PRODUCE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 144, 15 December 1913, Page 2

PRODUCE MARKET

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED BEPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received tho following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, 13th Deoember. (Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot) : -*- Mutton,-+The market is firm, but little doing. There is no change ih prices. Lamb. — The market is firm owing, to a small supply. High prioes are restricting business. Canterbury two's, 6id per lb; heavyweights, 6£d j other brands are extremely scarce, and cannofc be quoted. B«ef.— There is no change ih prices, but trade is quiet on account of decline for chilled. Chilled hinds, 41d per lb; fores, 3£d. Buttor.— The market remains firm with no change in prioes for Australian, New Zealand, and Argentine. Danish, por cwt., 130s to 1335; Siberian, 110s to 114s. Cheeee. — The market remains firm with a fair demand. Cftn&dian, white, per cwt., 66s to 675; coloured, 67s to 68p; New Zealand, white, 66s to 665; coloured, 66s to 67». There is no change in prices for English, Australian, and Dutoh cheddars. Hemp. — Manila : The market is quiet, but rather steadier. Fair current Manila, per ton, £29; October to January, £27 15s; January to March, £28. Tho output from Manila for the week was 14,000 bales. New Zealand : More business has been doing at the decline, but mostly at second-hand. Dominion seller* are holding off. The market closed rather quiet. Good fair, per ton, £26 15s to £27 ; fair, £24. These quotations are nominal. October to December, good fair, per ton, £26 10s; fair, £24 106; January to March, 6s moro. Tho stock at the end of November was 2080 tons. Cocksfoot. — The market is rather more active, and tendency is upward on account of the falling-off of Danish supplies. Bright clean New Zealand seed, weighing 171b per bushel, per owt., 51s 6d. WooJ.—- The market for tops is quiet. All grades aro id per lb lower than previous quotations.