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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8181, 14 August 1906, Page 3

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HOME MARKETS. | London, August 12. Copper-r-On spot £B3 2/6, three months £B2 15/, Lead, £l6 18/10, Copra.—Dull tt t £2l (offered) for South Sea etiuaaner shipment. Hemp,—Ham. Jfovomber - J unuary shipment £3l 5/. Babbits.—No trade, for spot lots, but better enquiry for future deliveries. Sheep.—Prices unchanged. LambsCanterbury light 111-IM, medium 1 9-10 d, heavy Southland and North Island I.id. Beef— River Plate sheep ami beef unchanged. HIGH COIIffISSIOXER'S ADVICE. £Per Press Association.) Wellington, August 13. The Department oi lndusui'-s and Commerce has -received the following cable from the. High Commissioner, dated London, August Uths— The mutton market remains very depressed. Canterbury brands are quoted at 3Jd, and North Island' at 3|d per lb, The lamb market has declined further. Canterbury brands are'selling at 4Jd, and other than Canterbury I'd per lb. The beef market is steudy. Hindquarters are quoted at 3|d and forequarters at 2Jd to 2]d peril).

The butter niurkct remains "mi at last quotations. The market has been favourably affected by the Continental weather.

There is good demand for elr.vse, and) Canadian makes are quo tod at 09/ per cwt.

The hemp market is quiet, but slca-1 dy. The price oi g.f.n.q., Wellington, ' on spot, is CI {'! ClOj per ton, and business is being done in distant deliveries at the same figure, Stocks on baud total SO!) tons, against --J 1 * tons foe the corresponding ]>erio\l of last year. Fair current Manila, on

..pot, i- £l3 per ton. The cocksfoot market is quiet, with a (end.-iicy in f;iv,,,.r of buyers. American s.eei N fie.lv ofTercl. I The wool market is qui. I, with no) j alteration in price. New. Zealand loin;' berried wheat, on spot, ex granary,! is quoted at 31/ to :W/ p,r WlUlis, J and short-berried at :'.O/ii lu 31/0.1 These prices are nominal. Xtiv Zealand Spnrrowbill oats, ox] granary, per 3Sllbs, are. quoted' ut ■JI/fi to 25/«>. and Danish oats per .'Klllbs are selling at l'.»/ t„ JO/. Tic, market is quiet, and only a >iiinll

busin.-ss is doing. The market is firm for New jZculan I twins, t.a.q., old crop at 31/« to 35/ l»r 50 libs. The market for p.-.,* is steady. New Zealand I'nrtridge are quoted at 1-V to 50/, and blue at 30/ to 10/ per 50 libs.