COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2252, 10 September 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MARKETS London, Sept. 5. Tallow—Medium mutton, 27s ; beef 25s 3d. The English wheat market has a downward tendency. Continental is declining, and American is changing a little for the worse. Forward business in Australasian shipments show a decline in values. Foreign arrivals are moderate. There are three vessels off coast, but such cargoes are not met :with ready sale. Colonial oats, fine quality, average 275, Beans, 35s 6d,

September 7,

The English harvest is improving and the wheat yield is favorable. The wool returns are also satisfactory. The early hops are inferior in quality, and will probably not realise more than £4 to £5 12s per cwt. The later crops are, however, expected to do better. Favorable reports are received of the crops on the Continent. The average price of wheat last week was the highest for eight years. : Danish butter is 15s higher than at the same time last year and the prospects of the New Zealand article are excellent. Much of the New Zealand cheese imported is being retailed as American at Liverpool, realising the best price as American.

: Wheat has fallen one shilling in the Mark Lane market.

Ottawa, Sept. 7. The Canadian wheat crop is exceeding the estimate. Sydney, Sept, 7.

New Zealand potatoes are quiet at £1 15s. Butter, dairy made Is 3d, factory Is 6d.

The Canterbury Frozen Meat- and Dairy Produce Export Company, Ltd., have received cable advice from London quoting per lb for mutton, s|d per lb for lamb for their bi’and.

Banquet to Mb W. C. Walker.— Mr W. C. Walker, ex-M.H.R., was banquetted at Mount Somers on Friday night by a large, influential, and representative gathering, and presented with a gold watch and a heavy purse of sovereigns, in token of the personal esteem, and as some acknowledgment of his good services to the district as M.H.R. and member of the Road Board,