COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 136099, 25 April 1908, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

The following cablo has bwn rcccirod by Dnlgotj- ar.d Company, Limited, Christ church,* from their London office, dated tho 23rd inst.:—Thoro U-a fair demand for frozon lr.cab in general. Prices of frosen mutton aaul lamb and froz«?n beef hindquarters are lewor by 3d pr-r lb since our last telegram, rchiist prices of frozen betf forequartors are higher l>y id. Tlie butto- market is firm, tiHTSt" being quoted ai 110s \wr t-wt. Copenhagen official quotation is unchanged. Totjl imporu into United Kingdom for week ending . l pril 18th, s)t,oUoewt. as compared -with i?o.oooc\vt som« period lc»t year.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. (.BY OCR COMMERCIAL EDITOR.) Friday Evening. Business in the grain market, appears to have hardly settled down sinco tho interruption caused by tho Kastor holidays. There is scarcely any grain offering, and few holders are willing to soli except at their own values. No sales of either wheat or oats are recorded. Th-ero is a fair amount of chaff on offer, and prices aro tinner, though late buyers at £-1 are now ottering JL"3 17s Gd.

Potato growers are selling their crop somewhat freely instead of pitting, and sales are being mado at io Ids for early varieties and at £3 los for Derwents and Up-to-dates. Tho undermentioned aro the prices paid to farmers, at country stations, tree oi commission, except wiiere otherwise stated:—

Wheat—Xe«\ -Is 3d to 4s 4d. at country stations. Oats—New, 2« 3d to 2s 4d, at country stations.

"Barley—Good malting -Iβ 6dl to 4s 9d, at cofuntrv stations.

Rye Grass—Perennial. 2s Gd to 3s (id, extra prime seed ."is Gd. Italian good grade 2sT (xl to 3s 3<l. Cocksfoot—l2lb to 131b seed. 8d to 9d

Peas—Partridges 3s 0d to 4*, Prussian Blues 5s Gd. at country stations. Flour—£ll Kb por ton. Bran—£o os per ton. Pollard—£o 10s. Oatmeal—£l4.

Oatsheaf Chuff—£3 17s Cxi to £4, at country stations.

Potatoes—i.'3 10s for early varieties, and £3 los for Derwents and Ujvtodates. at country stations. Onions—£">, at country stations. Dairy Produce —Cheese, factory 5-Jd, dairy i>d, loaf cheese <)Jd. Butter, factory 14j'd to loHd. farmers' separator 13i*d, dairy 11H- Bacon, sides Did, rolls lOd, hams 9Ad. Honey, extracted 4d per lb; was, Is 2d per lb. Lard (packets), Bd. l*J?;gs, Is B<J. Our Southland corrospondent writes that oats are quoted at 2« Id to 2s 2d at country stations for largo and choico parcels for shipment. Chaff is (selling at £3 10s and potatoes at £2 10s, at country stations. x