OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

BUTTER AND CHEESE. THE BOARD'S REPORT. By arrangement with the Primary Products Marketing Department the following information is supplied:— NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. 21/8/37. Last week. Lnstvonr Salted . . 114/-115/ 115/-11 C./ 121/-122/ Unsalted . 115/-117/ 110/-118/ 120/-121/ "Tons. Tons. Tone. Deliverk-s |45C 1G0!) 1374 In Store 5930 4175 4102 Market steadier at the close. NewZealand retail price unchanged, 1/3. Auetralian: Salted, 113/ to 114/; unealted, 114/ to 115/. Deliveries Auetralian 1291 tons, in stor« 4433 tons. Irish creamery: Salted, 116/. Danish: 106/ f.0.b., 128/ spot. Dutch: Unealted, 107/ to 10/9. Siberian: Salted, 107/ to 110/. Polish: Salted and unealted: 106/. Lithuanian: Salted and unsalted, 110/. Market quiet. Danish retail price unchanged, 1/3. Imperial Economic Committee estimated stocks of all butters in store 934,099 boxes (last year 969,010 boxes). NEW ZEALAND CHEESE. 21 /8/S7. Last week. Last vear White 677-68/ 69/6r70/ 70/-71/ Coloured. ... 67/Q : 6B/ 67/-08/ > ":'..' N CVate s : ' Crate*. Deliverie* .;". .*14,5 M - 13.Cf>0 17.680 ; 47,463 55,735 63,320 MarlTet eteadyAlfettpr demand at lower; prices. New Zealand Yretin prices un-.j changed, 9d to 10d. Auetralian: White. 66/6. Canadian: White. 69/ to 70/; c.i.f., 66,'; old season's white, 80/. Deliveries Canadian 7653 boxes, in store 117.969 boxes. Market steady. Better demand at lower price. English: Finest farmers', 88' to 90'; factory, 70/. South African: Coloured, 66/ to 67/. TALLOW, HEMP, APPLES. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cnblcwani, dated August 21. from the TTisli Commissioner for Xew Zealand. London: — Tallow—Market very quiet at about 6d below laet week's rates. Hemp.—Manila: Market easier, values have declined. K grade for AujnietOftober shipments sold at £29. Sisal: M.'rkot quiet but steady. Xo. 1 quotod sellers for August-October shipment* £27 5/. Xew Zealand: Xothing to report. Apples: Fair demand: practically cleared. Prices are. Granny Smith, 10' to 14': Dougherty, 10/ to 12/; Sturmeiw, 6,6 to 9J. CANADA'S EXPORTS. OTTAWA. Anguet 21. Canada's exports in the first seven months of this year were valued at 617.000.000 dollars, an increase of 113,055.000 dollars over the same period last year. PRICES OF METALS. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDOX, August 23. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of August 20: — Aug. 20. Aug. 23. Per ton. Per ton. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan.. spot 56 11 10J 56 9 4J Copper. stan., 3 months 56 16 10J 56 13 1J Copper, electro. . . 62 10 0 62 10 0 to to 63 10 0 63 10 0 Copper, elec, wire bars 63 10 0 03 10 0 Lend, soft, soot . 22 10 0 22 5 7J Lead. soft, forw'd 22 10 7 J 22 6 111 Spelter, spot .... 24 6 10J 24 3 1J Spelter, forward . 24 8 15 24 3 li Tin, stan., spot . . 2<!3 17 0 264 2 6 Tin, stan., 3 mos. 262 7 6 202 12 6 Silver, stan., oz. spot 19 15-16 d 19 15-16 d Silver. fine, oz, spot ( 211 d 21Jd WORLD WHEAT PRICES. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 23. Wheat cargoes are firm and parcels steady. Futures:—London: August 43/9 per quarter; November, 42/9. Liverpool: October, 8/2% per cental; December, 8/3%: March. 8/0%. Chicago.—September. 105% cents per bushel; December, 106%; May, 109%. COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA. LONDON, August 21. (Quotations on Aug. 14 in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 5.78 d (5.93 d) a lb; September delivery, 5.61 d (5.72 d). Rubber—Para, 9%d (9%d) a lb; plantation and smoked, S34d (B%d). Jute. — September - October shipments, £20 8/9 (£2O 15/ Auguet-September) a ton. Copra, t— September-October ehipmente, South Sea, eun dried, £14 12/6 to London and Rotterdam (£ls 2/6) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £14 10/ to Marseilles and Genoa (£15); plantation, Rabaul, hot air dried, £15 7/6 to London and Rotterdam (£ls 17/6).' ; • v Linseed Oil.—£3l 15/ (£32 5/) a ten. Turpentine.—3s/9 (35/9) a cwt.