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Northern Advocate, 7 November 1932, Page 10

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DAIRY PRODUCE | 1 , LONDON MARKET. THE BOARD’S REPORT. (Special to “Northern Advocate.’’) WELLINGTON, This Day. The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the following market report . from its London office,] dated November 4: — Butter. —New Zealand, salted, 95/ to 104/; unsalted,-108/ to 110/ ox 112/. Deliveries, New Zealand, 1176 tons; in store, 249.1 tons. Australian, salted, 91/ to 94/; nnsaltcd, 96/ to OS/. Deliveries, Australian, 1162 tons; in store,! 1875 tons. Argentine, nnsaltcd, 88/ to 90/, ex 92/. Danish, .108/ f.0.b., 124/ to 126/ spot. Dutch, unsalted, 122/ to 124/. Estonian, salted and unsalted, 94/ to 96/. Latvian, 94/ to 96/. Siberian, 90/ to 96/, Lithuanian, 90/ to 94/. The market is slow. Danish retail price increased to J/3; Now Zealand, unchanged at 1/1. Empire Marketing Board’s estimated stocks of all butters, 614,288 boxes (last year, 591,912 boxes). Cheese. —xNew Zealand, while, 65/6 to 66/6; coloured, 60/ to 61/. Deliveries, New Zealand, 12,829 crates; in store, .15,341 crates. The market is ’ quiet. New Zealand retail price, 9d. Canadian, white and coloured, 68/ to 69/; c.i.f., 64/. ’ Deliveries, Canadian, 15,000 boxes; in store, 162,321 boxes. English finest farmers’, 96/ to 100/. I The market is steady. Tim board has also received the following advice from its agent in Canada:—Butter: New Ydrk, 204 cents; Montreal, 21. cents. Canadian slocks, 220,649 boxes (last year, 204,1 450). FROZEN MEAT. SMTTHFIELD SUMMARY. ’ LONDON, November 5. Following arc to-day's quotations for frozen meat: — New Zealand Frozen Sheep.—Canter- ! bury and North Island selected • crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 57 to dibs, .Bid; 65 to 721bs, 3d; North Island -crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, -18 to 561bs, -Bid; 57 to 641bs, 3d; (5 to 721bs, 2£d; ewes, under 481bs, Bid: 48 to 64)bs, 2d; 65 to 721bs, l|d. Australian Sheep.—First quality crossbred or merino wethers, 401bs to 65lbs, 2’d. New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury, 36lbs and under, si-d; 37 to 421bs, 4ijd; second 'quality,- average, 301bs, 4d; other South Island brands, 361bs and under, 5.| d; selected North Island brands, including Downs, second quality, average -BOlbs, 4d; other North Island brands, first quality, 361bs and under, -Upl; 37 to 42Jbs, 41 d; second quality, average MUlbs, 3 : jkl. Australian Lambs. —Victorian, first quality, 3Gibs and under, 4!(d; other Slates, first quality, BGlbs and under, 4 Id.

Argentine Lambs.—Second quality, average BOlbs, 4-|d. Uruguayan Lambs. —First quality, 36 lbs and under, Bid; third quality, average BOlbs, 34d.

Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, 160 to 2201b5, 2Jd; ox hinds, 150 to 2201b5, 5Jd.

New Zealand Figs. —First f|iiality, GO to 1 OOlbs, average OOlbs. 4fj-d; 101 to U’Olbs, 4-id. Australian Figs.—First quality, GO to loOlbs, average OOlbs, 4 j |d: 101 to 1.20 Ilis, 4id. ' Rabbits. —First, large, ex store, 14/.'} .to 15/. All other sorts are unchanged, DALGETY AND COMPANY. NET PROFIT OF £54,106. DIVIDEND OF 2/- PEE SHARE. LONDON. November 5. A net profit of £54,100 is disclosed in the annual accounts of Dalgety and Go., Ltd., merchants, stock, station and shipping agents, for the year ended June JO. The amount brought into the accounts was £212,J55, malting £266,IG4 available. The directors recommend a final dividend of 2/ a share, free of British income tax, and to provide £1.0,000 for the staff provident fund, leaving £156,464 to be carried forward.