DAIRY PRODUCE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11046, 21 February 1933, Page 1

DAIRY PRODUCE

BOARD’S REPORT. No important change has occurred In the London dairy produce market during the. week-end. Latest quotations range from 75s to 78s per cwt. for New Zealand finest butter, against 76s to 7Ss per cwt. reported on Saturday; ' JPhe report of the Dairy Produce Board for the week ended Friday shows that deliveries of New Zealand butten totalled 1533 tons, a re- . •Auction of 450 tons on the previous week. The quantity in store was lowered by 732 tons to 7168 tons. On the other hand, Australian deliveries increased by 2SS tons to 2600 tops, and the quantity in store rose byM56 tons to 5150 tons. The Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the following market report from its London office dated February 17, prices for the previous week being given in parentheses: — v ® Butter, New Zealand.—Salted, 75s to 7Ss (78s to 80s); unsalted, 76s to 80s. (79s to 82s); first whey, 70s (745); second whey, GBs (725). Deliverfes, New Zealand, 1533 tons (last year 2190 tons); in store, 3063 tons. , Australian.—-Salted, 725, 74s to 75s (75s to 775); uusalted, 745, 76s to 18s (76s to 78s). Deliveries, Australian, 2600 tons (last year *2050 tons); in store, 5150 tons (last year 2725 tons). Argentine.—Unsalted, 74s to 765, exceptional, 78s (76s to 78s). South Africa. —68s to 725. 'Danish—Bls f.0.b., 104 s spot (84s to 108 s. y Dutch.—tjnsalted, 106 s to 110 s (11 Sa 1 to 120 s). The market is dull. Retail prices are unchanged: New Zealand, lOd; Danish, Is Id. - • ’.V ' ’ Cheese. * ‘ . New Zealand.—White 44s to 45s (47s to 47s 6d); coloured, 52s to ' 535, exceptionaL 54s (57s to 58s). Deliveries, New .Zealand, 18,098 crates (last year 17,104 crates); In store; 43;320 crates (last year 3817 crates). Australian.—White, 43s to 44s (-^-); coloured, 51s to 62s ( —•); Canadian.—White, 60s' to 68s (58s to 68s); coloured, 64a to 68s (6 2s to. 68s). Deliveries, Canadian, 5400 boxes (last year, 6600: boxes) ; In store, 111,402 boxes (last year 137,198 .boxes)..; ; , ; -market'is steady. New Zealand 'retail’ price unchanged. English finest farmers’, 84s to :102s, market! depressed. The board has also received the following advice from Its agents in Canada: —Butter, New York, 19 cents;,-Montreal, 23, cents. Merchants have received' the following cablegrams from their London bouses dated February 18: Mr. H. S. Withers, from Mr A, C, Rowson:i—Butter;- • New Zealand, finest 76s to 775; first grade, 75s to 765. There Is a moderate demand. The-market is steadier. Cheese ■ White, 44s to 455; coloured, 52s to 635. .-The'demand is quiet and the market has a downward’tendency. New Zealand Producers' Co-opera-tive Marketing Association, Limited. —-Butter: New Zealand, 765.t0 775; .. Danish, 104 s. Cheese: White, 445: coloured, 52s to 535. Both markets are quiet. ,