HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3156, 7 August 1917, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT.

■ • The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, August i, from,tho High .Commissioner for New Jiealaiid. (Noto: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices 'on spot):— ;:31eat.—Honic-killed mutton and beef and English : lambs are in fair supply. Prices aro, easier. Government have in.tircasedthd'quantity of Now Zealand and :/'Australian laiub for tho consumption of 'tho general public; continues in good demand on account of. low prices. New "Zealand mnltou, per lb., B£d.,- owe mutton, Sid.; Argentine mutton, 10tl.; New 'Zealand lamb, lOd.; Argentino lamb, lid.;' 'New Zealand cow beef, small suppliesj -second-class quality fores, Bd.; hinds, 10d.*; Argentino beef, no quotations owing to short supply. ''Butter and C'bccsc.—Butter: Following -° ; maximum prices havo been fixed for saltoil butter during tho next two weeks:'— Now Zealand, per owt, 2085.; Irish creamcry, Canadian, Australian, American, and Argentine, all l!06s.; unsaHcd butter, ■3s. more in each case. Cheese: No maximum prices havo been, Used for cheese .'.with tho exception of English cheddar, 1325. per ewt. ButtCr: Strong.market, good demand for all descriptions at . maximum prices. Danish butter, no supplies available, no quotations. Hemp.—Manila hemp market continues firm; receipts July 15 to 31, 56,000 bales. New Zcalaiid hemp, good prices being .paid for spot. Quotations arc irregular. ..Small sales havo taken place; New Zealand, high-point, fair, per ion, .£O6; New Zealand high-point, fair, July to December shipment, JSOj-New Zealand'fair, ■spot, ~90; August to October'shipment, XS3. ../' Wheat.—Ltttlo business doing. . Offerings from all sources aro smalljj prices ''.remain.'unchanged. \ , Oats.—Market continues firm; best quality Canadian, Ms. 6d.; American, 645.