COMMERCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 17 November 1922, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

LONDON MARKETS

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated llfch inst,, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Mpw, good supply all descriptiofts fvbslit' ■ Muttois£_nd change ihjprices fblktf ethers,and supplies .'dun-' cult to obUtrft Ewes slow and slightly easier.' RoOr\lefrVahfl, for Ixef. New Zealand Mutton.—MJrth -ASland 8d to 9d, according to weight; ewes 6£d ?to 7d. New Zealand Lamb.—Best quality, lightweight Is to Is Ogd; heavyweight 10£d ; North Island, ordinary ll*d; 2nd class quality Hid. Chilled llcef.—Fores hinds s£d; New Zealand beef, fores 3£d; hinds 4id. Butter.—Demand is good for finest, slow market for other grades. New Zealand (salted), finest 214 s to 216 s cwt (Is lid lb); good to fine 208 sto 210 s cwt (Is, to, Is.lQJd lb), Cheese.—Market steady at the advances. New Zealand stocks practically cleared.

'English, finest farmers’ 130 sto 135 s per cwt (Is 2d to Is 2kl lb); New Zealand, coloured 128 sto 130 s per cwt (Is l|d to Is 2d per lb); white, do. A shipment of New Zealand produce arrived this.week by the s.s. Athenic. Hemp.—. Manila market quiet, but steady at about quotations already given ; Noyember-January shipments G grade £34 per ton; J grade £SO 15s per ton,, buyers. New Zealand market continues dull. High . points NovemberJanuary shipments quoted at £3l 10s per ton; fair £3O 10s per .ton. Wool;—At Hull Bawra sales this week offerings met with good competition and practically all were cleared. Crossbred sold generally at rates fully equal to last London prices. Merino not so goo*, on average showing 10 per cent decline. Honey.—Market firm for best and demand exceeds the supply. Low grades are abundant and prices easier. New Zealand white prime 75s to 86s per cwt (8d to 9|d per lb) according to quality; light amber 65s to 8s per cwt (7d to 83d, per lb); medium amber prime (50s to 60s per cwt), (s|d to 6£d lb); Californian white 60s per cwt (6£d lb); lower grades considerably less.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES SYDNEY, Nov, 16 At the wool sale, competition for all good classes was very keen and widely distributed at high levels. Super greasy merino touched 38kL the season’s record for .Sydney. .-Ha- *