DAIRY PRODUCE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 90, 31 March 1932, Page 9

DAIRY PRODUCE

EASTER MARKET IN LONDON. BUTTER SLOW: CHEESE QUIET. Prices of butter and cheese ruling in London at the close of the market last week are reported by the London office of the Dairy Board as follow: — Butter. New Zealand.—Salted, 107/109/(107/109/-; March 24, 1931, 111/113/-); unsalted, 114/118/-; March 24, 1931, 120/124/-); 107/109/- equals approximately 11 l-8d f.0.b.; first whey, 100/(100/-); second whey, 98/- (98/-). Australian.—Salted, 103/105/-; (102/ 104/-); unsalted, 104/108/- (104/108/-). Argentine.—Unsalted, 100/102/- to 104/- (100/108/-). Danish.—loo/- f.0.b.; 118/- spot (100/-; 118/120/-). Dutch.—Unsalted, 128/130/- (128/ 130/-). The board has also received advice from its agents in Canada as follows:— Butter: New York, 22 cents; Montreal, 27J cents. Cheese. New Zealand. —White 60/6 to 61/(60/61/-; March 24, 1931, 51/53/-); coloured, 61/62/- (61/62/-; March 24, 1931, 53/55/-); 60/6 to 62/- equals approximately 5 7-Bd. f.o.b. Australian.—White, 59/6 to 60/- (59/ 60/-); coloured, 60/61/- (61/-). .Canadian.—White and coloured , 68/ 72 to 74/- (68/72/-). The butter market closed slow last week. Retail prices in London w'ere: Danish. 1/3; New Zealand, 1/2 a lb. The Empire Marketing Board’s estimate of the stocks of all butters as at March 20 was 381,898 boxes, compared with 290,727 boxes a year ago.