LONDON MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13726, 15 August 1908, Page 5

LONDON MARKETS.

' LONDON, August 14 Wheat.—The market is quiet./ The American market is fluctuating, owing to reports as to damage to crops, < but the excitement is not reflected In Europe. Buying ia inactive. Buyers appear indisposed to operate beyond immediate" requirements. The Canadian Government estimates Canada's orop at 110,544,000 bushels. Harvesting is progressing well. Cargoes are firmly held.; 38s is asked for the cargo of an Australian sailer nearly due; 38s 6d s for August steamer. There is f air, demand for Australian on the spot at 38s 6d to 39s 6d. ' • Flour. — Market unaltered^ Butter. — The market is steady. Danish, 123s t> 1255; colonial, none offering; choicest Siberian, 106s to 1989. Copper. — On the spot £60 10s, three months £61 ss. : Tin.^-On the spot £136 15s, three months £137 ss. Lead, £13 10s. Spelter, £19 17s 6d. j£on, s\a 2cL Sugar.— German 10s, first /marks 11s 9d. , s * ■ f WooLw^TbejJradfoKbwool niarket is unaltered . - There is a better tone. Business is limited.