COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

IX3NDON MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable. Association. London, August 18. Butter.—Owing to the. increased shortage from all sources, prices are continuously hardening. Danish, 100s to 2035. New Zealand, 180s to 182s. The cheapest obtainable is Irish separator, about 170s. Cheese.—Strong demand. New Zealand 97s to 98s, Canadian, spot 05j, c.i.f., 90s. Copper. —Spot, "£ll4 10s; three months, '£lll ,10s; electrolytic, £l2O. Tin.—Spot, £lßl 2s Cd; three months, £l7l 10s. Lead.—Spot, '£29 12s Gd; three, months, £2B. Spelter.—Spot, '£s3 : three months, £47. Silver, 31, O.lGozs.

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET; The I-'ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:-r Wcstfield: Best oxen sold to £2 (Is (Id per 1001b, others £2 3s to £2 5 S r 1001b; cows and heifers sold at from £2 3s to £2 (is for best, other £1 18s to £2 Is. Calves—Runner's sold at from £0 10s to £8 17s. heavy suckers £4 10s to £(i os, medium suckers £3 5s to £4 7s Gd. light suckers £1 18s to £3 3s, small and fresh-dropped 3s to £1 16s. Sheep—Prime wethers- sold at fully late rates, inferior-fattotl were easier in price. First quality wethers from £1 19 3 !)d to £2 3s rid, others £1 8s ildto" £1 l!)s, ewes, heavy-weights, from £1 17s to £2 2s, others £1 lis fid to £1 10s (id, hoggets 25s 3d to 2Ss 9d. A line of 115 wethers from Mr. James Bell, of Kiwitahi, averaged £2 3s 3d. A small pen of fat ewes sold on account of Mr. R. A. Bent, Putaruru, realised £2 lis. Pigs—Medium baconers £"4 to £4 10s, light baconers £3 10s to £3 19s, neavy £3 to £3 9s, medium porkers £2 lis to £2 19s, light porkers £2 to £2 10s, slips £1 5s to £1 13s, suckers 8s to 14s. No weaners yarded.

AUCKLAND SKIN AND HIDE MARKET. The Now Zealand Loan and V<->-.antile Agency Company, Ltd., reports:—We submitted and sold large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, Hides: Market firm. We quoie: Ov, extra,stout, lid to 11M, stout IOJd to 103 d, medium lOd to 10jd, light flid to fl?d; cows, best lines, to lfld, good OJd to flja, inferioi B}d to 83d; kips IOJd to 103 d; calfskins, best, to 14ld good Hid to 12Jd, cut and damaged CM to BJd damaged hides 31d to 7-Jd. Sheepskins: Market active. Best butchers' .skins, picked, to 14s Gd, good lines 10s to 12s 3d, medium 7s Od to 8s 9d, small 3s fld to 5s (id, country drv and woolly skins, best lines, to 10d per lb, good 7!d to BJd, damaged 2Jd to 6!d; lambs' and pelts, dry, Is 3d so 3s Od. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, to 345, good 28s «d to 31s Od, inferior 22s Cd to 20s, rough fat 2<l per lb. Bones: £5 10a. Cowtails: Is dozen. Horsehair: Is to Is SJrt. Wool, in bags and dumps: Bright crossbred Hid to 12 jd, coarse crossbred Old to IOJd, 'nferior crossbred 8d to fld, crutchings, clean, to lid, good Bsd to Hid, heavy, 7Jd to 8d; locks and pieces 3Jd to Old.