COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 January 1926, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS

(iiV TKtiKGRAPI? PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CIftRISTCH.ITIIOH, Jan. 26. Wheat prices are unsettled . Sales have been reported, although not 'Confirmed, in which 7s f.o.b. haw- been paid, whilst a. sale of Tuscan at 6s od on trucks has been effected. r owl wheat has been sold at- 7s Id f.o.b. There is a slightly easier tone in the oats market. A Bartons- are- quoted at -is 9d and B’s -Is od to 4w 6(1 f.o.b. sacks in.

Potatoes lor April-Junc delivery are slightly easier and from £4 os t.o £4 10s on trucks is the ruling quotation. Many districts report that tne crops are looking extremely well.

LONDON DAIRY PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated the 23rd inst., from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London : BUTTER. Market steady and quiet. Official quotations are: — New Zealand.—f inest salted, 172 s to 176 s per cwt (Is 61d to Is 63d per lb) ; unsalted,, 176 s to 178 s per cwt (Is 6-jd to is 7d per lb); other qualities, 'l62s to 166 s per cwt (Is ojtl to Is old per ib). Australian. —Salted, 164 s to 166 s to 168 s per cwt (Is old to Is ojd to Is 6d ~Br b) ; u nsal ted, 166 s to 170 s per cwt Js d.fd to Is 6ftl per lb); other qualities, salted, 140 s to 160 s per cwt (Is 3d to Is od per 1 b) ; other qualities, unsalted. IdOs to 162 s per cwt .(Is Id to Is old per ]b). Argentine.—Unsalted. 150 s to l’s6s per cwt (Is 4d to Is 4-Jd per lb); other qualities, 140 s to 148 s per cwt (Is 3d to Is 3i{d per lb). Siberian. —140 s to 148 s per cwt (Is 3d to Is 33-d per lb). Danish.—lßos per cwt (Is 7id per lb). « CHEESE. Market quiet. English finest farmers’ unchanged. Canadian. —Coloured, finest. 106 s to 108 s .up to 110 s (illd. Hid to 114 cl per O: white, 106 s to 110 s per cwt (llld to ll£d per lb). New Zealand. —Coloured, 104 s to 106 s per cwt (lid to 11)d per lb) ; white, 101 sto 102 s per cwt (103 d P er I'D. .Shipments of New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.s. Devon and Port Hobart.

Cas in.—French veil nett, £55 to £7l Danish, £54.