LONDON MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 17, 20 January 1921, Page 5

LONDON MARKETS

The Department of Agriculture has received tho following cablegram, dated 15th instant, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London :—

"Meat.—Home killed in larger supply, but prices little altered. Average prices are : Beef Is S_d, mutton Is 9d, lamb 2s per lb. .New Zealand mutton and lamb continue in steady demand at maximum prices.

"Butter. —More business has been dono in Irish, new creamery selling at approximately £16 10s per cwt (3s per lb). ' Danish, official quotations lower, and butter 1 for United Kingdom sold at £13 6s per cwt (2s Aid per lb) f.o.b. Australian output reported to be large, and shipments heavy.

"Cheese.—r-English, demand has improved ; lower qualities 'firmer. Finest farmers £7 10b to £9 per cwt (Is 4d to Is 7d per lb). Canadian, spot, practically cleared and demand * !:is good at firmer prices; white, £7 16s to £7 18s per cwt (Is 4jjd to Is Sd per lb.); coloured, £7 18s to £8 per cwt (Is 5d per lb) . New Zealand,, ex Shropshire, not landed yet, but quoted 'at : White, £7 14s to £7 15s per. cwt (Is 4£d per lb); coloured, £7 16s to £7 19s per cwt (Is 4Jd to Is 5d per lb). "Hemp.-—Manila, market quiet, and prices slightly weaker owing to the absence of buying interest. Closing quotations, were: J grade October-December to February-April, shipments quoted £57 sellers. New Zealand market idle, and laatf week's quotations nominally unchanged. Probable buyers 40s to- 60s below those figures. •

"Wool. —Sales continue without ranch change. Bradford tops negleoted, 'nominal prices 54's 4s 3d, 56's 3s 2d, 40's Is Sid. There is no improvement in yard or piece goods."