COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 21

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

LONDON. Arnl 17 ! The quantity of wheat 9iid flour afloat :cr j the United Kingdom is 4.035.C00 quaners, and j for ihe Continent 1,970. 000 quarters. I Stocks and shares: D?.!ge-tj ar.d Co.. £5 15s; j debentures, £103. ] April 19. j A cargo of Victorian wheat sMd at 31s. j Copper: Spot. £55; three months *£2. Tin: Spot, £176 15s, three months, £173 10s. 20. Wheat. — The markets are firmer. The English maiket has advanced threepence, and the American market is hardening. There is a good demand for cargoes. Adelaide December sliipmeut is offering at 325. The Atlantic shipments amount to 106,000 quartets, and those from the Pacific to 30,000 quarters. The American visible supply of -wheat is 63,500,000 quarters. Complaints are being made about the j improper grading of Victorian butter, and retailers are returning some marked " First Grade," asserting that it is only worth 82s per cwt. The butter market is steady. Danish is unchanged ; choicest Australian, which is scarce, 965 ; unsalted, 108s ; secondaries are neglected ; New Zealand, 99s to 100s. New Zealand butter is selling readily owing to its excellent quality. There is a slow trade in cheese. New Zealand wh'te, 61s ; coloured, 655. The Bradford wool maiket is brisk, and thei'e is good inquiry, especially for crossbreds. Common sixties, 27d ; super, 27jkl ; forty-sixes, 19^d ; forties, 18id. Little business is being done in flour owing to the firmness of Australian holders. April 22. Consols are quoted at jSB3 17s 6d. Lead £15 18s 9d. Bilvar, 30 l-16d per ounce. j Tin platea. 123 9d to 13a 94

Fencing vim, £7 2s 6d. Wheat: Thirteen thousand quarters of Victorian February and March shipments, Mid a cargo of Australian, sold at 31s. Linsead, £25. Hemp is fiat. January and Fcbiuary shipments, £31 ; April and Jun3 skii-.ir.snts, .£3l. Frozen ,nc-\t- Sheep— Canterbury light, ■ild; msdiiim, -I l-lSd"; heavy, 33d; North !Is and, 3Jd ; bsst brauds. 35d. Lambs — Can- | terbury iight and medium, 4Jd ; others iin- ! changed. Beel — Forja, 2jd ; hinds. nn- , changed River Plate sheep — Heavy, 3 5-16 d ; light, 3Jd. Lambs. 3Jd. Bes:— Fores, unchanged ; hinds, 2 l-16d.