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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13855, 19 March 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Monday evening. The amount of revenue collected at tho Duncdin Custom House- to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £1945 Os sd.

THE LONDON MARKETS.. Prtta Aajociition-By Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, March 17. Copper: Spot, £107; tbreo months', £103 7» Od. Tin: Spot, £190 Sis; three months, £ISS as. Load. £19 15s. Silver, ill 15-lGd per ounce. Shares: Waihi, £8 13s Od to £8 ICs 3d. Copra: Firmer. South Sea shipment, £25 15s. Hemp: Flat. There, is a decline m April and June shipments to £37. Linseed oil, £25. Rabbits: Dull. Spot unchanged. Thw o are plentiful offers of tho new season MollMiime, Us, c.i.f.; Sydneys, 133; but few buyers. Hides: Neglected and unchanged. ■ No dealings jn leather or basils. Frozen nieirt: Sheep— Canterbury light and medium, 4d; heavy, 3Jd; others unchanged. Lapibs—Canterbury, all classes, sd; North Island, 4gd. New Zealand beef (1801b to 2201b fair avcrago Quality)—Ox fores, 2gd; ox hinds, unchanged, ltivcr Plate sheep and beef .unchanged.

WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 17. The wool sales are animated, uud prices generally well maintained. Best crossbreds, aro slightly dearer, and shabby crossbreds weak. To date 55,252 bales have been catalogued, and 52,497 sold. The fleece portions of tho following clips realised:— Awataro, Hid; R.S. over T., 11.'.d; Ngatapa. 12Jd; Titi, 12Jd; V.D;, 131 d; Creenhill, lad.

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 18. The Department of Industries and Commereo has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, the llitli inst.:— The mutton market is quiet, and there is no change in prices to report. The lamb market is weak. Tho supply exceeds tho demand. Prime Canterbury brands aro quoted nt sd, and other Canterbury 'at 4Jd per lb. Tho beef market is dull. Stocks on hand arc heavy. Current quotations arc: 3§d and 9£d per lb [or hind and forequartcrs respectively. The butler market is firmer. Choice New Zealand brands aro quoted at lODs; Australian, 9Ss; and Danish, Ills per cwt. The cliccso market is steady at unchanged rates. Tho hemp market is dull. Good fair grade on the spot is quoted at £37 10s per ton; March and June shipments, £37; and fair current Manila on tho spot at £30 10s. The cocksfoot seed market is unchanged since last week. The wool market is firm at id advance.

GIUI.V AND PRODUCE REPORTS. yoasrs Donald lleid'and Co. report :—We ' held our weekly auction sale of grain and 'produce at our stores on Monday, when Wo pfTorctl a representative catalogue to a- good attendance of buyers. Competition for all classes of produce was good, and we cleared most of our catalogue at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under: — Oats.—Consignments continue to come forward slowly, and ail offering are readily token up by the local trade or by shippers at prices equal to late quotations. Quotations: Primp milling, 2s 7d to 2s 7\d; good to best feed. 2s Gd to 2s Bid; medium and inferior, 2s lid to 2s S-Ul per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—'flic wheat market continues firm, and all primo lots offering are readily taken up by millers. Medium quality is not so much sought after, and is bring quitted as to\yl wheat, which is in short supply. Quotations: Prime, lis -I.UL to Its old; second rjtijjipg, .Is ;ld to 3s -Id; broken and damaged, ;ls to :1s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Consignments continue In eoino forward freclj'j and as tbo majority are unripe, lowpr prices have had to be accepted to effect sales. There is fair demand for prime ripe samples slightly below late quotations. Quotations: Prime ripe sorts, £i as to i' 4 Ills; unripe and stale, ,U1 to i'l per ton (sacks included). Chaff.—Doing the past week supples havo heeu coming forward slowly, and this has given holders an opportunity of quitting stocks ip store. Prime chaff b'W most attention, medium and discoloured being- more difficult to place. Quotations: fiesi oaten sheaf, i' 4 bis to £'5; "medium to good, £'l to i't lis Cd: inferior. XS 10s to ill 17s lid; straw chaff, i':i to i.\! 7s Cd per ton (bags included). Straw. —UotU oaten and whealen are scarce, and find ready sale at, for wheaten, 45s to 50s per ton; oaten, 50s to COs per ton. Messrs Dalgety and Go. report ns follows: Wc held onr usual weekly auction salo of grain and produce at our stoics on Holiday, when We offered a fairly large eutalogue to a. good attendance pi buyers. Competition throughout tho salo was spirited, and tho

bulk of our catalogue was cleared at prices which, were fully equal" to those ruling at lato s»les: — Oats—The market is'firm, with, good inquiry for .shipment, principally to the North Islm'id. Local supplies are light, and all lota arriving arc readily taken up either for local requiicmen's or for export. Quotations: Prime .milling, 2s GJd to 2s 7Ad; good to best, feed, 2s' Od to 2s GJd; medium and inferior, !>s 4d to 2« Sd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—T-'io market is firm, although there has been so business of especial note passing. Millers liore are not readily disposed to operate at pitioes holders aro asking in tho north, with llvs result that mills in the northern districts are securing the hulk of the wheat offering. Fowl wheat is still ingocd demand locally. Quotations: Prime milling, 3s i'ti to '.is s>|d; medium do, 3s ii; best vrhok- fowl wheat. 3s Sd to 3s 46 ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 2d per -bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—The market is fully supplied, and consignments are difficult to quit even «t a reduction ou fate values. Quotations: Prime tabic sorts, £i fin to W 10s; small, stale, and inferior, £1 IDs upwards (bags in). Chaff—Tho market is firm. Consignments arriving have teen lighter since onr last repaid. Prime bright oaten sheaf, heavy and well cut, is readily quitted at up to So. Inferior and medium descriptions are not so readily quitted, and command from £& 10s up. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, M 13s to i's; medium. £i 5s to £1 12s fid; inferior, £S His upwards per ton (bags extra). Striwv.—There is good demand for good bright oaten and wheat straw. Quotations: liest oaten and whcaleu, 55s to CDs per ton (pressed).

Messrs Gcerin, llally, and Co. report having •held a successful, sale at Whare Plat ou the 115 th ins-t. on account of Mrs Jessie M'lntyre of her freehold farm, fanning stock, and iu> piernenfa. There was it largo attendance of buyers, and after spirited competition tho farm, consisting of 99 acres, and necessary farm buildings, became the property of Mr John Belt at a satisfactory price. The horees and cattle fetched very good prices,