HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9544, 24 June 1921, Page 7

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

The Department of Agriculture bas received the following . cablegram, dated June 18, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London: — Meat —Trade generally slow, but demand is good for New Zealand lamb and Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand mutton: June 18, d|d, B^d; June 11,6£ d, B£d. New Zealand* lamb, new season's: June 18, Is l£d, Is 2^d; June 11, Is Id, Is 2d. New Zealand ..,^._., j.J .season's: June 18, lid, Is. New Zealand frozen beef, fores: June 18, 3*d, 4£d; June 11, 3sd, 4£d. Chilled beef, hinds: June 18, 10^d; June 11,9£ d. Chilled beef, fores: June 18, s£d; June 11, 4fd. May shipments of beef from all paxts to Great Britain. are 539,612 quarters frozen, 148,713 quarters chilled. Retail meat prices are as follow: —Mutton, June 18: Legs, English 2s 7d, imported'ls sd; loins, English; 2s 9d, imported Is; shoulders, English 2s 4d, imported Is 3d per lb. May 21: Legs, English 2s 7d, imported Is od; loins, English 3s .imported ls r4d; shoulders, -English 2s sd, imported Is 22d per lb. Lamb—June 18: Legs, English 2s lOd, imported Is 9£d; loins, English 2s lid, imported Is 9d; shoulders, English 2s 7d, imported Is 8d per lb. May 21: Legs, English 2s lOd, imported Is 9d; loins, English 3s 3d, imported Is §d; shoulders, Engish 2s Sd, imported Is 8d per b. Beef—June 18: Sirloin English 2s 3d, imported ,1s 3d; ribs, English 2s 2d, imported Is 3d; steak, English 3s 3d, imported Is lid per lb. May 21: Sirloin, Engish 2s 4d, imported Is Id; ribs, English 2s 3d, imported Is 4d; steak, English 3s 4d, imported 2s per lb. Butter. —Market quiet. June 18: Danish firmer, owing to short supplies, 2045, 208s per owt, Is 9Jd, Is lOJd per lb; Irish, 180s, 186s per cwt, Is 7^d, Is 7^d per lb. June 11: Danish, 198s, 202s per cwt, Is 9£d, Is 9|d per lb; Irish, 186s, 190s per cwt, Is 7|d, Is B£d pea- lb. June 18: New Zealand, 1945, 198s per cwt, Is B£d, Is 9d per lb; Australian, 1725, 174s per cwt. Is 6£d, Is 6fd per lb; Argentine, 1365, 164s per owt, Is 2d, Is s£d per lb. June 11: New Zealand, 184s, 198s "per cwt, Is 7|d, Is 9£d per lb; Australian, 1725, 178s per cwt, ls C Is 6|d per lb; Argentine, 1545, 158s per cwt Is 4£d, Is 4Jd' per lb. Government prices ex store:—June 17 to 23: New Zealand* 192s per cwt, ls S£d per lb; Australian, 170s per owt, ls 6d per lb; Argentine, 152s per cwt, Is 4-Jd per lb. June 10 to 16-. New Zealand, 192s pel' cwt Is Bjd per lb; Australian, 170s per, cwt, ls 6d per lb; Argentine, 152s per cwt, ls 4£d per lb. Cheese —(Market weaker and demand quiet, but steaSy. Canadian —June 18: White, 965, 100s per cwt. 10* d, 10|d per lb; coloured 965, 100s per cwt, lOJd, lOfd per lb. June 11: White, 100s, 108s per cwt, lO^d, 11 Jd per lb; coloured, 102s, 104s per cwt, lid per lb. New Zealand —June 18: White, 945, 100s per owt, lOd, lOfd per lb. June 11: White, 106s, 116s per cwt, ll^d, Is o£d per lb; coloured 104s, 112s per cwt, lid, Is per lb. Australian—June 18: Coloured, 90s, 96s per owt, 9£d, iOid per lb. June 11: Coloured, 955, 100s per cwt, lOd, 10|d per lb. Wool —Sales close to-day with two catalogues ''"8.A.W.R.A." wools. Attendance good throughout and competition keen, especially from Continental section and later from Home trade. Finer merinoes have maintained improved opening level; scoured, and slipe met with keen demand and are similarly dearer. Selection crossbreds large, and while fine quality maiiv&ained improvement, medium and coarse have been irregular and close little cheaper. Withdrawals very small and practically all "8.A.W.R.A." and free wools sold on the same basis. Average closing values: —6o-64's (merino), June 18 Is Id to ls sd, May 13 ls Jd to ls 4d; 56's (super half-bred), June 18 ls Id to ls 4d, May 13 ls Id to ls 3d;

50' s (half-bred), June 18, lOd to Is, May 13 lOd to is ; 48's (fine crossbred), June 18 9d to lid, May 13 9d to lid; 44-46's (medium crossbred), June 18 6£d to Bjd, May 13 7£d to 9£d; 36-40's (coarse crossbred), June 18 Sid to 7d. May 13, 6d to 7*d. There will be large offerings of crossbreds next series, opening June 11, and m the meantime "J3.A.W.R.A." sales will take place at Liverpool, Hull and Antwerp.