LONDON PRODUCE PRICES.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 16 October 1928, Page 12

LONDON PRODUCE PRICES.

The Department of Agriculture has received1 thefollowing cablegram, dated 13th October, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow. —Spot market continued firm. Fair business doing for shipment. Present quotations for spot are: Mutton—Pine, 45s 6d to 46s per cwt; fair to good, 43s to 44s 6d; dark to dull, 41s to 41s 6d. Beet —-Sweet and/or mixed, 44s 6d to 47s 6d; .fair to good, 42s 6d to 44s 6d; dark to dull, 39s 6d to 41s. Mixed—Fair to good, 42s to 43s 6d; vdark to dull, 39s 6d to 40s 6d. Gut, etc.—3Bs to 41s 3d. Hemp.—Manila more active and prices have'advanced. "J" grade now quoted October-December shipments, £34 2s buy ers;. - Output Ist January to 30th September 1,035,000 bales against 074,400 bales same period last year. Stocks'in Manila on 30th September 160,000 against 158,000; ,in Great Britain 14,000 against 4,814 Sisal market steady with moderate demand. Business has been done in No. 1 at £35 5s to £35 10s for September-November shipments. Nominal value No. 2, £34. New Zealand: Small demand for spot and close-at-hand shipments, but otherwise very little business has been done. Sales reported; Highpoints, £31 10s. Nominal closing values unchanged. , Eggs.—Prices higher again, but trade slow. Present quotations are: —English. ]9s to 23s per long 100 (120 eggs); Dutch, 17s Gd to 21s; French, Danish, 16s to 20s; Australian, 18s to 18s 6d; South African, 17s to 18s; Argentine, 15s to 15s 6d; Polish, Russian, 11s to 13s, Apples.—Market quiet. Canadian Cox's Orange, 14s to 17s per case; M'lntosh Red, 11s to 12s; Californian Newton, 9s to 10s; Jonathan, 9s to 13s; Nova Scotian Ribs ton Pippin, 22s to 24s per barrel; Gravenstein, 21s to 22s per barrel; Cox's Orange. 24s to 30s per half-barrel. Wool.—Bradford Top-makers reducing prices and better tone apparent in merino and low crossbred. Medium and coarse crossbred still- neglected. • Users adopting waiting policy. Present quotations for tops are: —64's (merino) warp, 3s lid per lb; average, 3s lOd; 56's (super halfbred), 2s lid; 50's, prepared, 2s 4d; 40's, prepared, Is lO'^d. Danish Cocksfoot.—Crop reported large with buyers holding off in anticipation of lower prices. Nominal value of. 90 per cent, to 95s per cent, seed for October-No-vember shipment is 02s c.i.f. New Zea- , land.