COMMERCIAL

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13178, 6 October 1914, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

" Tlio following is llio ITigli Commis' sinner's' entile, tinted" October- 3rd!—' miles') othorwino specified/are avciagc market,prices on' spot):

is steady/ but theio is not r much demand Prices nre firm, on account of the limited supply at present in store. Canterbury 5Jd, frorth Island S&d. ' Lamb is .in 'little demand, and the maikot is dull with a downward ten dency, Canterbmy twos CJd, hca\y weight (Jgd, ( other than CantorLury IJJo, foi light weight, ■ Beef:—Tho market is not quito so firm, Tho causo of tho decline if) tho* largo supply of-Irish togethei with the lower prices paid by the Go\eminent in nntieipatioibof heavy annals fioni tho Argentine. New Zealand hinds (igd, fores'fijdl There woie no anivnls of chilled beef nt thetrinket this i\cek

' Buttor:—Tho market is fliinei, mil tlici'o is an increasing demand for bet ter grades. Danishes steady at lIS/- to 140/-; Australian in modeiate demand at 120/- to 124/-; Sibensn m fail de ■iiiaml at 118/- to 122/ ; lush eioamoiy in fair demand at 121/ to 12G/, excep tionally good 128/-; Aigentine US/ to 122/-.

Cheese:—The mniket is quiet but stonily. Canadian white and colonied 74/- to 7(i/-; English 7b/ to Bt/ Stocks of Cnnndian rhoeso nt London, Liverpool, and Bristol on Ist October amounted to'. 160,000 boxes against 298,000 at the same time last year. The stocks of New Zealand cheese on Ist' October were 2250 crates 'ns ngainV, 300 last year.

1 Homp:—The market is ver£ quiet, with nothing-'doing. Quotations, nominal/New Zealand good' fair*£2!i 10/-; fair £21:10/-; fail' current Manila £26 1()/-,'/Nejv Zealand hemp is very seriously.affected' by the Mexican Sisal declining rapidly, the American quotation being,;ijd per cent., equal to £l7 10./-, c.i.f. New York. The output from Manila for the week was 13,000 bales. ' /\V,lieat:-T)io ihnrkot. is quiet, with .1 tendency 'in favour.of buyers. Australian •4i)/-,'c.i,f. pa'tsi-Tlie market is dull and .very little business is doing. New Zealand Carton's 20/-,' ex store.

"R'eaiis':'—Tlio market is steady, but the demand is only moderate. New Zealand boans f.n.q. (new crop) per 504 lbs., 34/ : . Wool:—The market is firm , and pricos continue to advance foe fall grades of medium and conwa crossbreds.