COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10283, 11 July 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Jiy Telegraph — Tress Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night, j The Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner, dated London July Bth (quotations unless otherwise specified are average market prices on i spot): — Mutton.—Market quiet, small busi- j ncss doing, dull sale for heavy carcases. Arrivals this week heavy. Canterbury, 3Jd; North Island, 3§d. Lamb. —Stocks on hand heavy, but fair demand continues. The market is a shade weaker. Canterbury, s£d; other than Canterbury, 4fd. Beef. —Market depressed on account of supplies of American chilled beef being large. New Zealand hinds, 3sd; fores, 2|d. , . Butter. —Market remains firm, nominally. Choicest New Zealand butter, "108s (stock is exhausted): Danish 115s; Siberian, 102s; Australian, 103s 4d. Cheese.—Market steady with very good demand. Shipment of cheese ex Tainui arrived in good condition. New Zealand white, 60s; coloured, 61s. Hemp. —Market very quiet, nothing doing. New Zealand quotations nominal and unchanged, viz., New Zealand good fair on spot, per ton, £2l; fair grado, £2O; forward shipment New Zealand good fair, £2l 7s 6d; fair grade, £2O. Stock of New Zealand hemp, 809 tons. Manila market firm with more enquiry. Fair current Manila on spot, per ton, £2O; forward' shipment, £2l. Output from Manila for week, 21,000 bales. Wool. —The market quiet, but firm ! at last quotations. 36's low crossbreds Is l£d; 40's low crossbreds, Is 2£d; 40's medium crossbreds, Is 3d; 50's lialfbreds. Is 6jd; 56's quarterbreds, Is 9£d; 60's merinos, 2s 2£d. Kauri Gum. —Market very quiet. Stock of New Zealand gum, 266 tons. J Dark brown selected rescraped, £7 2s | 6d; dark brown, three-quarter scraped, £4 7s 6d; dark brown chips, drossy, 35s to 455; rescraped pale amber, £l2 15s; pale scraped, £7 10s; diggers' chips, good, £2 10s. Mutton and Lamb. —River Plate shipments during month of June, 1911 : Mutton. Lamb. London 145,845 50,801 Hull 9,000 1,000 Liverpool . 127,793 61,706 Newcastle 5.434 1,000 Southampton 8,896 1,300 Bristol 6,000 292,968 AUCKLAND SHARW MA.HICK;. Mr J. T. Henary, sharebroker, of Auckland (in conjunction with Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., his Masterton agents), reports the following quotations of business at the first call of the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday morning:— MINING—

PERMANENT QUOTATIONS. Messrs C. O. Ross and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Gualter, Dykes, and Co., of Wellington, report the following quotations and sales: — Permanent stocks. Buyers. Sellers. £ 8. d. £ s. d.

Sellers. Buyers. . £ s. d. £ s. d. Caledonian 1 5 1 3 May Queen 2 7 2 6 New Sylvia 3 10 - 3 9 Saxon 2 5 2 3 Waiotahi 3 3 3 0 Waitangi 3 0 2 11 Ross 2 3 1 11 Watchman 2 2 2 1 Old Hauraki 2 3 1 11 Crown 3 7 S 5 Tairua Mines 2 7 2 6 Waihi 3 5 9 9 5 3 Waihi Extended 1 9 1 7 Waihi Gnd. June 1 7 3 1 7 0

National Bk N.Z. 0 1 0 Bank N.Z. 12 1 0 Wellington Trust and Loan 7 12 0 Wellington Gas, £10, 19 9 0 Ditto, new issue 3 5 ,0 Wellington Meat Export £5 6 5 0 Wellington Meat Export, £2 12s 6d 3 5 6 N.Z. Shipping 11 15 0 Union Steam 2 1 3 Wgtn Wool, ord. 4 2 0 Wgtn Wool, pref. 3 1 0 Westport Coal 1 9 0 1 9 6 N.Z. Drug 2 9 3 Taranaki Oil 16 e 17 0 LOCAL QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ t. d. £ ■. d. Wellington Farmers' Meat, pref. 3 0 e Wellington Farmers' Meat, ord. 2 15 0 3 0 0 Worksop Dredge 2 0 0 2 5 0 Success Dredge 1 0 0 Taringamutu 2 8 6 W.F.C.A. 7 2 6