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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13695, 11 September 1906, Page 4

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Daily Times Qjfico, Monday evening Tho amount of revenue collected at the Dunedin Custom House to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £1173 10s sd. COmtERCIA), CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, September -9. Copper: Spot, £56 15s; three months, £SG 10s. ' ■ Tin: Spot. £IS4 Cs Sd: three months, £IE3 10s. Lead,.£lß H ad. Silver, 31£ d per ouuee. Angle stee'., £G 10s. Corrugated iron, £1G and £1-3 ss, according to,tho brand. Copra: Quiet. South Sea is offering freely. August and September shipments sold at £20 17s Gd to £-21. \ Linseed oi!, £21 15s. At the kauri gum sales there was a poor demand; 10SG cases were offered, and 203 sold. Prices generally are unchanged. Tho stock is 3231 rases. Hemp: Active. October and December shipments. £31 -lo £11 13s. ' ' Rabbits: The heat cheeked the trade'early in tho week, Ibul the market is now tinner. Large Victorians, 13s; Sydney*. Its. At the Smithfield periodical sales the hides offering were small and unattractive. Prices are unchanged. Lesdhor: Very firm. Wellington'firsts, £12 15s: seconds. £)1 15s. Basils aro a farthing dearer. First Wellingtons; £10 ss. Frozen meat: Sheep and beef— New Zealand and River Plate are unchanged, Lambe— Canterbury light, 41d;'. medium,'4jd; heavy, i 3-lGd; Southland, 4jd; North Island, i\&.

, THE AGENT-GENERAL'S CABLE. . WELLINGTON,. September . Tlie Department of Industries and Commerce lias'received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated .London, September 8:—" The mutton niatket is. quiet and steady. Canterbury brands are'quoted at 3Jd; North Island at 3(d. River' Plate) mutton, is selling at .I'd. There is a better tone in (lie lamb market ibis week, and prices fiTo steadier. Canterbury hrnnda are. quoted it i\A; oilier than Canterbury.-4gd. Beef: Tim market is firm, AM and 2j|d being the respective quotation* for hind aiid forequarters. Choice New Zealand butter is soiling at Ills per cwt, and Danish at 1225. The cheese market is a little quieter at the same quotation!! a» last week. Good business' is being droie in hemp at higher prices. G.f.a.q., Wellington, on spot, is quoted at £M 10s per toil, and the snmo quotation'rule* lor October-December" shipments. The stock on band is G>l tons. There has been no a'.teration in the cocksfoot seed market «inco last week. New Zealand long-berried wheat, o:i spot, is quoted at 80s Gd per 40Clb; shortberrie<l. 30s. These prices are nominal. New Zealand spnrrowbill cats, ex granary', per .quarter Of 3H!b, me quoted at 235; Danish, per 3201b. at. 19s Gd.' with a Klen'dy.. market. Now. Zealand beans, f.n.q., old crop/per oOl'.b, quiet at lUs Cd. Pea?; New ZsaJaml part-: ridge- are quoted iit tSs -per oOllh, mid blue at ;ios to 40s.' with a quiet .market.. ■ The arrivals from River Plate during migutf. havo been m follow;— Mutton: London, 140.20!) earcoses; Liverpool. 12G121: Hull, 1841; Newcastle, HOGS; Soitthamnlon,.lol9; Plymouth. 2000;-tflta! carcases, 200,188. Lamb: At Lindon, 2272 carcase's; at Liverpool, 53; at Newcastle, 1000;~tova!, 31)25."'' ~