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Northern Advocate, 3 July 1928, Page 10

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DAIRY PRODUCE. THE BOARD’S REPORT. The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the following market report from its London agency, dated June 29: —

Butter.—New Zealand, salted, 176/ to ITS/ per cwt; unsalted, ISO/ to 18(5/. Deliveries this week, 620 tons; in store, 6700 tons. Australian, finest salted, 162/ to 168/; exceptional. 170/; unsalted, 166/ to 172/. Argentine, finest salted, 158/ to 162/. Irish creamery, salted, 168/ to .170/; unsalted, | 172/ to 174/. Danish, spot, 174/ to 176/; f.0.b., 167/ to KSB/; Dutch creamery, unsalted. 168/ to 170/. French baskets, salted and unsalted. 140/ to 162/. Estonian, salted, 140/ to 162/. Latvian, salted, 162/ to 164/. .Siberian, salted and unsalted, 15.1/ to 154/. Ukrainian, 154/ to 158/. Polish, 146/ to 158/. Lithuanian, salted and unsalted, 152/ to 158/. Market quiet. Retail prices increased to 1/9. Cheese. —New Zealand, white andcoloured, 105/ to 10(5/; deliveries this week. 21,500 crates; in store, 56,500 crates. Canadian, white and coloured, 102/ to 104/; Australian, coloured, 101/; English, finest farmers’, 118/ to 120/. Market firm. Retail prices unchanged. The Pinko finished discharging butter ou June 22, and cheese on June 25. The lonic finished discharging butter and cheese on June 22. The Port Adelaide finished, discharging cheese on June 26, and finished discharging butter on June 25. iStearners arrived this week: Somerset and Zealandic, commenced discharging cheese on .Tyne 28; Kin Ora, not yet opened.

PROZEN MEAT, PRICES AT SMITFIELD,

T-li.? Xow Zealand Meat Producers’ Board lias received the following cablegram from its London office, dated Juno 29, advising Smith field delivered prices averaged for the week ending that date as follows; — New Zealand Wethers and Maidens. —Canterbury quality, selected brands, 56’s and under, 7«d per lb; 57’s to 64’s, 7cl; 65’s to 72’s, 61 d; other brands, 56’s and under, 7d; 57’s to 64’s, 6Jd; 65’s to 72’s, 6£d. New Zealand F.wes. —64’s and under, 58d. New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury quality, 36’s and under 10}d; 37’s to 42’s, selected brands, 36’s and under, 9 : n ,d; 43’s to 50’s, 9Jjd; seconds, 93d; selected brands, 36’s and under, 10}d; 37’s to +2’s, 93d; other brands, first quality, 36’s and under 9|d; 37’s to 42 \s, 91d; second quality, 30’s to 32’s, average lOd. New Zealand Beef. —Ox fores, 4d; hinds, fid; eow fores, 33d; hinds, sd. Argentine Chilled Beef. —Ox fores, 43d; hinds, 73d.

Frozen Pork. —Porkers, (30 ’s to SO’s, 7Jd; 81’s to* 09’s, CJd; 100’s to 120’s, '5 5(1; baconers, 121 ’s to 180’s, 71(1. Lamb Market. Slightly easier; Homo-killed supplies heavier.

Mutton Market.—Weaker. Beef Market.—Finn, with good do mand.

New Zealand Pigs. Baconers: Stocks exhausted. Porkers: In poor demand owing to hot weather.

KAURI GUM. RULING- RATES. INCREASED SUPPLY. (Special to “Northern Advocate.’’) AUCKLAND, This Day. The Kauri Gum Control Board reports that the prices obtained during the fortnight, ended yesterday, were; White guru, fair, three-quarter white range, 140 s; East Coast, ordinary. 110 s; washed range, 80s; range nuts. fiOs to (ins. ■Black gum, rescraped steel, 14-ts; washed steel, 80s; light brown, 40s to Oos; nuts, 24s to 20s; sifted chips, 21s to 2.15. There were no sales of poor chips. There has been a slight increase in kauri gum supplies received in tinlocal stores during the past six months, as compared with the corres ponding periods of ththree previous years. Details:—

1921 1 920 1927 H>2« tons. tons. tons. tons. Jan. .. 12i 402 2C.1 27s Fob. . . 492 ;:s!» HIS 2,H7 Mar. . . 120 4.12 ■m 411 1 April . . 4S2 2,1 7 2'll May .. 220 ; i ,‘t 2 22 ( 210 .Turn* .. 2! 1.1 2,02 2,19 < ) O J Totals .. 2744 2271 1S.12 2012