COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 22

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.

LONDON, December 9. At the tallow sales 619 casks were offered, and 444 sold. Mutton: Fine, 33s 9d; medium, 30s 6d. Beef: Fme, 32s 3d, medium. 30s. . , : The American visible <*heat supply «• 82,157,000 bushels. ' December 11. The Bank of England leturns show the stock of gold coin and bullion to be £32,283,000 ; reserve, £23. ,463,000 ; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 48.69. The notes in circulation total £28,937,000 ;' public deposits, £7,450,000; other deposits, £40,709,000; Government securities, £14,731,000; and other securities, £27,648,000. Three months' bills are discounted at 2 1-16 per cent. Short' loans, 2 per cent. Consols a>re quoted at £83 10s. Colonial Stocks. — Tlva following are the quotations- for colonial Government stocks, compared with, those Tuling a week previous: — Dec. 4. Dec. It, New South Wales 4's .. .. 106 107 Kew South Wales 3J'a .. .. 99 fl»New South Wales 3' s .... 87 8T Victorian 4's 102 , 102 Victbrian 3i's .. 9QJ 98§ Victorian 3's 87. 871 South Australian 3Ja .. .. 10C 101 South Australian 3's .... 86 Bft Queensland I'm ...... 10* ]& .

raiian, to 112s

form -test

Wheat : The markets are quiet, and ; there is a- slightly easier tendency. There j as little inquiry for cargoes ; 38s to 38s is asked for sailers afloat, 36s 6d for January . and February sb.ipm.ent, and 37s fox De- ' cember and January steamer. Flour: Dull. Australian at London, 26a ; 9d to 27e, fair business. Glasgow February and March shipment, 27s 6d; i landed., 28s. A better tone prevails. Copper: Spot, £63 ss; three months, £564- ss ; electrolytic, £66. "Tin: Spot, £132 7s 6d; three months, £134 ss. Lead, £13 ss. Sugar : German, 10s ; first marks, Ilsßd. ' Butter: Danish, 115s to 117s; choicest j Australian, 106s to 108s; New Zealand, • 110s to 112s. I The Bradford -wool market is very j quiet, and business is noV sufficient to form -test quotations. Common sixties, 235; super, 245. ' December 13. Copnes: Spot, £63 2s 6d; three months, £6+ 2s Id. Tin : Spot, £131 10s ; three months/ £133 7s iM. ■■• Lead:. Imports 18,174- tone, including $262 tons of Australian; exports 4791 tons. Silver, 22£ d per oz. ' w Tin plates, 12s 7£d and I3a 7£d. Copra: Active. South Sea, bags, £18 2s 6d. ' Hemp: Quiet. October and December shipment, £25. Hides: Fair demand. Advanced about id. Leather: Basils steady. Prices unchanged. Rabbits: Dull. Young sorts declined 6d. Frozen Meat.— Sheep : Canterbury heavy, 3 9-16 d; North Island, 3*d; best brands, . 3§cT; all other sorts and lamb and beef unchanged. River Plate sheep: Heavy, 3 3-16 d; light, 3 5-16 d. Beef: Unchanged.

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