COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 198, 22 August 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON .MARKETS

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S KEPOI.T.

The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, 18th August, 1917 from the High Commissioner for New I Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless I otherwise specified, are average ! market prices on spot.) j Meat.—Market continues firm for ; all descriptions of frozen meat Home-killed mutton and beef in <r oo d ' supply, selling at comparatively^low prices. New Zealand mutton, per lb ■Hd; ewe niutton, B_d; Argentine mutton, lOd; New Zealand lamb, in small supply, 10d; Argentine lamb, lld; New Zealand beef, no supplies available, with tlio exception of New Zealand boneless beef, lOd; Argentine beef, quotations are nominal, hinds 14d, fores lOid. Butter and Cheese.—Maximum prices remain unchanged for both butter and cheese. Butter: Small supplies. Market continues firm. Danish, no quotations; New Zealand, no supplies available, no quotations; Irish creamery, heavy buying by Homo and Continental'trade; salted per cwt.,; 200s; unsalted, ,2095. Argentine, no supplies available, no quotations. Cheese: Market continues firm. . English Cheddar, per cwt., 1325. . Hemp .--Manila,' market continues firm. New. Zealand quotations are irregular, business restricted, especially forward shipment, owing to v>os-sibil-ty. of Government controlling prices. Quotations are nominal? New Zealand, gopd, fair, on spot, .-£93 per ton; August to October shipment, £92; New Zealand, fair, on spot, £91; August to October shipment, £90. Wheat.—Little business doing. Offerings from all sources are small; prices remain unchanged. Oats.—Market is quiet, but steady. Canadian, 63s 3d; American, 61s.