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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7316, 9 June 1902, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS,

By l'leetric Telegraph.— Copyri^htl lvr I ress Association. Kcceived -lur.<> '.), <),57 a.m.

,- . London. Suiulav. Juiun sales—So? i-a.-vs offered, '.150 sold at par to live shillings' advance ; Uireo-quarters scraped £125. Stock llbl tons.

Mutton-New Zealand sheep and !»mb declined ,\d all round. Jiivcr 1.1-ilei, crossbred or merino weihers, heavy, 3 1-lOd ; light :i S-Ilj-.1. | New Zealaud beef, ISO (o 120 His, lair, average quality, ox fores, 4}; hinds, .|.\,i_ Coi>p ; -r. spot. iDp, : Ihreu month.--, £ji;. Sihvr Is II 15.KM. "Whea'—Australian carM sold al 29s Gd. Consols 07. The imports for May increased by £'J'27,i)()'), and (he exports decreased l>v ,C'oUs,ooo coiunsn-d v, ith previous May.

(Press Association.)

AViati.vGToy, Mcnday. The Department of Agriculture have received the following cable from the Agent-General, dated 7ih .Tune :—

Dull sale for nil qualities of mutton and a further drop in prices seems imminent. Average price to-day tor Canterbury mutton 'Id; Dune-din, Southland and iV.It.K. C-3., 3|rl; other North Island million, 3-j'd. Lamb market depressed. Stocks are accumulating. The average price for Canterbury brand is -i^l; New Zealand lambs, other than Canterbury. 4.d. Beef market weak. New Zealand hinds 4Ad, fores 3;! d.

Uuttcr is «fo;uly. New Zealand sup. plies arc finished. Danish 103s, Siberian o]s, Canadian 98s.

Clu'esn. market dull. Rtiyrrs are holding back expecting prices to go lower than 50-:.

Hemp market steady. "Good fair Wellington" grade, on the spot, .£'3s ; June-August shipments, £21) 10s. Stock 38-1 tons, against 295 tons last year. Cocksfoot seed market firm, Buyers have been offering for eoi-ksfoot seed more fively. New Zealand, 171b slandnrci, ■!'.>.<.