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Evening Star, Issue 18335, 24 July 1923, Page 8

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HOME MARKETS. Messrs Dalgefy and Co., Ltd., report having received .the following cable from their office, London, dated July 19: “Butter market quiet, but steady. Total imports of butter intojhc United Kingdom for June, 485,C00cwt; for June of last year, 321,0C0cwt. Now Zealand salted, 158 s per cwt; Danish, 158 s per cwt; Australian, g.a.q.. 141 s pqr cwt; Australian finest salted, 150 s per cwt; Australian finest unsalted, 150 s per cwt. Cheese market firm, on short supplies. White, 100 s per cwt; color, Q9s per cwt; Canadian, c.i.f., 92s per cwt.”

The same firm reports having received the following cable from London, dated July 20: Merino: Good to super., 25d ; low to medium, to Half-bred, 56-58: Good to super., 22£d to 26d; low to medium, 18d to Half-bred, 50-56: Good) to super., 18d to 21d; low’ to medium, 16d to 17£d. Fine cross-bred, 46-48: Good to super., 13d to low to medium, lid to Cross-bred, 44-46: Good to super., 12d to 13d; low to medium, lOd to Cross-bred, 40-44: Good to super., lid to ll^d; low to medium, 9d to lOjd. Coarse cross-bred, 36-40 : Super., lid; medium to good, 9d to lOd. Coarse cross-bred, 48-50; Good to super., 15d to 16jd; low to medium, 13d to 14d. OUR MEAT RIVAL. NEW ZEALAND AGENT IN SOUTH AMERICA. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Hoard now has an agent in South America, from whom it will receive regular information. This will enable the board to publish fortnightly communiques, showing the quantity, of moat shipped by Sduth America to the United Kingdom, and the Continent of Europe or elsewhere from time to lime. The shipments from South America to the United Kingdom for the fortnight ended July 14, were as follow 102,252 quarters of chilled beef, 32,821 quarters of frozen beef, 40,635 eareascs of mutton, 82,439 carcases of lamb; whilst the quantity shipped to the Continent of Europe during the same period totalled 70,532 quarters of frozen beef, 13,389 carcases of mutton. The killing for the last six months represents an increase, compared with'the previous season, of 62 per cent, in cattle, and a decrease of 11 per rent, in sheep. Tho extent of the recent shipment to the Continent of Europe is said to be encouraging.