HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 6, 2 October 1917, Page 10

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

: The Department of' Agriculture, Indus-, tries, arid Commerce lias received the fol- : lowing cablegram, dated London,' S'eptem-;->-ber 29, from the High Oommission'er for New. Zealand. (Wote. —Quotations, unv -less otherwise specified, are average mar- • Icet prices on spot.) Meat.—There'is a decrease in the supply 'of Home-killed beef, with the result' C - that maximum prices can be obtained. '' quality Home-killed mutton in fair supply, : 12$.' and 13d. All descriptions of .frozen "meat are very-scarce. New Zealand'.mutton, per lb., S 7-Sd.; ewe'muttori, BJd.;; Argentine mutton, 11'3-Sd.; New

Zealand lamb, 1 Od.; Argentine lamb, | llid.; l'atagonian, 10d. Argentine beef is in large supply. Chilled binds, lid.; fores, !)d. / Butter.—Jlarket shows no change. Danish and New Zealand, no supplies available, no quotations. Paris uusalted,. per cwt., 2355.; Argentine, 2065.; uusalted, 2095.; Irish creamery, offerings are very small, 20Gs.; unsalted, 2095. Government nas released for equitable distribution at controlled prices >25,000 boxes Australian butter requisitioned ex Osterley. ~ Cheese.—Market continues firm. English cheddar, per-cwt., 1375.; 'Ifew Zealand, States flats, and Canadian at Government price, 130s. Bd. Hemp.—Manila and Neir Zealand,mar■ket quiet, small business doing at official quotations. Manila output.for two weeks ended September 22 47,000 bales,. Wheat—Market quiet but steady.' A moderate, business has been done at official quotations. . Oats.—Market steady at previous quotations.