COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 297, 25 January 1910, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

Lu.\!);i.\ markets. J'v Te!i";ra!)U.--I , re.<s A.s-e; ia■ '.ea. Lo::d'i:i, .t;:ir.:;irv 23. Hemp.— inactive and iincUariged. Copra Dili! and j,a:a:i Sea. in bags. C2-i. I 'ottoii.-Uveriiool. 7.42 d. Silwr, 24 3-1 lid. Copper.—Spot. CliO lis ; t iiree Cdl 12s (1,1. Tin. —Spot. CliO 15 s; Miree £l-18 2s lid. Lead. CI3 13s 9d. Rabbits. un.-hanged. The wool sales.--The wot'' c::l;tksg:i«l to date is 48.872 bales, of which 4ii.030 were sold. Competition lor a':! sorts ;s very firm. America gave ; ross-breds gaod suppor!. Tile IliK-t cup realised up to Ki'/.d. average 7-f ! .1:

lip to 15Vtd. average '■!.>. over 'i. up to lod. average J2l,^d: A!-::tio, up to 14i<,(!. average 13%!!. Grain. —The wheat and dour ailoat for the Vnited Kingdom is 2.07~>. | )i 1 '! uiia"ters. and for the Continent 7(15.0110 quarters. Atlantic siiipmeiiis 140.000 quarters, Pacific shipments 15.000 quarters. Shares and Money.—Waihi. buyers CO Iss. sellers CO 17s (id; Junctions, buyers 3'"is Id. sellers 355. The Imperial Bank of Berlin has reduced its bank rate to 4 1 /; per cent. HIGH COMM ISSIONER'S REPORT. Wellington, January 24. The cablegram from vac High (V.n-mis-ioner. dated January 22. is as follows: —• Mutton market quiet; trade for al: ei.'.sses of mutton vcrv .slow, prices barely maintained; supply <•? ( anterburv mutton praetiexl'.y exhausted; quotations for that- description nominal. A vera ire price for North island mutton d. '

Stock o; la't sc.;-on's New Zealand lamb almost exhausted. and small lots on market selling at sisnttini price*. A'.eraive price o;' new season's New Zealand lamb, other than Canterbury, 4%d. Australian lamb .3il.

Beef market lirm: supply limited; New Zealand hind-oa:i''ters averaging 3 , / < ( d. fore-quarters,

Butter market very firm, with general and active demand. It is expected prices will advance. The shipment of butter am! ..dices? jier s.s. looic arrived in good condition. Average prices; Choicest New Zealand 114s. Australian. Argentine and Siberian 110s. Danish 121s.

Cheese market very firm; good demand; market active at an advance. Now Zealand finest white cheese averages 58s, colored 575.

Hemp market quiet at last quotations', with tendency in. favor of buyers. !t is reported that the American market for Manila hemp is firmer. The output of Manila, for the week was 20.00 ft bales. Prices cabled last week were: Snot, good fair .t'27 10s, fair -<.'2(l 15s; Manila, £2<S 10s, January-March stood fair .C2k fair £2O. Manila £25 10s.

Kauri gum m;u»ket firm with fair demand. Current, quotations: Ordinary to fair three-quarters scraped CS 10s per cwt.. fair iialf-scnppd £5 ss. brown fair lui'f to three-quarter scraped 00»'. brown picking s , common to good 40s; bush, fair to good pa!e and amber, scraned £.S.

