TRADE AND FINANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 291, 13 December 1904, Page 3

TRADE AND FINANCE.

.LONDON MARKET CABLE. LONDON, Dec. 11. "lanJlba— Canterbury light 6Jd, i%e&vy S4d—. New Zealand beef.—Ox fores 2}d, ox hinds 3 id. River Plate mutton.—Heavy 3 id, light 4Jd. Beef: Fores 2Jd, hinds 2tfd f Raiblrits.—Unchanged; (quiet on spot owing to large supplies of English. There is good demand for foreword shipments. Copper.—Spot £65 ss, three months £65 12s 6d. There is good demand for South Se&copia. Instant parcels, in bulk, 17Jd, cargoes afloat 17} d. AGENT-GENERAL'S ADVICE. WELLINGTON, Dec. 12. Tbe Department of Industries and .Commerce has received the following cablegram from the Agent-G«oer-.al. dated London, 10th Since cabling last week therre has Itaot no alteration in the mutton .market.

The lamb market is quiet. jßeefis in better demand. Slocks cat New ZtealaniJ beef on band are Jigdrt. Tfoe,B.v.erage price to-day 01 tiandquarters Kew Zioaland beef is ,B}"d, foraquftrtera 2{d. •'lie butter market is firm, with - lsood xfentand. !The .average I'rice .ot choicest New.Zealand butter toiday is 106s, Danish lifelie cheese merest .is steady. Cana■dian 495. Theihiemj) market is quiet, -but firm. Tflfee price of New Zealand hem]), good fair Wellington grad l , on spot, to-day is £3l 10s, Jan.u-.iv to Uarch shipments £3l 10s. The price ol Manila, hemp, fair current gnu'?, oo spot to-day, is £3l 10s per toil. There. was no alteration in the cocksfoot seed market during last week. The wool market is firm, with an upward Uudency in all grades of medium and coarse crossbreds. These qualities have advanced id. Importations of River Plate mutton into the United Kingdom during < the past month (November) amounted to 268,939 carcases, of wfeich 1 06,207 were landed at Loudon, 147,- 1 064 at Liverpool, 9861 at Newcastle, 18990 at Cardiff, 3385 at Southamp- . *cm, 1067 at Plymouth, 'and 1502 at 1 Irish ports. llic quantity of iamb was 2051 carcases), of which 290 were landed at London, and 1761 at Liverpool. The quantity of Argentine butter landeil in the United Kingdom during November was 3261cwts., landed at Loudon and Liverpool. HOUEBUSH STOCK SALE. • ((Rece/ycd Dec. 12, 11.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 12. At Homebush sheep were lower, though crossbreds were scarce. Wethers maile 18s 23 to 19s, ewes 14n. Cattle are firm. Best bullocks £9 108, good £8 15s, liest cows £7 3k, goad £6 655. Best beef averagpd 22s 6d per 1001b. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. (Received Dec. 12, 11.25 p.m.,) SYDNEY, Dec. 12. The final wool sales for the year liave opened firm. Greasy sorts intake from 15} d to 21|d.