BRITISH TRADE.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1929, Page 2

BRITISH TRADE.

HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. WELLINGTON, Sept. 30. The Department of Agriculture has received the ' following cablegram, dated 28th inst., from the High Com missioner for New Zealand, London: TALLOW. The spot market is quiet but steady. There is a fair demand ar auction, with lower grades a little weaker. Present quotations are per cwt.; Mutton, fine 41s to 41s Gd, fair to good 38s \ to 40s 6d, dark to, dull 36s to 375; beef, sweet and/or mixed 39s Gd to 435, fair to good 36s 9d to 3(9s 6d, dark ! dull 35s Gd to 36s Gd; mixed, fair - to good 36s 9d to 3.9 s 6d, dark to duil 35s 6d to 36s 6d; gut, etc., 34s to 3d. ! APPLES. There are large quantities of English in the market; the majority of poor quality and sealing .cheaply. Increasing arrivals of’. American are meeting with .a fair ’ demand. Prices are: American, Gravonstein 12s to 13s per case; British Colombia, Oox’s Grange, 20s to 27s per. case; Nova Scotia, Cox’s Orange, 20s to 27s 6d per case; Gravenslein, 16s to 22s per barrel. (EGGS.' Supplies are decreasing, and the market is firm for the best at higher prices. Present quotations are per every 100: English 20s to 265, Dutch

16s 3d to 19s, Danish and French 13k 6d to 18s, Lithuanian 11s to 14s, Russian and Polish 11s 6d to 12s. Gd. HEMP. The Manila market is depressed and weak under selling pressure and poor support. Closing value for ,grade, October-Dccember shipments, is £36. v The sisal market is quiet. Tanganyika No. 1 is quoted ('sellers’), .Soptember-Novem.ber shipments, fair average quality £39, good marks £4O ss. No. 2 meets with a little hotter enquiry on account of its relative cheapness compared with Mexican. Closing values for good marks are £3B 10s, fair average quality £37 10s. Mexican is unchanged at good white £4O 2s Gd, special brush £43 12s 6d. | The New Zealand market continues dull, and buyers are holding hack for a nearer parity with Manila. Early this week there were buyers of highpoints at £34 10s, but shippers held for £35. Buyers have since retired, and the best bid is now £34. Other nominal comparative closing values are unchanged for. Septcmber-Novem-ber or October-Dccember shipments. WOOL. The sales continue with prices in favour of buyers.