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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 6 January 1908, Page 2

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LONDOi\ MARKETS: x London, January 3. Wheat—The market is quiet. Prices are nominally slightly higher., Cargoes are neglected. South Australian December and January shipment Is offering at 40s. For South Australian on Bpot there is fair enquiry at 45s to 45s «d,» Flour is in better request. Australian 29s Od to 30s 6d ex store. ' - J. Copper—On the spot £6l 1?b 6d, three months £O2 15s. Supplies 60,928 tons, deliveries 47,004 tons, stocks 19,710 tons, afloat 3850 tons.

Tin-On the spot £l2l, three months '£l22 ss. Stocks 12,452 tons, oh the spot 16,022 tons, afloat 3183 tons, deliveries 2710 tons. Lead, £U 12s 6d. Iron, 48s 6d. Sugar—German 10s, first marks 11a 6d. Wool—The Bradford wool market 1» more cheerful. There is better inquiry for crossbreds. Common sixty's 26V;d. super 26'/ 3 d. f ■ n •

Butter—There is a steady trade fa butter. Danish, unchanged. Choicest Australian 114s to 116s, unsalted 112 a to 114s. Second class is in short supplv and strong demand at 100s to 110s.; gilierian is almost exhausted. New Zealand 118s to 110s, Argentine JHs to Cheese —The marked h firm. New' Zealand white «ls to 82s, colored 02« to 03s.

The American visible supply of wheat is 66,110,000 bushels. Silver, 2s 1 9-16 d. VICTORIAN BU ITER TRADE.. Melbourne, January 4. l'he oversea butter exports last tear were nearly 3,000,000 pounds less than in the preceding year. The decreasSin [ the value of the exports was £91,184. A RECORD SHIPMENT OF DAIRY PRODUCE. Per Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. the largest consignment of eheeee for J*cw Zealand to London was taken away by the Tonirf yesterday. It con-si"!-0d.,„0f 17 > 471 Phages, valued at The lonic also took 42,734 boxes of butter valued at £106,835. Over 38,000 boxes came from the North Maud. The total value of the butter and firajssi >p - ed by tho Bteamer; W " BUTTER AND OTEESE. ; ' As a set-off to the lengthy list of New Zealand s exports whioh have-been .affected by the lower >values of the past few months there is the one bright spot provided by the buoyancy of the marwn- * ~ r mi chcese > write ß yi 6 Wellington Post. Owing to the small supplies of colonial butter accompanied witn a keen demand, New Zealand choicest has reahsed in occasional in- , stances as much as 1225. However, the bulk of our shipments do hot reach Eng. land until after Christmas, and the cimial period is generally January and I'.•binary, ami !f present quotations only ( IHim' slightly in sympathy with the larger quantities offering then, the factories which are consigning will have no cause to complain that they resisted the temptation to dispose of their outputs a l the prices offered by merchants at the beginning of the season. Cheese is keepIn? remarkably firm, and at present prices should yield factories handsome returns.

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