COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8212, 16 August 1906, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and (Jo., Ltd., held their fortnightly aale at Masterton, yesterday, when there was a good entry of cattle, but only a moderate yarding of sbeep. Owing to the rough weather there was a smaller attendance of buyers than usual, and these were not eager to operate under the hammer, though most of the stock was sold before leaving the yards. Pat hoggets reached 18s 3d, fat ewes 18s 3d, store hoggets 12s 7d. About 180 head uf yearlings and weaners were yarded, motherreared yearling? selling at 40s, other yearlings and 18-month steers 38s, weaners 275, dairy oows £6. . AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Received August 15, 10.7 a.m. SYDNEY, August 15. Wheat, chick 3s sd; milling 3s 6d; flour £8; oata, Algerian feeding 2s lid to 3s 2d, seeding 3s 3d <o 3s 4d, New Zealaud gartons 3s 4d to 3s sd; maize, 3s Id; peas 5s 6d; bran and pollard lOd; potatoes, Tasmanian £8 to £9; onions, £8 ss; butter, best la to Is Id; bacon, 6d to Bd. ; MELBOURNE, August 15. Wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 4J<£d; flour, £7 to £7 10s: oats, Algerian 2s 6d to 2s Bd, barley, Cape 2s 9d to 3e 3d; English malting Is 9dtoss; maize, 3s 3d; bran and pollard lOd; potatoes £6 to £7; onions, £6 to £6 10s 6d. ADELAIDE, Aug'ist 15. Wheat, 3s 3d; flour, £7 ss; bran and pollard, 10^d. LONDON MARKETS. Received August 15, 8.40 a.m. LONDON, August 14. Copper—On the spot, £B3 7s 6d; three months, £B3 ss. Tin, £lB2 10a. Lead, £l7. Imports, 20,067 tons, including 5,313 Australian; exports, 5,764 toes. Silver, 2s 6 7-16 d. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for United Kingdom is 2,525,000 quarters; for the Continent 875,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments, 180,000 quarters; Pacific, 1,000 quaitera. An Australian cargo aoid at 30s 3d. Banltß—Bank J!of Australasia, £96 103; Union, £SO; National iJank of New Zealand, to 5- ! -4; others uuohauged.