produce Market

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 82, 5 October 1915, Page 4

produce Market

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT. The Department of Agriculture], Industries, ana Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High- Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London!, 2nd October (quotaiions, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot) : — Meat.— There is a better demand for mutton, , owing to less chilled beef" and •colder weather, but there' is no change in prices. Mutton.— Canterbury, 7|d per lfri for light-weight; heaVy-wei£htg, 7d. Other New Zealand brands natation cannbt be quoted Ewes, sgd to 6d per lb. Lamb. — There has been no 1 alteration in tha lamb market since laist week. A' good demand cotitiriues. Canterbury, twos, 84d per lb; heavy-Wei ghtr fonrs, 7^d; second-class quality, light-weight', 7gd. Other New Zealand brands lamb, &id for best quality 'light- weight; ordinary quality, 7 13-16 d. Beef. — There is -only very low quality cow beef available, which is selling a,t: Hinds, Si per lb ; fores', 5<l f ; chilled 5 hinds) B£d ; fores,' 6§d. Butter.— l*ll6 market is firm for" best quality. Danisb, quiet, pei*cwt, 19$ks- to 2025; Siberian, a brisk demand for finest. Low grade; quiet, per' cwt, 136s to 1455 ; Irish creamery, 176s- to 180s. Cheese. — The market' is quiet, and' prices are slightly' weaker, with only a moderate deip'and during this week. Canadian, white, per c\Vt., 765; coloured 775; New Zealand, white 765, coloured 775 ; English cheddar and Cheshire, firm, 94s to 965; United States, 72s to" 745, fail- to good quality, 60s, to 70s. Canadian and "United States cheese stocks at. London, Liverpool, and Bristol on Ist October, 513.000 boxes, against 169,000 at the sanie time last' year. New Zealand and Australian cheese stocks at London and Bristol, 11,200 crates, against 2250 last year. Hemp.— The market is firm, but little is doing. Manila, nejv-gi<aded' fair, per ton, on spot, October to December shipment, S3B 10s. The output from Manila for the week was 23.000 bales. [The remainbig wprds regarding 1 hemp are' un intelligible. A repetition has been asked for, and _ the information will be published; wlien received.] "Wheat. — The- market is firmer on accotint of short coverings and better demand from millers. Canadian new crop, September to' November shipment, per qr 47s 9d ; American, August to September shipment 49s 6d. Oats. — The market is firm on account of the War Office buying Argentine on spot at 31s ; October to December shipment 29s 6d. ' f Peas. — There is rather more enquiry. New Zealand Maples about 63s for September shipment. v