LONDON PRODUCE PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 74, 25 September 1923, Page 8

LONDON PRODUCE PRICES

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S ADVICES.

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated 22nd September, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— BUTTER. Market very firm. Prices have advanced, and tendency is upward. Present quotations are:— ■ New ' Zealand.—Salted, finest: 22nd September, 190s, ■ 1965, up to 198s per cwt (Is Bid, Is 3d, Is 9jjd per lb); unsalted:: 22rid September, 204s per cwt (Is 9|d per lb. Other qualities: 22nd, September, ealted, 186s, ISOs per cwt (Is 7Jd, Is Bid per lb). Australian : —Salted, finest: 22nd September, 182s, 186s per cwt (Is 7;£d, le 7|d per lb), ITnsalted: 22nd September, 184s, 190s per cwt (Is 7sd, Is &^d per lb). Other qualities, salted and unsalted: 22nd September, 1525, ■ 178s-per cwt (Is 4id, ls.7d per lb. ,T Argentine.—Finest: 22nd September, 1765,' 180s per cwt (Is 6Jd,' Is' 7£d per lb); exceptional, 186s per cwt (Is 7Jd per lb). Other qualities: 22nd September, 1545, 170s per cwt (Is 4Jd, Is 6£d per lb). Irish.—22nd September, 186s, 190s per cwt (Is 7Jd, Is Bid per-lb. . Danish.—22nd September, 210s per cwt (Is 10£ d per lb). ■ •, '■- ..'■ V CHEESE. Market steady and'firm. Present quotations are:— ■ > \. . English.—Finest farmers': 22nd September, 1355, 140s per cwt (Is 2£d, Is 3d per : lb). ' Canadian.—Finest: 22nd September, coloured, 122s per cwt (Is id per lb) ; white,; 120s, 122s per cwt (Is o|d, Is Id per lb). Other qualities: 22nd September," coloured, 118s, 120s per cwt (Is o|d per.lb); white, 118s per cwt (Is O-Jd per lb. -New.. Zealand.—Finest: 22jid Sei>tem--ber, coloured, 122b 1 ;per cwt'^le-'ld per lb); white, 120s, 122g per cwt (lsOJd, Is Id per lb). Other qualities: 22nd September, coloured, ÜBs, 120g per cwt (Is OJd per lb); white, 118s per cwt (Is .OJd per lb). ' l ■ A shipment of New "Zealard-produce arrived this week per s.s. Port Auckland. ■. ■. • 1 HEMP. .'■'.'■■ Manila.—Market quiet and tendency easier. „"G" grade, October-December shipments, quoted at £35 per ton; "J" grade, £31, sellers. There is a continued inquiry for New Zealand fair grade, and business: : is reported i n September-Octo-ber shipments at £30. Common grade »pot is offered at £29, and rejected at £28, but nothing doing. EGGS. " Market firmer on short arrivals, but demand slow^ English, Danish, Dutch, and, French 17s 6d, 22s per long 100; Italian, Irish, Polish, '■ Lithuanian* and Chinese, 12s, 17s per long 100.