LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 183, 5 August 1925, Page 4

LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated Ist iiisf., from the Ulßh Couimissloner for New Zealand, London :— BUTTER. Market quirt but firm. Official quotations are :— New Zealand.—Salted, finest : August 1. 3!)5/ to 196/ per cwt (1/SJ to 1/8J per lb) ; July 25, 194/ to 106/ per cwt (1/HJ t<> 1/81 P«T lb) : July is. 188/ to 10°/ per cwt (1/S to l/.SJ per Jb>. Vnsalted • August 1, lOC/ to 200/ per cwt (1/sa to !/!•} por Ibi ; July 25. same as August 1 : July IS. 104/ tn 106/ per cwt (1/81 to 1/S-j per lb). Other qualities: August 1 104/ to 100/ per cwt (3/5J to 3/8J per lb) Australian.—Snlted. iinest : 180/ to 192/ per cwt. Vnsalted : 192/ to 191/ per cwt. Other qualities, salted and unsulted : 182/ to 186/ per cwr. Argentine—Finest: 182/ to 186/ per cwt. Exceptional : 3SS/ per cwt. Other qualities: 176/ to ISO/ per cwt. Irish.—Salted, finest : l!)(i/ to 198/ per cwt. I nsalted : 198/ to 200/ per cwt. Canadian.—Salted finest : August 1 3 B°/ t0 J.2 2/ por rwt ' L'nsalted : 180/ per cwt. Siberian.—l 73/ to ISO/ per ewt. Danish.—2o4/ per cwt. CHEESE. Market quiet aud steady. Official quotaEnglish.—Finest farmers, firm: 126/ to 130/ per cwt. Canadian.—Coloured : 107/ to 108/ per "Jot; r X TJ?o I / onnK lOf,/ per cwt - White: 107/ to 309/ per cwt. mo/ W t Ze 1 I \ l n r ! d '~ Colouref,: August 1, 108/. 309/ to 110/ per cwt (11jd to lljd per \ b > •J" f25 and July 18. same as August 1. Whiter August 3, 10S/, 109/ to 110/ Z'iAlV 3 ' t0110/ per cwt «™ A™ ■ I ,l eln 2 T TT Mnni ' n market firmer: opened with *.T ' jrrnde October-December ellipments being sold up to £47 15/, hut easier at close, and August-October shipment* quoted at £4« 10/.. New Zealand hemp in bettor demand, and earlier this week business reported in highpoints July-September shipments onwards, at £40 to £41 fair £36. Mnrkft quiet, but steady at 'close • Auguet-October shipments highpoints quoted at £38, fnir £36 and value ' olurs Wool.—West Riding strike has not been terminated, and consumption lessened but prices fairly well maintained, although value more or less nominal. Present quo tations for tops are: 04's, Merino, warp 4/O : 64's. Merino, average, 4/4 • 50's' super hnltbred, 2/9J ; OO's, halfbred,' 2/2J : 40's. prepared, coarse crossbred, 1/SJ. ' Oats.— Spot trmle better: c.i.f. market quiet. No. 2 Canadian Western sold recently at 20/6 per 3361b c.i.f. hut now offered at 1/ less, without business resulting. English unchanged, new crops winter nice colour and good quality. Best samples white have made 31/ to 32/, choice old crops 33/ to 34/, nominal values. Now Zealand "A" grade, August shipment, 31/ c.i.f. Teas. —Maple Partridge more acfivp Tasmanian sold 75/ to 80/, ex strirp. Now Zealand 07/ to 69/. Sellers firm. New Zealand Partridpe, August shipment, offered at 75/ : buyers' idea about 6S/. Blue pnas: Bptter demand for Japanese and Dutch. New crops of English marrowfar 23/ to 24/. Only best quality Tasmanian and New Zealand command attention, inferior sorts being unsaleable. A few parcels of N.Z. on spot offered at 67/ to 72/, ex store. Beans.—Market quiet for spot. Best English winter quoted at 44/(3 to 47/, spring 55/ to r>B/. Buyers scarce. Chinese horse, July-September shipments, sold at £10 r»/ c.i.f. Cocksfoot.—Danish new crops reported excellent, and very srood qunlity. Spot parcels offered at 73/, September-October shipments 6S/ c.i.f. Tallow. —Market steady, but spot demand quiet, fair business being done for shipment. Prices same as last quotations, except for mutton, fine 49/ to 49/6 per cwt. fair to good 46/ to 4S/6 per cwt. Apples.—Athenic, Raranga and Argylshire shipments ripened quickly, developing great waste. Market continues dull, and fair proportion unsold. Stunners selling 6/ to 10/. Early soft varieties very bad, and shipped much too late. Casein. —Present quotations are : Swiss rennet. £56 to £84 per ton: Argentine rennet. £46. Eggs.—Market quiet and steady. English. Irish, Danish, Dutch, Belgian, 14/ to 17/ per long 100 : French, Italian, 13/ to 14/6 per long 100; Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, 11/ to 13/6 per long 100.