LONDON MARKETS.
PEB PBESS A880C1ATI0N.) (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) London, March 22. Sheep, Canterbury, 4§d ;' lamb, Canterbury, 6gd ; Dunedin and Southland 5 11-16 d ; North Island, 5 9-16 d ; Australian River Plate, o|d. New Zealand beef, 1891 b to 2201 b, fair average quality, ox fores s§d, hinds 4Jd ; River Plate beef, fores 3 7-16 d, hinds3ls-16d. Hemp is dull. Fair Wellington, January-March, £31. Hides, scarce. Business is limited. Queensland heavy ox s£d, light 5 5-16 d, cow 5 3-16 d ; New South Wales, heavy ox 4Jd, light 4fd, cow 4 9-16 d. Leather, weaker, Is 2d, basils, less enquiry Is 2£d. Wool clip— Rangatira, 6£d. Per Press Association, WELLmoToir, March 23. The following cable has been received from the Agent-General, dated London, 21st inst : — Mutton market firm ; average price to-day of Canterbury mutton 4§d, scarce; Dunedin, Southland and Wellington Meat Export Company mutton, 4£d ; other North Island mutton, 3gd. There is a good demand for all lamb. Average price to-day, New Zealand lamb, Canterbury brand, is sgd to 6d ; New Zealand lamb, other than Canterbury, ssd. N.Z. lamb this season is giving satisfaction to buyers. Beef market steady. N.Z. hinds, 4jd, fores 3|d. Butter market steady. The price of butter to-day is 107s per cwt. Cheese market very firm. There is a good demand for cheese at 68s per cwt. Hemp market firm in spot deliveries. Price of good fair Wellington grade, on spot to-day, £34 : March-April shipments, £30 10s, quiet. Cocksfoot seed market very dull. N.Z. 171 b, standard 59s cwt. Coarse crossbreds of all grades this week are weaker. x
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Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 303, 24 March 1903, Page 4
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263LONDON MARKETS. Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 303, 24 March 1903, Page 4
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