LONDON PRICES AND MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 8

LONDON PRICES AND MARKETS

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S

ADVICES

The, Department of Agriculture bait i*\ oeivad the following 'qablegrau, \dhted.j 26th August, from the High Commiesioner for New Zealand, London:— . "Meat: Mutton in better demand ,»t firmer prioes. Lamb market » quieter, and prioes lower. Beef stooki moderate., New Zealand mutton:. Lightweight 6id7id, medium 5Jd-6sd, heavyweight sd--s|d. New Zealand' lamb: Best quality lightweight IOJd-llid, medium lOJdlld, heavyweight 9fd, ordinary lOidj eecondolass quality . 10gd-10Sd. 'New Zealand beef: Ox hinds 4gd, ox fores 3Jd. Chilled ,beof: Hinds 7jd; fores 3Jd. i "Butter: Market quiet but steady. N«w Zealand sailed selling at present, 208s to '21.0s per owt. Olfioial quotations ; are: —v Now Zealand (salted): 208s to 210s per owl (1» l<Hd to h 10id per lb), exoeptional BMe. per-owt-(la IOJd per lb); unsnltod, 3243 per owt (2s por lb). Australian (salted) •: 200s. to 204s per owt (Is, 9Jti to'ls 91d per lb); unsalted, 216s per owt (Is lid por lb). French, 206s to 216s por-owt U* lOd to Is lid per.lb). Argentine. 204s to 214s por cwt (Is ?Jd to Is lOid par lb). Irish: (TJnsalted), 210s to 216s per owt (Is 10i<J to Is lid per lb), salted 194« lo 204s por o\rt (Is Bjd to Is 9jd per lb). Cawsli: 218s -to 220» per owl. fls Hid to Is Hid iwr lb). . "Cheese—Market slow and lower prices; have Wm awoplod. Official quotauons awJ'-Klitflish: Finest farmers,' ,103s to 11S» n»?r owt. (Hid to Is per lb). Canadian : 84s to Bds p<* cwt (9d to 9Jd ixsr lb); wl«U>, 86s to 90s per cwt (9id to 9Jd iwf lb). New Zealand: Coloured, 84« to Sfc jw «?wt (9J to 9id iwr lb). white 88s to 90s p«r owt (9id to 9J<l por lb). The followiius W6»su »r« discharging New ZeiiIsmhl ni-wUieo this. week:. MaUtua, TatV>vi> iW*, m<A Suffolk. "Onseiiw b'wncli Kohuot, £62 10s per ton. », . . ; "llwnni Manilii market steadj- early this xvissk* \w. ww»kpr tnwarda close, witn wlli>t>» V^tt«ts\is 'IV grade August-October *)u|>mentit H&\ JOs, "J1 £IZ per ton, but »rt bttyt'M, Ni>\\ Zealand market .quick, S*<llw* *\m\e hiah point* August-October »hi|vm«ni* USS. Iwr £51 5s per ton. "\V«oh Brttifovd markot. F.rm tons. j*fiee* fcv tii)^s »re: 64's (merinos),'4s %\l W*. t?.«\iw 'wl^brcd) 2s 7d; 40's, pro(t.W»Wt* ovMMbr's.'l), Is IJJ."