HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 75, 29 March 1926, Page 11

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE.

Thp Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated the 27th Instant, from the High Commissioner for Now Zealand, London :— BUTTER. Market firmer. Official quotations arc:— ' New Zealand: Finest salted 174 ato 17fls per cwt (Is 6M,d to Is 6%d per lb); unsalted 174 ato 176s (Is G'/fed to la o%d per. lb). Australian: Salted, 170s to 174s per cwt (Is o*4d to Is G'/fcd per lb); unaaltoil, 172s to 174s per cwt (Is G%d per lb). Other qualities (saltod), IDGs to 106s per cwt (Is 4%il to la 5%d per lb). Other qualities (unsalted), 100s to 166s per cwt (Is 5d to Is 5%d per lb). Argentine: Unsalted, 15Cs to 102s per cwt (Is 4'irt to Is Slid per lb) ; other qualities, 140s to 134s per cwt (Is 3d to Is 4/.d per lb). Siberian: 100s to 103s per cwt (Is 4V>d ;to Is s>/id per lb), according to finality. Danish: 100 ato 102s per cwt (Is S^d to Is B>/jd per lb). CHEESE. Colonial quiet. Official quotations are:— English: Finest farmers. Unchanged and firm. ' Canadian: Finest coloured, 104s to 110s per

cwt (lid to ll%do per lb). Whito. 106s to 112s per owt (U^d to Is per lb). New Zealand:: Coloured, 97s to 99s per cwt (lOAd to 10»,4d per lb). Exceptional, 100s per cwt (10% d per lb). Whlta, 90s to 97i per cwt (10% d per lb). Exceptional, 98s per cwt <10>/ 2 d per lb). ■ ■ Australian: Coloured; 96s to 98s per cwt (10Ud to lO'/od per lb). Shipments New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.s. Rua"elU' CASEIN AND TALLOW. Casein: Baltic £55, Chilean £42, French rennet £45 to £55. Tallow: Spot market remains quiet and no change In prices. WOOL AND HEMP. Wool:: Sales closed Thursday with firm tone. Offerings totalled 142,500 bales, of which 119,----000 sold Continent, Home trade 48,000, America 5000. Competition more widely distributed than during previous series, and more confidence in prices at the close. Compared with last series, rates merino and fine crossbred 5 per cent, higher, and coarse crossbred par. Average holdings for higher rates:: GO to 64's (merino), Is Gd to 2s per lb; 50's (super halfbred), Is G'X-d to Is 9d per lb; 48 to 50's (fine crossbred); Is 4d to Is 5d per lb; 44 to 40's (medium crossbred)ls 2Vid to Is 3V4 per lb; 3G to 40's (coarse crossbred. Is H4d to Is 2'/id per lb). Next series commence 27th April. Hemp.—Manila market continues dull and easier. J grade No. 2 March-May shipments now qupoted at £40 10s sellers, n Sisal dull and quotations unchanged. New Zealand market quiet and highpoints March-May shipments quoted at £38, fair £34 10s, value ci.f.