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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 123, 4 June 1901, Page 2

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THE LONDON MARKETS,

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, June 2. Crossbred wethers, maiden ewes, Canterbury 3:]d ; Dunedin, Southland 3,'d ; North Island 2, 7 jd; lamb, prime Canterbury 3d, fair average, including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, 4 13-16 d. New Zealand beef, 180 to 2201b5, fair average quality—ox fores 211-10 d, ox binds unchanged. River Plato crossbred or merino wethers are unchanged in price. Tin stocks arc: 17,928 tons, on spot 2,922, afloat 2,771, deliveries 2347.

Tallow: The stock is 16,535 casks : in ports 6860, delivered 8586.

Hemp: Tho market is steady. Good Wellington April-June shipments .£24, July-August £23 10s. Wheat cargoes sold : Victorian 29s 9d, South Australian 29s 9d.

At the kauri gum auctions 2600 cases were offered and 1100 were sold at about late rates, three-quarter scraped. Wellington, last night. Following is the Agent-General’s weekly produco report Price of butter to-day (June Ist) is 96s ; cheese, market steady ; price of New Zealand hemp, good, fair Wellington grade, on spot today per ton is £25 10s. Hemp market is very firm in distant deliveries. August and September shipment, £23. Tho mutton market has collapsed, except for light-weights, which are unchanged. Lamb is in better demand. There is no change in prices. JBeef is unaltered.”