HIGH COMMISSIONER'S.REPORT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 16 September 1921, Page 6

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S.REPORT

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated September 10, from the High Commissioner tor New Zealand. London:—

Meat.—Mutton market quiet. Lamb market dull'and prices easier. Market is affected by large supplies of fresh lamb and heavy arrival of imported. Buyers holding off. Beef maintains firm tone' but no improvement in demand for inferior, quality. New Zealand mutton, best light weight: September 10. Bid. September 3, B|d, August 27, Sid, B_d. New Zeaalnd mutton, best heavy weight: September 10, 6£d, September 3, 6^d, August 27, 6ld. New Zealand lamb, best light weight ewes, slightly better demand; September 10, 5.d, September 3 —, August 27 —. New Zealand lamb, light weight, September 10, Is o£d, September 3 Is Id, August 27 Is Id. Is lid. New Zealand lamb, heavy weight: September 10 lid, September 3 Hid. August 27 lid. New Zealand beef, prime ox, hinds: September 10 6d. Septemner 3 6d, August 27 6d. New Zealand beef, fores : September 10 4£d, September 3 4sd, August ' 27- Bid, 4d. "Argentine chilled beef, hinds: September 10 lC_d: September 3 llfd, August 27 10. d. Argentine chilled beef, fores, September 10 s£d September 3 6d. August 27 sid. Butter—Market very quiet at the decline, and prices again lower. Colonial, ' dragging sales at easier prices. New Zealand : September 10 226s to 228s per cwt., 2s o*d to 2s o_d per lb; September 3, 224s to 246s per cw£., 2s 2id to 2s 2_d per lb- -August 27, 264s to 266s per cwt., 2s 4d to 2s 4_d per lb. Cheese—New . Zealand: September 40, white 1125.. 116s per cwt.. Is Is Q_d • jper lb; coloured 104s, 110s per cwt., Hid, H|d per lb. September 3, white - 118s, 122s per cwt. Is' Q|d, Is Id per lb; coloured'll4s. 120s per cwt., Is Ojd, Is o|d per lb. August 27, white 128s, 13D_ per cwt., Is lfd Is 2d per lb; coloured 1265, 130s per c wt., Is l_d; Is 2d per lb. Stocks—London. September 8: Canadian 135,654 crates, against 97,178 crates last year; New Zealand 5090 crates, against. 12,691 crates last year. Casein—Market "quiet. English rennet quoted at £60 per ton, French £50 per ton, Argentine lactic at £50 per ' ton._ -. ■ Wool-^ales continue strong and com. joetitioh keen for all classes. Merinos _nd fine "crossbreds nOw 20 per cent, higher than closing rates last- series, low crossbreds 10 per cent.