COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1643, 9 January 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

, LONDON MARKETS. ! WffiWiCT (Per Press Association ) Wellington. l°st night. The Department of ludu,t'ies and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner, dat.d L nlon. Oh inst : The mut‘on market is fi m, the average price tc-day fer Oa' t rbury being 4,( I psr lb; fer other aid North [lend 3J l per lb. There his been no a t riiw lei tbe Is nab market sinc9 last report. The bsef ma'ket is very dull. Stocks of New Zealand beef on hand aro light. The average price to-day for hindquarters of New Zealand beef is 3:11 p r lb, fore 3 3d. The butter market is very firm, with a good demand. The average price of choicest New Zealand bulter to-day ir 118 s per cw ! , Australian 116 s, Argentine ll.os, Dauish 1275, Siberian IC9’. The cheese market is very firm, with a good demand at 63s per cwt. The wo:l market is quVt but steady, and there is a good demand f r all desciipli :ns. The market has been unfavorably effected by a report that has been generally circulated that prices have declined at the colonial sales. Current Bradford quotations for tops are : 36’e, low crossbreds, la breds, Is 3 : ;-d ; 44’s, medium crossbreds, Is 4£d ; 50’s, bali-breds, Is 7£d ; 56's, quarter-breds, Is 9jd ; 60V, Merinos, 2s lid.

ANNIMATED WOOL cALE. Received 1.2 a.ru,, Jan. 9. Sydney, Jan. 8. The wool sales were resumrd with an animated and strong doinand for good Boris. Though there was no quotable advance on prices ruling at the close of the year the tendency was in sellers’ favour,