HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 13 September 1909, Page 3

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

-''■*• A A-A A\ WELLINGTONTMoiidap ': The; High l Commissioner "from -on Ith- inst':— ;. '■ . .- ' - .'-,: ' .'-.", , .TJie.:muttori r market is. firmer and great. : ;ly "affected, by 'reports of small shipments. Tliere is .good demand for all qualities; and holders are not anxious to sell. Can- : te'rßnry*3id ; North Island 3d. .The limb market .has Advanced, and further advance is^probable on account of the advance" in i.muttori,. although stocks " are heivy; for late in the' season. Canterbury brands 3id; NorthXlsland" 3id..' The beef 'market is quiet,- with "a tendwicy in favour of buyers.* Supplies of. River Plite^beef- are ; fiesivy." New Zealand hinds 3id;' fores 2Jd. .": -. The butter -market is firm, and the demand is chiefly for best' quality. Austra : Hah' butter/has' arrived and sells it 112s' for salted- and 114s" for unsalted-; Danish 1203 ; Siberian, 104s. ' '- :;; -"..-.. " 'The- cheese ;market is quiet,: with small business' doing,' and a slight fall in pri ; ces 'all -round. -New Zealand 58s; Canadian :575. . '■".*, .'••'- ' -' - The hemp market w quiet; but steady, 'transactions are ' light." New. Zealand good "fair" .grade on spot' £25-15s. fair grade oh'spot £24 15s ; fair current Ma- -j •nila'vba'spot a ton £24,105; October-De-cember'shipments New -Zealand- good fair vgrade '£25, : fair grade £Z4A- fair xur■TentrManila £23X The Manila butpiit.is -24,000-b'ales.'--.-k : '.'.'-'"'V-.:>-'; .-.' -'.*;-X' ; • v -"The *>v'66l market- is firm; ■ with good demand .expected for coarse crossbreds pf 'all grades'; 36's' low; crossbreds ls.4d ; do. 40'BlsOJJd ;44's medium to Is 2d ;" 50's halfbre'ds Is 7d;- 56's" quarterbreds Is 10idr«)'s Merinos "2s 3*d. .".'. .. ■The wheat 'market* has declined .fur-. -ther ; on v account' of 'English - offerings, Ne,w ''Zealand longberried wheat on spot ex^ana^- a.?p^'arter of 4961bsr-39s odj ,shortberried : ditto. -395. .. y- .. ■:■' '.'.' There ; is "aS'argtf supply of -oats, -and the marketjis .weak .and inactive.- IN ew ZealandLpats, -shorts Sparrowbills 'exrgranaiy'bn'sppt a' quarter. of -3841b5; 25s 6'd;. New-Zeal4rid:"oate, Danish; ex-granaiy on*' spot" a- quarter L of 3201b5.7.205., . Beans^haye; fair,^demand for better gxadeaV ■butV.Bu^pliea'kare"- increasing, and prices areXdechning.'? New; Zealand beans f."a.q." a,,quarter-bf 5041b5: 35s 6d. The peas-market is quiet.vbut steady, and af; ; fected bylwpectktlphs-'bf heavy : arrivals and the' Engfish new . crop. ; New Zealand peas, Cartridge, a quarter of 5041b5., 42s c.A- .--."<■'• i l- ■'.'' -y/\'- ';" '■..', ■'- OU.' i.--.- -- V l .. - 7 -^-. - '.---. -.-.,-..■ ■ii.R iver-Pl ate meat' shipments during August were -^London, '■' riiutton -154;140, ■lamb -2f,453 ; .-Liverp6bl,:'mutton-V141,846, lainb v 16,168 ;: Hull mutton' • 8000, : lamb. 10,670." Gaidiff;.:mnttoh' 8745J; lamb 464 ; Sbuth'ampton mutton. 12,897-; :iamb-612; Plymouth;' mutton 1585, -lamb 157. ■