COMMERCIAL.

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 937, 3 February 1908, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

■ ' ■ " ■■* I [VRRSS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. To-dny. The Depiirtment ol' Industrie-, ami I'uiiunrrce h;is received the Vollmvm- i cable from the .High CmmiusMmH'r. \ dated London, February 1*( ;: — ; Mutton market dull, and intdc very disappointing, tliere being only a j lmnd-to-mouth demand. KivtT IMaic mutton is in large supply, and is ix>ing strongly pushed for sulc. Following are current quotations: Canterbury mutton old per lb ; North Island! o\}d; Australian 2Jd : Hiver Plate ;!d. There is a fair local demand for this season's New Zealand lamb. Canterbury brands are quoted at (id. The beef market is weak, and tlu-iv is no change in prices to report. The butter market is very lirni. and excited, on account of the falling off of receipts. There are more I divers than sellers, and there is general confidence in the maintenance of present prices. Choicest New Zealand butter averaged 1:24s per cwt . during last week. The Tonga riro\ butter*, to be delivered next week, lias been sold at 120s per cwt. and 128s per cwt is now asked. Australian butter is quoted at 1225, Argentina 120-s, Dniii«h 1275. ;ili(l .Siberian 117.-* per owl. The cheese market is quiet, with a tendency in favor ol buyers; while makes V.te Od. colored' Gls Od per cwt. The hemp market is dull and 7io immediate change is expected. Following are current quotations: Good fair grade on spot £28, fair grade on spot £27, fair current manila £'28 10s. Jauuary-March shipments, good fair grade i' 27 10s. fair grade C2(i 1-ls, fair current msmiht £28. The cocksfoot seed market is quiet. Buyers are not keen to do business. The stocks on hand arc light, and prices, aro firm. Bright, clean dressed seed. 171 bto the bushel, 77s per cw t . Tlie wool market is firm for merinos. Crossbreds are Id lower than lasr ((notations.