COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 137, 10 June 1911, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., Auckland are In receipt of the loUowtnj; cable from their head office, London, under date June

Butter.—Rather more inquiry. Total Imports into United Kingdom for week ending Saturday last, lOS.OOOcwt: tor corresponding period last year. 79,000cwt. Copenhagen official quotation is 2 kroners nicher. We quote: Danish butter, at 111/: finest Australian, salted at 92/. unsalted at 100/: pood to fine, from SS/ to 94/; inferior, from SO/ to SV.

Cheese.—Held firmly. Moderate demand. Prices, from 56/ to 57/.

Melbourne first grade batter Is offering at about 13id per lb. landed duty paid Wellington; and Sydney first grade at about 123 d, landed duty paid Auckland: so that there is not much room for a further advance in New Zealand.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report bavins held their -weekly sale of skins, and tallow, etc., on Tuesday, June 6th.

Hides.—Market firm. TTe quote: Extra stout ox to 7ild, stout 6£d to 7d. medium 6}d to 6Jd. light s}d to 64d: cow, best lines to 6d, good sld to 5Jd. seconds 5d to 54d: stags 41d to 4Jd: kips. fWd to 6+d: calf, best to B*d, good 7d to 7*d; cut and damaged 3Jd to s<l.

Sheepskins.—-Market firm. Best butchers' skins 4/ to 4/6, pood 3/ to 3/S: dry skins, large to 7/6, medium 4/6 to 3/6, small 2/ to 2/s.

Tallow. —Market firm. Best mixed, in shipment casks, 2S/; good, 26/6; medium, 23/0. Miscellaneous. —Rongh fat, 13d to l|rt: cowtails, 1/S per dozen; horsehair. 1/4 to 1/6 per lb: bones, good dry £4 15/ to £4 17/6 per ton.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report:— OHATJPO SALE. At Ohanpo, on Tuesday, 6th iDst., we submitted 540 head of catle. also sheep, and all were required; cattle of all classes selling at unproved prices. Three and a half year old steers in forward condition made £6 6/ to £6 10/: 3 year old steers, £5 18/ to £6- -> 4 year old steers, £i If to £4 13/; well "Town calves, £1 17/ to £2 2/6; smaller sorts. £1 6/ to £1 14/: fat cows, £5 13/; <rown bulls, £3 5/ to £4 10/; 3 year old heifers in calf, £5 W to £<? 10/: store cows, £*» Tn/ to £3 17/6, according to condition-, empty ewes in forward condition, 9/9; stack of hay, £1S; sheaves, £6.