HOME MARKETS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 298, 21 June 1909, Page 5

HOME MARKETS.

■ . ~~ T ~" - '■--. - - ~J&i* [PRESB ASSOCIATION J :.V>" WELLINGTON, to-day. » Tho High Commissioner's cable, dated Loiuloir, Juno 19, is .as follows:— The mutton market is firmer. There is a better demand, shipments being made to America. Canterbury 3d, North Island 2^d. Tho lamb market is weak;. Stocks on hand are heavy, and widely distributed amongst . agents, who are pushing sales. Canterbury 4}d, North Island 33d. The ' beef market is quiet, and stocks of New Zealand beef on hand are. light. New Zealand hinds 4^d, fores 22d. The butter market is quiet, but firm.. There is a very limited supply of New Zealand butter. - New Zealand choicest 106s, Australian 100s, Danish 11s, Siberian 1005. ....' The cheese market is weak and inactive. New Zealand' white 61s, colored 625. , The hemp market is quiet but steady. New Zealand -good fair grade on .spot £23 5s per ton, fair grade on spot £22, fair current Manila on spot £22 10s, June-August shipments New Zealand good fair grade £21 los, fair current. Manila £22. The- Manila output for tlie week, was 28,000 bales. The cocksfoot market is very quiet, and nothing is doing. I cannot give a quotation during the present condition of the market-. The wheat market is firm/ but the demand is only moderate. ' New Zealand long-berried wheat on spot- ex granary, per quarter 0f '496- pounds, 46s 6d; New Zealand short-berrieNi wheat, 45s 6d. . . The oat market, owing to reduced supplies of New Zealand, is stronger. Short sparrowbills, ex granary,' on spot, per quarter of 384 pounds, 26s 6d; Now Zealand oats, Danish, ex"] ■granary, on spot, per quarter of 320 pounds, 19s. There, is a general and active demand for beans. * New , Zealand beans, f .0.q. , • old crop, per 504 pounds, 36s 6d. . The peas market is steady, and holders are firm. New Zealand peas, partridge, ■ per- 504 pounds, 35sLed. •■- . ..... The wool market- is quiet, and prices are slightly weaker — 6's, low crossbreds, Is; 40's, do., Is. Id ; ■449, medium crossbreds, Is 2d; 50's, half- i breds; Is 6£d; 56's, quarter breds, Is : 10s; 60's, merinos, 2s 2£d.