COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1901, 11 September 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Waihnlo Tunis O/firr, Wednesday. LONDON M VItKKTS. Londov, Septomb-i 8. — Consols remain at 101.— New Zealand securities aio quoted to-day as follows :— The 5 pi«i cent. 10-10 loan, 103? ; the 5 por cent 188!) loan, 10") \ the 4i per cent. 1579 1904 loan, 100 ; the -1 per cent, nisei i bed stock, 103 p— A ffoueial decline has occtuied m tlio in uket for coin nial "uread>>tnffs. Adel iido wheat is im,\ quoted at 37s p\ store, and Now Ziml.uii! ditto at 32s to 37s ; Adelaide floiu , o\ wai i - hou^p, it 215s. — Aiistialian tallow: Amm.i^i quality beef is 3~is Gd : ditto mutton, oik

LONDON WOOf, >.\r,i:->. London, tSeptunbei B.— The wool ni.ulM continues linn. The citilnguo at to-d.iy*-auction coiupiiscd 10,300 lulo-i.

mplbouhnm: m \iuctr. MEriBOCRVK, September !>. -The Mel bouuie ni.ungor of tho Nation il Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited,) lepoits <>l the locvl market-, .is follow? .— Wlio.ifc, p 1 bushel, 3-ilOJtor^ lid; malting baiky 4s to Is (5d ; New Zealand o.its, feodnu sorts, 2s lid to ;?s 2d ; milling ditto, IU 3d to 3, 4d ; New Zeilind o.its, under bond. 2s (Jd to 2s Sd. K.uiu timber, per 100 feet Hewn logs, 15s to 10s ; &,nvn flitches 18b to 21s.

mizlhouuxk worn, \\n csiiuv m\hmun. ilia-dh. Goli^bhoicii & Co. repoit, under date Melbourne, August 2"> . —Wool — In the absence of tin- usual auctions, tiansactioiis in this ui.uki't have be<-n vei \ limited, the total quantity ■■.old since the issue of our last cncil.ii beuitr about oO'l biles. Consignments of last s<>ison's clip fiom the Dai ling aie now .iiuuiij;, and athe flood will no doubt last sulheiently lorn, to embjo the bulk of last \ oar's wool to leach the seabo.ud on tlie ]>iesent use, th< j opening sdo of tlio m\isoii, which common ces in Melbourne nest month, promise*, to be much moie unpoitant than was at hist anticipated. Theie has been a good inqun v dining the month, and no difficulty is experienced in quitting .ill lots offered at satisfactory puces. Telegiaphic .id vices from London 1 expecting the piogiev? of the thhd&eiies of coloni.il wool sales aie, on the whole, satisf.ictoiy. Since the opening night on the 12th mst. i) 1,700 bales have been catalogued, and competition has hmm very spiuted, the vvithdi iw.ils up t) dati b< j mg eon&ideiabiy under the iisu il piopoition. Ciossbie>K, in coui'iion with all deep grown lustie wool-, of both vu pot ted and dome-tic giowth, aie lepoited to ha\e advanced fiom \d to Id per lb : hupenor Put Plnlhp and Svdnoy giea^ies have ad\ me n\ ,>uout the saun* , average to good Mennos lemain on a level with the best .ivei ige l.ites of la-t .sales ; v\ hilc the opening j>i ices foi low and infenor soits, winch showed no linpuno ment, .ire buely niaint.un°d. With a Knge attendance of home and forugJi bu\eis, i fair activity in liade gcnnially, a bouiitifn] h.irvebt tliioiigliouf Emope, the picsont heiics mi v be said to h.i»e commenfcd under \eiv f.ivHiuable .xiis[)ices, and as tin* tot.il available quantity, amounting to ;53j,000 biles, niduding old >tocU, is not excessive, it is not liupiobible tlh.t puce , will li.uden still fi'itliei as the pi<giess. Our advius fiom up country aie on t'<e whole, ot .i f.nomable chaiactci l^iuing the ]> i-^t vvuck hei\y i nils full tlnougliout a Luge poition of this colony, and although some distucts mo still b.ulh oii' for moi-tuie, .in incalculable amount of good has been done, and all appiehension foi the fafe of the ciop is, foi the piescnt, at an end. Ln the jusfoial distucts of New South W»ks the downpour has been lighter and moie p.utial, and nioie lam is anxiously looked foi 3[onihia (4iimv 111 .'our —Owing to die continued unfavouiable news fiom the United Kingdom, a fuithei heavy fall in the pure of wheat being tepoited, sJuppcis have not opcKittd to any extent hince the date of our last lcpoit, and the demand being now conhned to town milleis, who only pinch, lse sjjaiingly. the month just closing has been the dullest of the seison with no piescnt jjiospect of any linpiovo ment. The sj.ison his been a v osL un foitunateone for shipp'ns, who, owing to the heuy s!i'[)[nng oii^ig'Mii»nts entcicd into, rtoie obliged to irs vo juices foi wlieit which must have losiilted in heavy losses. We also h'Mi vjuous eo'iiplamt-. of the c in dition of s.'veial c.ngoc , as well as shoil weights, winch must liavea \e.iy prejudicial eftout on oui cvpoit tiadf m the futme The totxl (juanlity expmtod since the opening of the seison is now upw.uds of 20"),000 tons, having a siuphis still avadible foi fihiptncut of about 23,000, which w ill be ab soibed by the other colonies within tin next few months should oiu tuule continii 1 as bn>k as af" piuscnt. — Wheat his fallen 3d per bushel since oui last iepoit, (piota tioiis now being os 10ld foi pi lmc milling and shipping sample-, but to secuie l.nge Jjaicels 1- I- -till asked by holdeis. — Floui li.Vj continued dull of s ili>, but stocks have not accumulated. We still quote KS to £•'•> ss, accoidincr to bi.md, but only a tiade business doing, theie being no liiquny foi expoit.