LATE COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14134, 14 February 1910, Page 7

LATE COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS, By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Feb. 14, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13. Silver, 23 13-16 d per oz. Antimony, £8 10s, nominal Copper.—Spot £59 8s 9d, three months £6O os. Tin.—Spot £l4B 12s 6d, three months £l5O os. Lead.—£l3 7s 6d; imports 19,012 tons; Australian 5064 tons. Exports 4606 tons. Waihi shares, buyers £9 18s 9d, sellers £lO Is 3d; Junction, buyers 28s 9d, sellers 31s 3d. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. Per Press Association. ' WELLINGTON, Feb. 14. Tho High Commissioner’s cabled market report, dated February 12, states: Mutton. The market is steady. There is less demand and the market is speculative. The stock of New Zealand mutton on hand consists entirely of North Island, which is widely distributed, and which is being pushed for sale. Tho average price for North Island mutton is 3|cl. The lamb market is quiet, but firm, with a better demand. The average price of New Zealand lamb, other than Canterbury, is sid. Beef.—The market is firm, but there are no advances. • New Zealand hindquarters are quoted at 2Jd. Butter.-—The market remains firm, although buyers are holding back, expecting .prices to go lower. The price of choicest New Zealand butter is 120 s, Australian 118 s, Argentine 118 s, Danish 1275, Siberian 117 s. Cheese.—The market is firm with a hardening tendency. Finest New Zealand white cheese is averaging 59s 6d, coloured 58s 6d. „ Hemp. The market is lifeless. Prices are as follows-;—On spot, New Zealand good fair £27, fair £26, Manila fair . current £26 10s, forward shipment good fair £26 10s, fair £25 10s, Manila £25 10s. The output of Manila hemp for the week is 20,000 bales. Cocksfoot Seed.—The market for on spot is steady and prices are well maintained. The price of bright clean 17 lb New Zealand seed on spot is 745, for now crop, forward shipment tho market is dull and prices are irregular. Wool.—Tho market remains firm; Hops.—The market is firm with a hardening tendency. The demand is great. The grain market in general is quiet with little doing, but a good feeling prevails. Meat.—The arrivals of River Plate mutton and lamb at tho ports of tho United Kingdom during January were as follows: London 27,268 carcases .mutton, 8891 lamb; Liverpool 81,191 and 6079; Hull, 7223 and 17 ; Newcastle 5000 and nil; Southampton 9547 and 2369; Cardiff 2115 and 696; Plymouth 1062 and 2308; Ireland 1260 and 25,134; AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (Special to Herald.l AUCKLAND, Fob. 14. Mr. Hendry (E. P. Webster local agent) reports the following Stock Exchange sales: — May Queen 4s lOd, Victoria Is 7d, Mt. Zeehan 6d, Consolidated Gold Fields 22s and 21s 6d, Progress Mines 15s 3d and 15s 6d, Four-in-Hand 4d. Hauraki Freehold s}d, Hauraki 6s otl and 6s Bd, Kapanga Is Id, Ngatiawa IJd, Golden Hills 3s 9d, Talisman 52s 6d and 52s 3d, Junction 32s 6d and 335. Quotations. —Bank of New Zealand 196 s sellers, 194 s buyers, National ■Banks 126 s and 123 s 6d, South British "Insurance 67s and 665, Northern Coal 13s 6d and 12s 6d, Taupiri 19s 3d and 19s, Westport 122 s and 121 s 6d, Auckland Gas (new issue) 30s and 26s 9d.