Trade and Finance.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7704, 5 January 1905, Page 2

Trade and Finance.

LONDON COMMEItCIAL CABLE. LONDON, Jan. 3. Tallow in slock 0064 casks, imports 3377, deliveries 3482. Tin—Stocks 15,398 tons, on spot 5086, afloat 3981, deliveries 2000, Wheat—An. Australian cergo sold at 32s ljd. The total wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom «s 3,710j000 quarters, and for the Continent ],- 305,000. Atlantic shipments 39,000, Pacific 15,000. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE REI'OHT. SYDNEY, Jan. 4. Wheat,—Chick 2s 10U to 3s ljd, shipping 3s lil to 3s 4}d, milling 3s 5& to 3s 5Jd. Flour, £8 15s. Outs.—Tasmauiun .white feed 2s to 2s sd, Algerian Is 5d to Is Bd. Barley.—Cape 2s 3d to 2s sd, malting tts to 3s 4d. Maize, 2s 6d to 2s 7d.. Bran, 7di. Pollard, 9d. Potatoes, £7 to £7 10s. Onions, £ll. Butter.—Best Bjd to 9d. Bacon. Oti to Bd. (Tiro above quotations arc those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers.) ADELAIDE, Jan. 4. Wheat, 3s 3jtf. Floup, £8 5s 4d to £8 10». Oattf.—Algerian Is i3d to Is 4d, stout Is 7d to Is lOd. Bran, 9d. Ppilul-'d,, 9d to 9Jd. : AUENT-OENEHAL'S ADVICE, WELLJMJTOX, Jan. 4. " Jno Department of Industries' and Commerce has received the following cable from the AgenUJenerul, under date London, December 31st ; Mutton market quiet, stocks on hand being light. The average price to-day of Canterbury mutton 4Jd, other North Island mutton 4|d. ' The beef market is weak, the aver- ' oge price for hindquarters being 3{d per lb, and for forcqimrtcrs 3d i>er \t>t There is good demand for butter, the piarket being firm n(i. late decline. New Zealand butler is giving sutisfaetion to buyers. Choicest New Zealand is quoted ut 100s, Danish J 12s. The cheese market is firm, with general and active demand. The average price of finest New Zealand is 51s per cwt. 'Hie hemp market is steady. The price, of New Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington grade, o n spot, is £3l. April to June shipments £3O. The cocksfoot seed market is very (lull. The average pripe of bright, clean New Zealand cocksfoot seed weighing ]7lb per bushel, on spot, is 50s per cwt. New Zealand and longl>cllied wheat, on spot, ex granary, l>er quarter of 19611), 33s (id ; shor'tbellipd wheat, per quarter of 490 lbs, 32s (id. Supplies are decreasing. New Zealand oats short. Sparrowbills, ex granary, „n spot, per quarter of 3811b, 21s. Little demand.