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Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1916, Page 2

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I |\ ! ■*•— - . * . LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 8. Wheat.—Chicago May options 1201 cents to 1251; July, 1198 to H7i|. Jute.—January-February, £2B as. C'orpa.—January-February, £32 ss. Cotton.—January-February., 7,95 a". Hemp.—March-May, £4l. Rubber.—Pura 'ls't/id; plantation, 4s 3d j smoked 4s 2d. Rabbits are dull, owing to the large supplies. New South Wales blues, i'u store, 23d. Frozen .Meat.—Very iittlc has been released, and the Society of Heat Importers is not issuing price lists. Unofficial quotations are: New Zealand ewes, Ojd and 7Jd; lambs 7-Jd to ii&. Quicksilver, 333s 6cl to 3355. Imports have increased by £3,021,496, exports by £7,068,591, and re-exports by £1,833,355. . , I INSURANCE BUSINESS. Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Jan. 8. The total income of fire insurance companies in New South Wales lusl year was £1,492,131, and the expenditure £1,450,372 the latter being made up of losses £887,031, and expenses of management, £503,340. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, January S. Oats.—Chilian, 2s to 3s; local, 2s Cd to 2s 7d; Tasmanian, white, 3s 6d. Barley.—Malting, 3s to 4's. Maize.-—South African, 5s lOd to 0s 3d. Potatoes.—Tasmania, old £l3, new £l7. . Onions.—Old £2, new £4 to £4 ss. Butter.—The wholesale price of butter has becu reduced to 123s Bd. Melbourne, January 7.

Bran, 4s to ss. Pollard, GOs. Oats, 2s to 2 S 2d. Barley, 3s 9d to 4s. * Maize, os lOd to Os. Potatoes, £l3. Onions, £3 to £3 ss. Adelaide, January 7. Wheat, 5s 3%d. Flour, £l2 to £l3 10s. Bran 10y 2 d. Pollard, Is 3d to Is 4d. Oats, Is lid.