COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12439, 17 December 1903, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

NAIMEU WOOL MALES.

Unitea Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph .—Copyright. Melbourne, December ]."> Wool : Brisk and firm tit liu-t week's prices. WOOL SALES. Sydney, Dfccuniber ifi. Wool.— Greasy/ sold up to l:Ud, scoured 20^1. Melbourne, Deccmbei 1 1(». Wool.— The last sale of the yjjr is animated, with a vigorous tendency in sellers' favour', but thcio is r.o quotable change. Scoured sold to 20id. London. December I>. The wheat and Hour alloat is 1.77") 000 quarters ; for tho Continent I. IK), 000 quartoJ-s, Atlantic shipmu.il ii'?' 2. 000 quarters, Pacific I^.OUO quurbu;. Shares.— Union Bank £42, NewZealand Loan ami Mercantile ,CS2, others unchanged. Lead, £Jt 4s 4 ld. AUSTRALIAN "pRODUCJ-I MARKETS. Sydnoy> December IG. Wheat.— Chick, 2s 7d to 2s Sd ; moling, 2a lO^d to 2s lid.

Flour.— New, £S ; old. £11 .-; Man Hobun, £1-2. Oats. — New Zealand feeding. :!-, t«> 2s 2d ; milling;. 2s Id. Bavioy. — Feeding, 2s T.I io 2s 3d . rolling to 'ss. Maize, 3s : Argentine to 2s />d. Peas.— Prussian Blue, oh I'd to os. Bran, 3 Ad to (J.UI. Pollard, Del. Straw .-New Zealand. £2 IDs. Potatoes, £2 to £3 JOs. | Onions. — Wellington. XJS to -:'. i')-.. Butter. — Be^t. Sd to BU\. Bacon, Ud to ltd. Melbourne. December IT. Wheat.— Spot "2s lid to 3s; forward delhery. 2s 10 id. Flour. — Spot iIS to JCS Tjs. Oats. — Algerian, Is 2 1 -to Is ij-l. Miii/e. 2s Fd to 2s B.UI. Bran. (52 d. Pollard, 9d to 9'r|. Potatoes. £2 15s to £7. Onions, £3 to. £3 HOs. Adelaide. December l>'i. \\li"at. 2s lltl to 3s. for im me. Ho io delivery. Flour. £7 1.3s to £« Bran, fi^d. Pollard, SW to 9.1. Per Press Association. Wellingt' n, Der-ember IT-. The Department of Industries and Commerce has reeehed the fol'o\\iiiL cablegram from the Agent-ij'vu) -il dated London, Mth :■ — Importations of Arjjentine .neitiuid butter into the L'nitid Kingdom dm inc> last November were 253,710 <ar cases of mutton (of which 32.708 v. »i< landed in Lcndcn. 217,^59 at Lharfiool. -lOo.'J at CardifY). 1550 .\ircao°t of lambs (of which 220 were landed in Lon lon and 1321 at r..i\erpo.:>lK and 513S cv\ t of butter (landed at Liver pool, London, Southampt-jn i.ccl Hull).

THE AGENT - GENERALS ADVtCE

Wellington. December 14. The Df'iJiirtmcnt of fnd'is.tries i.nd Commerce has received the following c able from the Agent-Central, d&tod L(,u'ion, 12th .—. — There is less demand for \c,v Zealand mutton, and the market is weaker. The average price to-day of Canterbury brands was 3§d to 4d : Dimodin. Southland, and Wellington ]\leat Exporting (\>.s. 3ij-d, other Xorth Island brands, 3 id : e\V3S, 2,3 d to 3d. TCiver Plate mutton. 3d ; Australian. 2gd to 3d. ; Lanili.— The market i«* over-.-upplied laud depressed, and a large number -f carcases arc 'stale New Zealand laml p are being placed on the market. Average price to-day of Canterbury j brands. 4gd per lb ; brands other than Canterbury, }d to 4 2d. The market tor New Zealand Kef is steady. The demand is chiefly f<>i forequarters at 2£d to 2.U1. Average price of hindquarters, 3gd. ' Butter. — The market is steady at the quotations cabled you last week New New Zealand butter is L r; '-i"t; buyers satisfaction, and the [ircsont market is cleared of new >*c\v Zealand butter. There is no plti-ration in thciheescmarket during the past week, except that the demanl is chiefly for cheaper grades. Kf«mp.— Tho mailirt is Orm ut theadvanced prices cabled last week. The cocksfoot market is firmer, and buyers are purchasing more freely. The average Jirice to-day of bright, lean New Zealand cocksfoot peed, weighing ITlbs per bushel, on spot, is f.2s i-w cwt." OTAGO GRAIN 11ARKRT. Dune--lin, December H). Uheat.-Very lUtle doing. Millers tire only purchasing small lines. •'rime billing, 3s Id to 2s 3d ; medium, 2s Od to 3s ; whole fowl wheat, 2s 4d to 2s Gd j broken and damaged. 2s io 2s 3d («a6fes extra). m Oats -Fairly good demand tor f.ound food, A and B grades, but prices ruli nff do not tempt holders. Oam yed are plentiful and .low of sale i™c millinß, is 4,1 to Is frl : to lxfco d. is 2d to Is 3Jd ; inferior and medium, W i° acltS ° Xtm) ' DTTNEIHN STOCK UF.PORT. Dunerlin. December '0. A( Ihfl Burnside market the following prices wore realised :— rutllp-204 head wer« yanlod. piucs being abdul lh« «ame as last jeok. Boßt bullocUfl £12, medium A. in 10s £11 10s. otheis £S 10s to I*9 ?s 0d Ye t heifers and cows £9 17b fd. Inedium £7 10s io. £S 12. Od, ,^ £ fi 5s to £7 Hs. # Sheep.-1631 were named, prices 1-e-ln f^htlv easier P.e.t shorn ,^h ; ere 21s 3d, besl wcthcia in wool -s.

medium t-horn b~s fid to Kis '.)d. o<!i ord 11s '.',d to los (id. best euox L'^i'.d. medium 15s ikl to 1 7s (3d. others i^s Gd to Ms 3d. Lam'bs.— 4)3o were yarded , prk'es leinj slightly lirinoi. Bet-t los 3.1, ineilium 1 2s to lis Ckl. othcis IDs to liS S?d, infciior (is- Gd to Ss ( Al. J > igs — ] 1G were penned, prices li'.lmo the HiMYie as last wook. SucUpis ( .'c (id to 17s Gd, slips 22s to 2.15. stores 2Gs to 31s. porkers 3."5s to JGs, inu 1 mort .■JUs to GO.-, choppers 73^.

Napier, Dcembar K> At the first wool sale of the about GOOD bales were cataloguod. As coinjiared with ihe opening -a^s <>l last season biiyht clean well jyrown crossbred showed an advance of 1 .Jd to 2d ; dingy and lonyHained Id Io J.Jd, Lellics and ])ieces id to .?d. The rrmge of jirices during the morning for ijr'yht clean crossbred Cft to 7d, bellies and pieces 4d to sd. locks 2d to 3d.