LONDON MARKET REPORT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 June 1908, Page 3

LONDON MARKET REPORT.

-.'■■ : . -- r ("- 'vs.^-'- .-'.-:- — — . "Messrs Bisley Bros, and Company leporfc'h'avingvreceived'tlie following cabie from their Xondon agents, Messrs iialgety and Company, Limited, dated 20th mst —

" Butter.— Market firm. •' Tho" ..Copen- 1 hagen official, quotation is 2 kroners (about 2s 3d) a cwt higher. . The foetal imports of butter itiU) the United Kingdom for week ending 13th :n*t. amounted to 80,000cw$., as compared 'with 79,000cwfc for the corresponding week- of 1907 , showing" an increase of lOOOcwt s There is more demand for unjsalted than salted ■ Finest, 108s a owt Frozen Meat —The market as firm for all descriptions, with the exception.- of light Canterbury. Since our last advices prices for New Zealand cross-bred. Jamb are Id a lb. higher. There is... a. jbefter demand for 'mutton-, and beef "~ ■ : '-■'•_ . •"• , Tallow -{The market is- irregular. Since our last advices prices for beef! and mutfd tallow of. good colour are un-1 changed, f rices .for other descriptions, are on W>yerage'6 r d to -'ls* cwt. high■er.: Thesis', a brisk demand for edible 'de?cnptioris-of. beef. 'tallow. ; 7 '* ,; <'? )-'7y> 'i ;i -Tr-rr~ ~ ■ : ;A ■& e>ker, -iiortej has characterised the potato' and? onion' market at Wellington •during last^week.v. Onions have not maSerially; receded <iu values, but potatoes -have fallen; appreciably, the quotations I for best qualities; being £5 to £5 15s a toai and for: inferior £3 to £4. Importe'd^dhions brought £8 10s to £9 • ton/local sorts £6 to £7. In the fruit market, there ". is a scarcity of pears, and of the better sorts of apples. Choicest Ijessert ' pears have brought 15s to ( 17s 6J a case, and the best dessert apples 12b to 13s a case,