Commercial.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3133, 19 February 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

,'.:.. "London, February 16. New Zealand liemp still continues to/ inqreasa in value, and is now quoted at #H 10s per ton. At the woo) auctions yesterday, 10,000 bales were;sold, and to-day Prices were good, There is a general rise of icl pei* lb, • Wlieat-The Jjigijsli wheat market is steady J the continental market show an' ujHyard tendency; the American js unchanged; for cargoes of; Australian ljew qrpp pn passage, sellers are asking .|9s : ;: Now Zealand cargoes.on passage average 87s. : Few Zealand flour ox storeavorages 2Gs6d,' Colonial beans 88s. ' - ■ -Mow-Eleven hundred casks we're:offered and sold. Mutton, medium, 27s ;' .beef, medium ,265, Candles.'De Eoubaix, Jenar and Co., quote : leading brands at sd, -:■'

: The wool sales': are proceeding with general improvement. -At yesterday's sales French buyers operated freelyi,; Twp;Mn'dred: twpntyr three thousand .bales.' were catalogued ofwhich saffd..wereßoldV ■ >:' li-'r.

; vThlKew Zealand loan'and Mer(Mtile.igency Pompahyl (Limited), ;have.rec«yed the'following telegram ibstarit^'iTpow^firlfWMtgr:

flood mutton 13 worth 29s per owt Good beef is woitlf 27s pei *cwt Frozen meat —Maiket firmei Canterbury mutton is worth d pei lb, Wellington mutton is woitb B|d pei j lb. New Zealand beef, forequarters, arewortliß 7-8 d perlb,|lnndqua.iters are worth lb