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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 312, 10 January 1908, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. London, January 8. ! Silver, 2« 2 7-lOd. At Lhr tallow auctions 1815 casks were offered and S!IU sold. Fine mutton 34s 3d, medium 325, line beef 33s (id, medium 31s lid. Copper—On the spot £O2 12s (id, three months tli:t 15s. Tin—On the sjiot £123 10s, three months 1124 15s. Wheat—Fourteen thousand quarters of Australian January and February wheat was sold at 41s 3d. THE I X ION 1 BAXK. London, January 8. The Ijiinn Bank hats declared a dividend of ten per cent, and a bonus of two per cent. A sum of £IB,OOO lias ieen placed to the credit of the colonial premises account. The amount carried to reserve is £30,000; carried forward, £30,000. PROFITS OF A COUIXIAI. FIRM.

London, January 8. The balance-sheet of the firm of Koliert Campbell and Sons shows a protit of £48.75!). A dividend of ten per has been declared. A sum of t!3(1,7.">3 has been carried forward. HIDE MARKET. Received Jan. 0, 9.25 p.m. Melbourne, January fl. ! There in a better inquiry for hides. Catalogues are cleared in the sellers' favor. GISBORNE STOCK MARKET. Per Pre»» Association. Gisborne, Last Night. At tiie Jlatawliero stock sale the ranpe of price* was: Fat wethers 12s lid to 10s, fat ewes 12s to 14s (id, stores 8< to lis lid, fat lambs 10s Sri to 12n Id.

f;it steers to £B. fat cows 5* I to €5 ss, store steor* €2 10s to il'i ! 7s ltd. store heifors €1 to Ci 10s. The sale was dull for every claw of stock, probably accounted for by the dry weather and scarcity of feed. LOCAL MARKETS. POULTRY SALES. At last Saturday's auctions there were small entries, and bidding was lifeless, except when competition was started for a big line of well-grown ducklins, evidently in view of the forthcoming Band Contest. Each. 8. d. s. D Hens ... 1 i) to 1 7 Pullets ... 1 5 to 1 U Koosters ... 1 3 to 3 6 Coukere's ... 11l to - 1 Ducks ... 1 oto 2 "l Ducklings ... 11 to 1 2 GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

The cereal market is unsettled, and dealers nre looking for a decline in wheat values shortly.

But.xq Pricks. Dealers offer for farm produce:—

Butter, factory, in rolls 114 „ dairy „ !' Cneese, factory 8 „ dairy 6 Bacon 8 Hams ... ... 8 Eggs, per doz 10 Uetail Prices. s. I). Batter, factory, per lb. 1 1 „ dairy 01" Cheese, factory, per lb ... 9 „ dairj .. 8 Eggs, per doz. ■■ 12 Bacon, per lb. .. 11 s. p. Flour, roller, 1001b ... 11 0 Flour, 501bs ... ... 7 3 Flour, 261b ... ... 310 Wheatmeal, 251b bag ... 3 8 Oatmeal, 251b bag ... 5 0 Oats, white, per buskol ... 4 3 „ Duns „ „ •• 4 3 Oats, crushed ... 4 6 Barley „ ... 4 6 Maize „ ... 5 0 Wheat 6 « Beans (1 0 Beans, crushed ti 6 Pollard (sack) 15 0 B-an (sack) 11l 0 Potatoes, per cwt ... 6 0 Onioni, per cwt., ... 18 0