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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 December 1924, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. HIGH! COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. j The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram-, d-at- , ed December 13, from the High Com- ! missioner for New Zealand, London . Butter,. Market quiet but steady inquiry for ' spot supplies. Official quotations are'New Zealand.—Finest, salted: December 13, 204 s to 206 k per cwt (R to Is lOd per lb)- December G, 202 s to 206 s per cwt (Is 9RI' to I s lOd per lb); November 29, 20Ss to 212 s per cwt (Is Tojd to Is lG*;d jier lb).. Lnsalted: December 13, 212 s to 'DCs per cwt (Is 103 d to Is I'M per lb).; December 6,214 s to, 2.16 s per cwt (Ls 10Jd to Is lid per lb) ; November 29, to 220 s per cwt (Is to Is Hid pe rib). Other qualities: December 13. 180 s to 192 s per cwt (Ts 7RI to Is Sid per lb). : Australian.—'Finest,, salted: December 13, 186 s to 190 s. pe rewt (Is 7-3 d to Is d per lb); December 6,190 s to 194 s per cwt (Is SRI to Is B|d per lb); November 29, 192 s to 196 s per cwt (Is to Is B?,d per lb). . Unsaltecl: December 13, ISSs to 190 s hip to 194 s per cwt (Ts Sd to Is Bkl per lb); December 6,190 sto I9Bs per cwt (Is to' Is 9d per lb); November 29, 194 s to 198 s per cwt (Is B[d to Is 9d ]>er lb). Other qualities: December 13, salted'l6os to 184 s per cwt (Is 5d to Is 74d per lb); unsalted, 160 sto 186 s per cwt (l s od to Is 74d per lb).

Argentine.—December 13, 176 sto l-SOs per cwt (Is 6RI to ls 7Rl’"per lb); December 6,1,74 sto 180 s jier cwt (Is 6.kl to Is 7£d per lb); November : Is iid per lb). Other qualities: De- ' cember 73. 760 s to 7 74s per cwt (Is od. to; 7s Gkl jier lb). Danish.—December ]3. 242 s tq ; 244 s per cwt (2s 2d to 2s 2ld per lb); "*Deceinbor 6,232 sto 2345. per cwt (2s ORL to 2s Id per lb)' : November 29; 938 sto 2405. per cwt (2s Ljd to 2s lijd per lb). Cheese 1 . ■ Market firm, with improved demand, and; stocks available for Chirstmas are small. Official quotations are : ( English.—Finest farmers’: December ; 13, 116 s. to 120 s per cwt (Is 04d ; to Is per lb); December 6. ll'6.s'to 120 s I Per 'cwt. (Is 04d: to l s Qad per lb) - November 29, 116 s to 120 s per. cwt (Is : 0-M to ls (Ed. per ib). Uauadian—December 13’, coloured and white, 96s per cwt (101 d per lb); exceptional, 96s per cwt per lb); December 6, coloured and white; 93s to 96s per cwt (10d : to- IOJd pe rib): November 29, coloured 93s to 965. per cwt (lOd to lOkl per lb) ; white, 94s to 96s per cwt Hid to 10Id per ib). New Zealand; —December 1.3, coloured 92s to 94s per cwt (9jd' to 10d per Ib) ; white, 94s to 96s per cwt (lOd to 10 4 d per lb) ; December. 6, coloured, 92s per cwt (9fd per lb); white, 92s to 93s per cwt (9|d per lb); November 29; coloured and white, 90s to 91s per cat (9d to 9Ad per lb). Australian.—December 13, coloured, 90s tp 92s per cwt (9)d to 9|d per lb.); December 6( cOiloured, 90s, per cwt (9Ad per ib); November 29, coloured, 86s to 88s per cwt (9d to 9.J.d : per lb). ' Wool. Sales closed yesterday (Friday) instead of Wednesday on account of fog. Demand' good' from Heme and Continental buyers, but frequent withdrawals of merino occurred on account of holders’ high limit. ' From total offerings of 139;(X)0 bales, approximately 115,000 were sold. Average closing rates; were: 601 b to 641 b (merino), 2s .8d to 3s 3d; 561 b (super halfbred), 2s 8d to 3s Id ; 481 b (fine crossbred), 2s Id to 2s sd; 441 b- to 46kh (medium crossbred), 2s to 2s 4d; 361 b to 401 b (coarse crossbred), Is lOd toi 2s I’d. Next series commence on January 20. Tallow. , Tallow.—Market firmer. Present quo tations are: Mutton-; JB'ine,. 53s ,6d to 53s 9ct per. ewt ; fair to good, 49s 6d. to 52s 6d per cwt ; dark to dull,. 46s 6d to 47s 6d. per cwt. Beef; Siveeb and (or) mixed, 51s to 535: per cwt; fair to good, 48s 6d to 51s per cwt; dark to dull, 44s 6d to 46s 6d' per cwt. Mixed: Fair to good, 48s to 60s 6d per ewt; dark to dull, 44s 6& to 46s 6,d. per cwt. Gut, etc.: 41s to 46s per cwt. LONDON WOOL SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Lave received the following cablegram' from their London house under date 12th instant: Wool Sales—-The sales closed' firmly to-day. As compared with Jhsti sales’ closing rates, prices are higher about 71 to 10' per cent for crossbredlambs, fine scoured' and fine greasy crossbred and: fine crossbred slipej higher about 10' to To per .cent for medium and coarse scoured crossbred *and' medium and! coarse crossbred slipe; higher about par to 5 per cent for medium merino, greasy merino super and scoured merino super ; higher about 20 per cent for mediums greasy crossbred; higher about 5 per cent, for lambs merino; higher about 25 per cent for coarse greasy crossbred, and! lower about par to 5 pey cent for inferior merino. The prices realised for average to super grades of descriptions as below were as follows: .Merino, super 3Gd to 41. d per lb, average 28d to 35d; crossbred, 56-58’* 33d to Aid, 50-56’s 30d to 36d, 48-50’s 27d to 33d, 46-48’s 2Cd to 30d, 44-46’s 24d t0274d. 40-44’s 23d to 26d. 36-40’s 22d to 25d