FINANCE AND TRADE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4920, 8 January 1895, Page 2

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The following table shows the movement in Colonial Government stocks for the week ending 3rd inst as compared with the previous week- t Stock Deo27, , 9iJanß,'9s'RlM New South Wales 4 107j 108} if" New South Wales 3} 100 IOOj it Viotoria .. 4 101 102 if Victoria ... 3J 93} 93 -j|| Sou'.h Australia 4 100 -102J 3J|| South Australia 3j 100 100} it Queensland .. 4 100 106 ■ Queensland .. 3} 96J 97$ }! Tasmania .. 3J 99 99 - West Australia 4 111 U| _ New Zealand ~ 4 105J 100} it NowZca'and .. 3} 100 IOOj }* There is thus an advance in all denominations except Victoria 3§ per cents, and South Australian 4's," but the quotation for the Victorian stock is ex dividend, so that the price is really equivalent to an advance of 1, which is equal to that recorded for i Victorian 4's. South Australian 4 per cents, show a decided fall of U, and although tho quotation is ex dividend, the decline isstill 1± This seems peculiars the South Australian 3} per cents, show an of}, there is therefore a strong proliability that an error has been made in transmission, and the quotation should bo M. FROZEN MEAT. Jl Frozen meat shows a welcoSfc' advance, first quality New Zealand mutton having risen }d per lb during the week, Becont quotations aro as ' follows : Lamb Ist 2nd Ist Quality Quality Quality Dec. 6, per lb 3jjd 3Jd 4|d ~13, ~ 31(1 3}d ifd »20, „ $[A m 4fd ..». ~ m w m Jan. 3, „ ,j,'-d 3fd s^d On the 20th December, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales mutton was quoted at an average of 2|d; frozen lamb from Australia averaged 3fd, as compared with New Zealand Frozen poultry should receive attention from our small farmers, and if the requirements of the London market are attended to, there is every prospect of a profitable trade. The salesmen recommend that shipments of ducks, fowls, goslings and turkeys, should be timed to arrive Home between the middle of March and the end of April. Turkeys oughtta have the necks wrung, and notJ(R throats cut, as tho blood spoihttho appearance of tho heads; they ought to be wrapped in absorbent paper. Fowls and ducks should not bo trussed.

lIU'ITKII. It is estimated that at tho end of last month theie would bo about •3000 tons of colonial hitter in storo iind on the raarkot. With this quantity awaiting realisation, them is _ not much hope of vitality in prims. There have been no recent cable quotations for colonial butter. On the 13th of December the Copenhagen Committee found it necessary to reduce the price of finest quality to 100s and"four Kronen" to Do's. Victoria is making rapid strides as a butter exporter and is at tho present moment the most formidable competitor New Zealand has to encounter. The official figures giving the exports of butter from Victoria for the months of October agL. November, show that during-Ml eight weeks 3,90'(>,73'2 lbs more we™ exported than in the corresponding period of 1893, the increase being equal to nearly 50 per cent. The figures are as follows : Oct. 1894. Oct. 1893, Increase. lbs. lbs. lbs. 3,t>1!),021 2,011,703 1,808,316 Nov. 1894. Nov. 1893. Increase. 5.:-592,<JGS 3,231,552 2,168,410 9,211,992 5,276,200 3,966,732 The increased output was valued at £148,728, ami the tlio total valuo of the eight week's shipments was recorded at £340,575.