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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 144, 14 December 1911, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, December 12. Share Quotations. —Bank of Australasia, £ll2 to £114; New South Wales. Bank, £42 to £43; National Bank of New Zealand, £5 5s to £5 10a; Bank of New Zealand, £100; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £9B. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Wednesday. Following is the High Commissioner's report, under date London, December 12 (Note: Quotations unless otherwise specified are average market prices on spot:— Eggs.—Prices firm for new-laids, otherwise the market is dull, with a downward tendency owing to large supply. Prices "per 120," Home, 16s 6d to 18s; Russian, 7s «d to 10s; Italian, 14s to 16s; Danish, 15s to 19s; Austrian, 8s 3d to 12s; Dutch, 13s 6d to 225; French, 14s to 19s. Poultry.—Market quiet and firm. Chickens.—Home, 7d to 9d per lb.; Russian, 7y a d to B'/ 2 d. Ducklings: Home, 7d to B>/ 2 d. Turkeys: Home, 9d to Is; Continental, 7d to 8»/od; French, 8d to 9y 2 d. Bacon. —Market quiet and steady. Fair demand at rates named below. Sides, Irish 50s to 00s per cwt, Continental 48s to 58s, Canadian 48s to 545, American 48s to 545. Hams.—Market quiet and small business doing in large sizes; smaller sizes ' scarce. Irish, 78s to 120s per cwt.; English, 90s to 112s; Canadian, 50s to 675; American, 52s to 625, J