COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. LONDON MARKETS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 86, 12 April 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. LONDON MARKETS.

By Telesraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, Uth April.' . Two Australian wheat cargoes have sold at 33& 3d per quarter. Copper — On the spot 45s lower at £54 per ton ; at three months 5s lower at £54 Us 3d. Tin. — On the spot, 5s higher at £194 5s per ton; at three months, 10s higher at £189 15s. Lead — Soft foreign, £12 17s 6d per ton. METEOROLOGICAL ♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SDN. Rose to-day— 6h 15m a.m.; sets 5h 27m p.m Rises to-morrow— sh 17m a.m. ; sets 5h 20m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. i Yesterday— Horning, Oh 25m; afternoon, 2h | 20m; total, 2h 45m. THE MOON. . (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter 0 6 25 p.m Full moon 14 2 7a m. Last quarter 22 C 0 a.m. New moon 29 9 55 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, CSdcg. ; minimum, 56.2deg. ; mean, U2.ldeg To-day, at noon— 6Cdeg. RAINFALL. Eav the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Nil. Total to date during the month— o.33in. Total rainfall for March— o.34in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preccdiDfi 9 a.m. to-day— ic miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30.13 To-day— 0.30 a.m., 30.17;' noon, 30.16. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HODRS. Moderate and variable windß have prevailed and fair weather generally, though unsettled and hazy in, many parts of the western districts. Rain is reported about Cape Egmont \>]\ s morning. The barometer has recorded little change of atmospheric pressure. TO-DAY-3 WEATHER. TBOa OBSEUVATIOKS TAKEH AT 'J A. II Station. Wind. Bar. in ' Wea " __, Shade ther - Cape Maria Van Diemen ... NE f b 30*10 70 B Rubsell SE 1 30-16 M 'B C Mauuknu Heads NE 1 so-20 Ci CM Auckland SI 30 20 07 B Eu&t Cnpe ... NW 1 30i.'5 55 B Giaborue \V 1 ao*2O 70 B Spit, Napier ... Culm 30-11) 63 B Castlepoiat ... NAY br 3015 70 B New Plymouth ..SI 3C20 65 E Batea Calm i!o'2o 63 O "Waupanui ... fiTW 1 30-20 G7 O Foxton Calm 30-19 64 O Wellington ... N lir Wl7 6B B C Btenhejul ... • ... 3 \V 1 3C-U6 hi B C Cape Cumpbell ... N f b 30 - 05 01 C Kaikonra ... .;. Calm 3lrOO' 01 B C Nelson •$£ i go-la b\! Z JB'wewell Spit ... W 1 30*16 61 Z Westport SE 1 3018 53 B C Cape Foulmna ... BSE 1 Uo'2o 65 B C Groymonth ... Sot come Holsihka sii 1 30-20 4S B C Bealey s\f £t, 30-12 52 O Lytteltou w 1 30-OS 62 O Clmstchurch ... S\V 1 UO-10 a 6B C Tmiuru 3 1 30-l-i M B C Oawuru S\V 1 'JO-10 54 B POl b Chalmers ... (julm 3U-0U si) B Dunediu Qiilm , 80-10 65 B C CjuueusLown. ... Culm 3'J\Ll 43 U fcut'gow iIVV 1 29 !)J 51 B Invei'cai-giU ... MX 1 80-OJ 60 B C Blutt ... VV 1 3O'U3 56 B C Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; £ b, fresh breeze; m g, modeiate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, galo ot exceptional beverity. Weather.— B, blue s>kj, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; U, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling raiu; I°, foggy; G, gloooiy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; Jl, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky coveied with thick clouds; i', pa&MUQ Miovvors; Q, squally, X, ram. continued rum; ii, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FOPwECAST. At 9 a.m. the foliowing forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 boui-E-.— Winds, — Northerly, moderate to strong, north of New , Plymouth and Napier, and westerly prevailing elsewhere, probably increasing 'and squally to-night. Barometer.— Fall everywhere. Sea.— Considerable on all the western coast, and probably decreasing in the next 24 hours; rough between Castlepoint and Kaikoura, and moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good northward of East Cape and on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. Weather.— lncreasing cloudiness generally, and unsettled and showery at times in many parts of the country, especially on the West Coast. D. 0. BATES.