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l__y C*ble.—±»___-i Aa_oci»tk)__—Copyrif?-t.) iX>NDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 15. At the wool saies mere was belter competition for greasy crossbreus. Merinos were unchanged. The following are mc prices realise-, for the portions of the clips named:—JO. top _2_d. average lljd; Aochanga, lid, 10_d; Arakihi, 13d, lljd. The number of bales catalogued was 129,518, all of which were sold. WHEAT. Wheat —The market is dull, and prices are unchanged; 36s 4id has been asked. _ _ __ The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3 ..25.000 quarters, and for tho Continent at 2,265,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments are 3(>9,000; Pacific 5000. Total to Europe for the week 1,525,000; from Australia 340,000. MISCELLANEOUS. Copra—The market is flat. South Sea bags, March-April, £26 10s. Cotton—March-April, b.6Bd. Hemp —The market is steady. MarchMay £20. Rubber—Para, 3s; Plantation, 2s 4_d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. (.'BESS ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, March 16. Tho following is the High Commissioner's market report, dated London, March 14th. (Quotations unless otherwise specified are the average market prices on spot): — Mutton.—The market is firm. North Island 4id per lb. Tho demand is chiefly for light-weight at as high as 4Jd. " There is a dull sale for heavy carcases at 4£d. Lamb. —There is a good demand for all lamb, but prices havo slightly declined for all grades on account of large supplies coming forward. Canterbury twos, b_d; heavy weights, <i_d; other than Canterbury. 6JdBeef.—The market is very dull on account of supplies of American chilled beef being large. There is no change in prices. New Zealand hinds 4id, lores 4d, chilled hinds sd, fores 3,d. River Plato shipments received during February were: —London: 28,400 carcases mutton, 8581 carcases lamb; Liverpool 81.. 25, 9008; Cardiff, 5000, 500: Hull, 7890, 1035; Newcastle, 12 077 770; Ireland, 3610, nil; totals, February 1914, 138."08, 13,894; totals February. 1913, 209,405, 36,605 Butter. —The market is dull and prices are irregular. Danish 121s to 1245. New Zealand 110s Australian 108s to 112s, Argentine 108s to 110s. Siberian 108s to 112s. Cheese. —The market is steady at a decline. The Canadian market is slow. White 68s to 70s, coloured 70s to 71s. New Zealand is in fair demand, white 62s to 63s 6d, coloured 64s 6d to 65s 6d; Australian white 62s to 62s 6d, coloured 63s to 655. H em p. —The market is somewhat steadier, with more demand. New Zealand good to fair grade per ton. £25 ss, fafir grade £22 15s. April to June shipments, good to fair grade, £25 15s, fair grade £22 15s. The stock at the end of February was 1652 Manila, fair enrrent. per ton £26 10s in all positions. The output from Manila for the week was 20,000 bales. _ Sisal.—The market is quiet at £26 Wheat.—The market has declined 3d per quarter. amberley"market. There was a yarding of 6000 sheep yesterday, of which 2500 were fats. Prices for fat stock compared favourably with previous sale rates. Store sheep showed a decline of 2s per head. Prices ranged as follow:—Stores, 10s to 12s, rape lambs 13s to 16s, fats 16s 6d to 20s 2d, wethers, 17s 6d to 18s 6d ; ewes, aged, 7s to 17s; sound-mouth, 15s to 21s: two and four-tootn, lbs to 225. The principal sales were: — Lambs: D. McLaughlan, 326 at 19s 6d- Scott Bros., 165 at 17s Id, 151 at 17s sd: Broomlield estate, 424 at 18s 6d- G. L. Stead, 168 at 17s lOd, 294 at 18s 9d; Mrs Tutton. 143 at 18s 8d; H. Burgin, 246 at 19s, 3at 20s; W. D. Crampton, 24 at 16s lOd; H. Dyer, 20 at J.6s 10d, 70 at 17s; Mrs Stanton, 125 at 18s 6d, H. H. McLean, 26 at 20s Id, 150 at 19s; G. A. McLean. 103 at 17s 4d; A. S. George, 53at 18s8d, 161 at 19s; A. S. Allison, 21 at. 17s; W. McAdam, 16 at 17s 4d; Miss Greig, 32 at 17s 6d; M. Wilson, 17 at 18s 6d; J. Moore, 37 at 18s Id; G. Trail. 51 at 18s 4d; G. Busch, 62 at 17s 6d; H. James, 50 at 19s lOd; W. Kelcher, 89 at 18s 2d; N. McNally, 94 at 20s 2d. 91 at 18s 9d, 60 at 19s 2d. Wethere: H. McLean. 37 at 19s; W Henderson. 61 at 16s lOd; J. Chapman, 62 at 17s lOd; W. A. NichoUs, 43 at 18s 6d; Mrs Tutton. 18s 9d; Scott Bros, 20 at 17s 6d. Ewes: G. D. Greenwood, 81 s.m., at 21s, 209 at 20s 6d ; J. Kennedy. 15s Id. Miss Gie'ig, Vlos 9d; G. Trail, 17s: N. McNally, 16s 6d; A. S. George, 15s lOd; W. McAdam, 16s 7d, Scott Bros., lis 9d; J. Harrison, 17s. Cattle: Fat heifers, £6, springer cows £7. springing heifers £9 to £10, calves 50s to 575, yearlings