TALLOW SALE. NEWTON KINO'S REPORT. On Tuesday, 18th instant, i held my usual four-weekly sale of above produce, the catalogue submitted comprising 118 bales and ISO sacks wool, 732 hides, 20015 sheepskins', 2011 calfskins, 20 casks, 18 tins, 1 box, and I sack taliow, besides the usual assortment of boras, hair, tails, bones, etc. Wool: This came.forward in quantities fully u.p to anticipations, and met a very buoyant market. Consequent oil the rise in the Antwerp sales and expected rise in the London market (which has since been confirmed) prices were exceptionally good. Compared with last sale they advanced to M-d per lb, and in the ease of liner sorts to %d .per pound. My best price for bale lots was O'/jd, and for sacks 9%d. The ruling values for medium fleece hale lots was 8d to S'/od, clips of 13. 8, 7, and 0 bales and numerous others being sold at these figures, and ot the total catalogue of 118 .bales submitted only 8 bales were unsold, which is a very good indication alike of both growers and buyers' confidence in this market. Only a few bales of lambs' wool came forward, and it met with keen competition. Sheepskins: Very few full wools now offering. In sympathy with wool thes ; . advanced %d par lb for dry and up to Gd each for salted. Hides: On a ipar with last sale, with the exception of ox, which advanced from •! i," per lb. Taliow: Th ; s met with keen competition, prices, indeed, being very high, the market advancing 15s J per ton. Calfskins: Not so many now oU'ering; prices '/ a d to '/ 4 d per II) lower. I quote:— Wool: Fine crossbred to 9%d, medium crossbred S'/al to od, coarse 7'/l'd to Bd. totted ami stained 7'/ ; ,d to 7%d, black o%<l, medium lamb.-'' Sd, seedy lambs (i'/Cd to 7(1, bellies 5d to 5 ; :/.d, good pieces 5d to second pieces 4d to 4%<1, first dead f:%d to 7tl. inferior dead 4d to 4'/;d, locks 2'/nd to .'i'/id. skin pieces 2d. Sheepskins; Medium crossbred 7'4d to 7'/jd, or os. (is' Od, 7s lid, 7s 10d. 8s lid, 9s 9d, up to 13s 3d; coarse crossbred O'/jjd to 7<l; lambs' il'. •! to 7d, or 2s 7(1. 2s lid. 3s 2d, 3s (id each; damaged lambs' ay S (\ to t»«/.il. pelts 4'/_.d to 5y l d. dead 5',4<1 to li : ;'.d. second dead 4 : /, dto sd. damaged -t'/.d to l><l. Damp lines as follows: Poll- Is' (id. Is Hid, 2s, 2s Id. 2s 3d: lambs' 2s (id, 2s 9d. 2s lid 3s Id, 3s 4il. Salted pelts. Is 7d, Is 9d. 2s, 2s 2(1. 2s 3d. 2s (ill. 2s' od. 3s; salted lambs', 2s 3s. 2s (id, 2s Sd, 3s Id. 3s 3d. woolly 5s 7<l to 7s 3d each. Hides: Ox extra stout B'/ s d to 9'/ s d. stout 7 ! /!>d to B'/.il. medium 7'/,il to 7'Ail. ligbi 7d to 7'/ s d. superior mediuiu Sd. superior light 7'/,d to 7-%;3. cut ox (id to (P/ ; d: row. superior heavy 7 l ',d to 7%d. superior medium 7Vsd to 7'/ I d. superior li'iht 7(1 to 7%d. ordinary heavy (1 T/ S d to medium (i'/. l '! to (»%d. light to li%'i; cut cow s'/;d to (i 1 / M d; lie:ivy si ays -1%-d to .)V,d. light stags 5 1 '.i! to 5 : V, ( ; : Carreer-' cow hovv «%d to li'.'-jd. medium ."i'.J.il to slippy -bl to 5':,(!, superior yearlings 7i! to Bd,|j ordinary vcarlings (i 1 / ; dto '!% d. cut j; \carlin.gs 5%d to (id. Horsidiides. heavy (is Oil to Ss (id, light 5s to 5s (id. Calfskins: Best lines 9'/,d to 9V,d. good S7 s d to 9'/,(!_ seconds 7'/ a d to S'/.d. slippy si/,d to 7%(1, cut OVWI to 7%J----dry calf Is to Is 2d each. Tallow: In cask-, lies! mi:;ed 2('h to 20s 3d. good 25s Od to 25s fld, medium 25s 3d; in tins, superior 27s 9d. medium 22s Od, rough fat 12s (Id per ewt. TTorseliair Is 4d per lb. eowtails Is Od per dozen, horns Is to Is 9d per 100. <iones £5 per toil.