Commercial.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 234, 10 September 1924, Page 8

Commercial.

PRICES OF METALS. I London, Sept. 8. Copper: Spot £63 3s 9d, forward £64 3s 9d. f Lead: £33 5s and £32 10s. Spelter: £33.2s 6d and £32 15s. Tin: £253 12s 6d and £254 7s 6d. Silver: Standard 2s 10Jd, fine 3s Id per ounce.—(A. and N.Z.; DAIRY PRODUCE. GRADING RETURNS. Wellington, Sept. 9. The figures of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture show that salted butter graded for August, 1624, totalled 1875 tons and the unsalted five tons, a total of 1880 tons, compared with 2030 tons salted and nine tons unsalted, a .total of 2039 tons, for August last year, a decrease of 7.8 per cent. Cheese graded for August, 1924, comprised white 109 tons, coloured 99 tens, a total of 208(tons, compared with 182 tons white and 116 tons coloured, a total of 298 tons, a decrease of 30.2 per cent. Converting these figures into the butter-fat equivalent, there is a decrease of 9.2 per cent, in butter-fat pjoduction for the month as compared with August last year. Stocks held in the various grading sports at August 31, 1924, were: Butter 2193 tons, cheese 502 tons. I •LONDON MARKETS, HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLED REPORT.

The Department of Agriculture has received rhe following cable, dated 6th inst., from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London; — BUTTER. Market continues dull. Official quotations are: —N.Z., salted finest,, 2065, 208 s per cwt (Is lOd. Is 10$d per lb); exceptional, 210 s per cwt (Is lOjd per lb); unsaltel, 220 s per cwt (Is Hid per lb) ; other qualities, 180 s, 200 s per cwt (Is 7£d, Is 9Ad per lb); Australian, salted, 196‘s, 200 s per cwt (Is 9d, Is 9£d per lb); unsalted, 2065, 210 s per cwt (Is l(Jd, Is 10id per lb). Canadian: Salted, 190 s, 192 s per cwt (Is l§ B|d per lb); unsalted, 200 s, 204 s per cwt (Is 9id, Is per lb). Argentine, unsalted, 1965, 200 s per cwt (Is 9d, Is 9|d per lb); other qualities, 180 s, 194 s per cwt (Is 7Jd, Is Bjd per lb). Irish, unsalted, 212 s per cwt Is 10£d per lb). Danish, 2035, 212 s per cwt (Is IOJd, Is 10£d per lb). Siberian, 160 s up to 174 s per cwt (Is s£d, Is 6£d per lb). CHEESE. Market very quiet. Official quotations are:—English, finest farmers’, market firm; 108 s, 112 s per cwt (Hid, Is per lb); Canadian, coloured, 935, 94s per cwt (lOd per lb); white, 945, 96s per cwt lOd, 10|d per lb); New Zealand, market steady; coloured 92s per cwt per lb); exceptional. 93s per cwt lOd per lb); white, 945, 95s per cwt (lOd, 10H per lb). Shipments of N.Z. produce arrived by Turakina last week and by Norfolk and Remuera this week. Estimated stocks of cheese on Ist September at London, Liverpool and Bristol were Canadian and American, 157,000 boxes; N.Z. and Australian, 51,800 crates; against 40,400 boxes and 20,400 crates respectively for same time last year. WOOL. Bradford market firm, prices for tops still going up. 64’s merino 6s 6d, 56’s super halfbred 4s 2d, 40’s prepared (coarse crossbred) 2s 4d. FRUIT. Strike has not been terminated but cool stored supplies for Wembley have been released. FRUIT REPORT. The following prices are now ruling: Pears.—P. Barry, 10/6 to 15/-; Winter Coles, 11/- to 15/6; Winter Nelis, 12/6 to 15/6; Josephines, 13/6; cooking pears, 10/-. Sturmers, 12/- to 14/6; Rome Beauty, Apples. — Delicious, 12/- to 16/6; 13/-; Dougherty, 8/6 to 13/6; Commerce, 12/-. Lemons.—Bushel, 13/6 wrapped. Lettuce. —6/- per banana case. Walnuts.—Lf.cal, lid per lb. Potatoes.—Table potatoes, 13/- large sack. Seed potatoes, New Era, sack; Sutton’s Supreme, 2 cwt sack£l; Arran Chief, 2cwt. sack £l. Parsnips.—B/6 large sack. t WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE.

The brokers report having held their weekly sale at Waipukurau yesterday, when they offered a small yarding of both sheep and cattle to a fair attendance of the public. The bidding for the better classes of cattle was spirited, but inferior isorts were hard to quit. Sheep were in fair demand, and sold at prices ruling at late -sales. Fat cows £4 12s 6d to £6 6s, P.A. cows in calf £3 5s to £4 4s, P.A. weaner steers £2 3s, 2-year P.A. steers £4, store cows £l, dairy cows £1 to £3, fat ewes 28s, m.s. hoggets (small) 23s 7d to 245. The various brokers report sales as under:J Williams and Kettle Ltd. —5 store cows £l, 1 dairy cow £1 10s. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd.—BB m.s. hoggets 245. H.B. Farmers’ Co-operative Asso--255, 14 yearling P.A. steers £2 3s, 7 P.A. cows in calf to P.A. bull £3 ss, 41 at £4 4s, 2 2 at £6 6s, 2 at £4 12s 6d 7 steers £4, "60 m.s. hoggets 23s 9d.