COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 308, 24 December 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. London .December 23. I'oiftr-Ou the spot £O2 lfa 6d, time mouths £O3 8s 9d. i.n- iW months £133 J s 6d. i-e.ul, £l3 2s lid. Silver, i2%d. U'iivat. —A line uf 7000 quarters of Australian lXven:ber-<Mtiuury shipment! sold at 30s, and 15,000 quarters of January-February shipment at 35s !hl. Shares, unchanged.

AI'SIKAUAX MARKETS. SjJuey, December 23. Wheat, 3s Bd. Flour, £9 10s. Oats—White heavy 2s Ud to 2s lOd. Barley—Cape 4s 4d, Maize, 4s 4d. Bran, £5. Pollard, £6. Potatoes—New £5.

Onions, £6. Cheese, Od. Butter, 92s to 945. Melbourne, December 23. Wheat, 3s 7'/ 2 d to 3s Sd. Flour, £8 15s. Oats—Algerian Is Od to Is lid. Maize, 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Bran, lid. Pollard, is 2d. Potatoes, £5 to £G. r Onions, £5. Adelaide, December 23. i Wheat—Old 3s Sd, new 3s 6'/ 3 d. Flour, £8 ss. I Bran and pollard, Is. Oats—Algerian Is lOd.

NEWTON KINO'S REPORT. At the Haymarekt on Saturday, 19th inst., store pigs made 20s to 30s, slips lis to 19s, 'horse, trap, and harness £lB os. light draught mare £25 10s. At rremti on Monday there was again a very large muster (principally young cattle), with good attendance of buyers. Mixed calves £1 Is to £1 Bs, yearling .steel's £1 15:? (id to £2 2s od, 18niontSis heifers £2 as, 2-year enipt-,' heifers £2 llis to •£2 17s, 18-mont'is steers £2 13s to £2 llin, 3- to 3'/ 3 -ye-ir do. £4 6s 6d to £4 10s, store cows £2 2s to £2 12s, fat and forward do. £3 3s Od to £4 2s Od, bulls £l lis to £2 18s 6d. At Rahotu on Tuesday there was a good muster with fair attendance, the following prices being realised. Mixed calves to yearlings £i 2s to £1 10s fid, 12- to 15-months steers £1 17s to £2 ss, 18-months do. £2 15s to £2 19s od, 3-year do. £4 Is, store cows £1 14s (ill to £2 os, fat and forward do. £3 9s to £4 12s fid.

WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. On Saturday last we had an extra large entry of poultry. Prices, as usual so near Christmas, showed a slight decline. Prices as under: —Chicks 5d to 9d, old liens Is 6d to Is Bd, good table hens 2s to 2s 9d, cockerels 9d to 2s 4d, ducks 2s to 2s (Sd, ducklings (forward; Is 9d to 2s, good young goslings 3s to 3s Od, turkeys, good, goblers Ss to 9s Od. poor 5s to 0s (id, hens 2s Od to ss, Gui near fowls 2s ,to 2s Od. Fruit.—Wo have now decided to increase our space for the handling oi fresh fruits, and have taken over Mr Newton King's late fruit mart in James 1 Lane, where out fruit sales will in future be held. This week fruit has come forward in large supplies. W( quote: 'Frisco apples 15s to 16s lid American navel oranges 18s 6d to 19: Od, bananas (very short supplies) 2%( per lb and 12s to 14s case, cucumber: 2s 6d to 4s Od dozen, cherry plums -Is 3( to 6s 3d, burbanks (is to 7s Od, Evan: early 5s 9d to 7s, peaches 8s to 9s 9d apricots 12s 6d to 13s Od, tomatoes 5; to SV-hI per lb. strawberries Is 2d tc Is 3'/»d—all according to quality; mar rows 3s 9d case, lemons 2s, green pea; lOd to Is o'/ 2 d per peck; lir-st season', grapes 2s to 2s Id per lb.

LOCAL MARKETS.

Bi r.so Pbices. Dealers offer for farm produce:— D. Butter, factory, in rolls X 0| „ dairy „ <J „ separator 10 Cneese, factory 7i „ dairy ej Bacon 8 Hams s( Eggs, per doz 10 Casli Betail Selling Prices.

Each. s. D. 8. D Roosters 1 5 to 2 2 Hens 1 (! to 2 2 Ducks 1 7 to 2 G Ducklings 1 4 to 2 0 Cockerels 10 to 1 5 Chicks to 8 Turkeys gob. 7 0 to 9 6 Turkeys, hens 3 0 to a 0 Geese 3 3 to i 6

Batter, factory, per lb. 8. 1 r>. 2 separator 1 0 dairy „ 10 Cheese, factory, per lb 8 dairy " ,,, 8 Eggs, per doz. 1 0 Bacon, per lb. 1 0 Hams 1 0 Flour, roller, 1001b ... 13 0 Flour, 501b 6 9 Oatmeal, 251b bag 3 0 Oats, white, per bushel 2 6 " Duns 2 9 Oats, crushed „ 2 9 Parley „ •Maize, nominal 4 0 5 9 Wheat 5 6 Beans 5 0 Besns, crushed a 6 Polla-cl (sack) 16 0 Bran (sack) ... 10 0