HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1927, Page 11

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

The Department, of Agriculture lias received the following cablegram, dated sth February, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, .London:—. . ■ . '.. Butter. -. '"■ ■".;''" ' Market steady and demand is good-for lower grades. Official quotations, are:— New Zealand: Finest salted; 172s to 174s per cwt (Is 6M:d per lb);- unsalted, 182s to 184s per cwt (Is 7*d to Is 7jd per lb); other qualities, 166s to 168s per cwt (Is 5%d to Is 6d per lb); finest stored,- 166s to 168s. per cwt (Is 5%d tQ.ls-.6d per lb). - Australian: Salted, ICOs to 170s per cwt (1a.5%d to ls-C%d per-lb);-uijsalted, -170s .to 174s- per cwt (Is 6£d to Is 6id per lb); other qualities, 150s to 164s per cwt (Is 4d to Is s^d per lb). Argentine: Unsalted, 156s to 162s per cwt (Is 4%d to ]sS%d per lb):-other qualities, 148s to 154s per cwt (Is 39id to'ls.4%d per lb). ...... .... . Danish: ISBs per owt "ils .Bd. per. lb). Cheese. Demand steady and market firmer, particularly for lower grades. Official quotations are:— English: Finest farmers, 108s to l]2s per cwt (ll%d'to Is per lb). . ■ Canadian: Finest coloured-and' white, 98s to 100s per cwt (10id to- lbf d- per lb); exceptional, 102s per cwt (10% d .per lb): other qualities, 95s to 90s per cwt (lOd t0,10%d per lb). : New Zealand: Coloured, '94s to 95s per cwt (lOd to IOJd per lb); white, 93s to 94s per cwt (Old to:10d per lb); other qualities,. 92s to 93s per cwt (9%d per Australian: Coloured, 92s to 93s per cwt (9%d per lb); other qualities, 90s to 92s per cwt (9hid to 9%d per lb). Estimated cheese stocks at London^ Liverpool and Bristol on Ist February, Canadian and American 77,800 boxes, Australian and New" Zealand' 127,750 crates against 90,200 boxes and 78,650 crates same time last year. , Eggs, Hemp, and' Tallow. Eggs: With increased " supplies, prices are lower and trade good. Present quotations are: Danish, 19s to 20s per long 100; English and Dutch, 17s Cd to 18s per long 100; Belgian, 15s 6d to 16s per long 100; Argentine, Polish, 12s to 13s 6d per-long 100; Egyptian, 8s 9d to 9s 3d per long 100. ( Hemp—Manila market opens steady and J grade February-April shipments sold at £47. Decline during. this week, value

lat close £45 10s. Sisal market:steady, but only small business doing: Value Tanganyika Ao. 1 February-April (shipments £40 10s jNew Zealand market quiet. Nominal values are highpoints, February-April shipments £36/ fair £35, common £34 " 1 allow: Market quiet with tendency to weaken. Prices same as last quotation except for mutton, dark'to dull, 34s 6d to-. f s 0d per cwt; beef, dark, to dull, 34s to 34s |1 per cwt; mixed, dark to dull, 33s ; 6d t0,34s 6d per cwt; gut, etc., 323 to 33s' -. 6d per cwt. .-■.-., Cereals. • ■ . Oats: Plentiful supply of English, best Si t 6?o d nl akme 32s to 355, and black dus to JJs. Imported market quiet,-but steady Chilean afloat, sold up to 20s 6d and Plate 20s 9d. -Nominal value New ' S^shipmints^t6^*oll3 J^a^ebr--Peas: Maple, stocks in Great Britain extremely small hence some'inquiry for New"Zealand and Tasmanian early' shipments,Value January-February' shipments, New ■'■-■ Zealand 82s, Tasmanian 89s. Blues, rather ■ more interest shown, and "A" grade Tas- ' maman early shipments sold £20. Dealers" generally holding back in view of inferiorfir^^^^t^s E^ H"^^ "' Market firm. Stocks-: in llenmark.reported. small. Shippers "offer. MIJH* -, 192f -and lm seea »* -73s for. March-April shipments. .'■-.*..