Island, 55.651b. New Zealand lambsCanterbury light, 28.361b; Canterbury heavy, "B.12lb; Dunedin- and Southland. 23.421b; North Island, 28.421b. New Zealand beef—Ox fores, JS0.22011); ox hinds, 180.2201b. '