COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 11 December 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. •algety and Co., Limited, Wellington, have received the following cable luessage from their London house, under date of the sth instant:— Butter—Market firm. The Copenhagen otlicial quotation is unchanged. The total imports of butter into the liritcd Kingdom for the week ending 30th ultimo amounted to s»,<Moewt, at compared with Ul,ooocwt for the corresponding week of I'JOO, showin" a decrease of 3000cwt. Finest, lltif tinwilted, 114. Wool—Merino wools: Sales continue fairly inainained. Fine crossbred wooN: I'rid-i are, on the average, 1(1 per cent. low.r than the closing rates of last series.

KM>en Meat—There is a good demand fur fro/en Wf fores. Tall.iw—Since our last advices, mntt»n i.ill.uv is higher by 3d; edible beef talbiw i; ii|„> ai higher. Other description- higher bv Is per cwt. WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

D.ilgety and Co., Limited, report having he'd their second wool sale of the season in the concert room of the Town Halt when they submitted a catalogue nf H 135 bales out of a total of 6000 loles. A much larger quanritv was anticipated, but the bad weather experienced in the early part of the season li.nl the effect of making growers delay ("hearing operations. The scarcity of shearers also seems to have retarded shearing. There was an increase in the attendance of buyers as compared with the November sales. These included representatives from English, foreign, and local firms. A noticeable feature of th» sale was the activity on the part of local buyers. Competition was fairly animated, and we disposed of about three-quarters of our catalogue under the hammer, and expect to quit most of the balance privately. Crossbred* and inferior halfbreds showed a decline of at least \'*a per lb. and best halfbreds were slightly easier as compared with prices realised at the November sale. Prices offered were on a par with latest advices from London.

The highest price realised for half bred woo! was U'/Jd for part of I!. Coleman's Vernon clip. P. Wood, of Makohau, Turakina. realised 10% d for his halfbred wool

The highest price realised by v.s for crossbreds was for 15 bales on accoun: of W. L. Lovelock, Palmerston North 9V 2 d.

We give below approximate value! lealised, and, for tlie sak-; of .-in>pa. : - son, values obtained for the November sale:—

Nov., 19U7. Dee.. 1907. d. d. d. d. Merino .. 8% to 10'/. Super halfbred ii to n>/ 2 wy, to ii•/-. Medium do 10 to 10'/j !)>/, to 10 ' Inferior 0 1 / ito 9% S\i to 10 Super eross-

bred 9'/ s to 10 8->4 to D'/a Medium

cr'ssbr'd B'/ a to 9'/, 7'/ z to B'/, Inferior do 7 to B'/i 6 to 7i/ a Bellies and

Pieces fi to B'/ 2 5% to 7'/! Stained locks

and p'cs 3 to 4 2'/ 4 to 4 Dead .. 5% to IV,. i'A to 6% Crutchings i% to 6 4'/j to 5% The following are some of our principal sales:— Vernon—Halfbred, ll ! / 4 d. Makohsm— Halfbred, Xgaionui—Halfbred. Oy 4 d. The Rocks—Merino, in>/ 2 d. E.S. —Merino, lOd. Koatanui—Komney, nd. (i.fi.C—Crossbred. f|i/ t d. -I.D'./F Shropshire, !)y»d. 71—halfbred. 9 s / 4 d. Eastry—Crossbred. ny 4 d. J.M.—Crossbred. 9"/ 4 d. C.11./G., merino. !)'/ 3 il. Wrekin—Halfbred, fl'/jd. Kyrewood— Southdown, lOd.