PRICES IN LONDON

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 58, 31 May 1927, Page 2

PRICES IN LONDON

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS Under date -May 2S lhe Hi . mission er for Xe»- Zealand ji, f o * has cabled the following official' of London market quotations. Butter.—Market firm. t.? e ee, Zo ;il i<nd: Pi, ! e!rt salted Ut lG.st, pel cwt, exceptional, 17o» ’ 1.4 s to ISOs; other qualities, iYts'*? 8 * 11 *’- Australian: Salted. 162 s to unsalted, 166 s to 172 s Mr , qualities, 150 s to 162 s per c *rt. OUi Danish: 166 s to 16Ss per cwr Irish Creamerv: 166 s :« irs 1 ' unsalted, 174 s per cwt 16Ss «W c*. Argentine: Unsalted, 162 s to is, cwt: exceptional, up to ITOs other qualities, 156 s to 160 s i.e.'' <v - Siberian: 160 s per cwt c —L Cheese.—Market firm. Demand v Zealand is active, and prices hi? ‘ V * vnneed rapidly during the last twJV Canadian: linest coloured and j5?-’ to%ss per S cwTt' CWt: other OUaUUe??': | cwt. U fc; Australian: Coloured. S9s per r*.qualities, 87s per cwt. cwt * Tallow.—Spot market quiet demand at auction. nd Mutton, fine, 36s 6d per cwt* fan. good 35s to 36s per cwt; dark to dull •!' to 34s per cwt. u “* Beef, sweet and/or mixed, 36s fri . per cwt; fair to good, 34s 6d to per cwt; dark to dull, :!2s to 33s ner W Mixed, fair to good, :isto Us fS. v dark to dull, 32s to ills per cwt Gut, etc.. 2§s to 32s per cwt H °ney.—Market quiet. Demand ,i „ especially for lower qualities Xew Zealand, white. 75s to'sasner.. light amber, 67s to Sss per cwt- : amber line, 60s to 67s 6d per cwp 55s to 60s per cwt. 1 Chilean, 45s to 46s per cwt Californian, 42s fid per cwt. Cuban, 45s to 47s 6d per cwt Canadian, 45s to 57s 6d per cwt' Fruit.—‘-Delphic” unloading and , dition is satisfactory. Market steadv apples clear well. * 1 Apples (per case): Cleopatra, ISstoTk Sturmer, 16s to ISs; Jonathan. Dunn's Fa’ vourite, and Statesman, 14s-to ISs Ty cious, 13s to 15s. Prices for large’Jon than Delicious have declined \l Hemp.—Manila market quiet, a -< closes easier with sellers “A” |rtd« Ma'\ July and June/August shipments £42 Sisal market quiet, June/August shin, ments No. 1 sold £37 10s closing vaK £37. Afloat nominally worth £3B. New Zealand market quiet, fair afloat May/July shipment sold £34. Business might be possible on the basis of to-days values: Highpoints £35, fair £34, common £33. Second grade tow sold £24. Wool.—Bradford market steady. Littlo better turnover of low and medium Quality crossbred. Tops, 40’s prepared, Is 7jd ; other quotations are unchanged. MINING NEWS MOUNT MITCHELL M ERCLRY MINES. —The manager reports on the Great British Mercury Mine: "We are ‘cleaning up,’ and not yet completed. So far we have recovered one-third of a ton of pure quicksilver. "We have 120 truck* of ore in shed for the second part of the run. besides a quantity of rich mere aria] residues. The condensing system it being improved still further, along line* suggested by the Great Falls smelter. The improvements already carried out haTe been' very successful.”