TRADE WITH JAMAICA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21792, 5 May 1934, Page 7

TRADE WITH JAMAICA

FULL REPORT OBTAINED BULLETIN TO BE ISSUED A comprehensive report upon the possibilities of increasing New Zealand's trade with Jamaica is shortly to bo issued in pamphlet form by the Department of Industries and Commerce. The Minister in charge, the Hon. 11. Masters, stated yesterday that while in Canada he met business men who were carrying on export trade to Jamaica. Ho thereupon arranged with the New Zealand Trado Commissioner in Canada, Mr. J. W. Collins, to have investigations made on the spot and a full report prepared upon present market conditions and openings for New Zealand oroducts. The report was a voluminous document, and could not bo circulated in full, but the more important passages, including a number of useful recommendations, would be issued in tho form of a. bulletin. It would then remain for producers and exporters to decide how far they could take advantage of tho ■ encouraging opportunities which Jamaica offered. MARKETS IN CHINA . NEW ZEALAND BUTTER The belief that there were good prospects for the sale of New Zealand dairy produce in China was expressed yesterday by Mr. Sieh Ming Chang, secretary of 'the Sun Yat Sen University, Canton, who left by tho Monowai for Syd' ne.y after a visit to New Zealand. "I think New Zealand butter and wool ar<> the bost," he said. "At present wo get a lot of our butter from America and Canada." He added that the consumption of butter in China was increasing. THE CITY MARKETS APPLES AND PEARS CHEAP SUPPLIES OF POTATOES Supplies of apples and pears remain heavy at the City Markets and values yesterday continued low. Bananas and oranges were plentiful, but there was a good demand and prices were maintained. Extra choice tomatoes were somewhat scarce and sold at higher rates. There was a slight reduction in prices for extra choice hothouse grapes. Local potatoes came forward in large quantities and prices were reduced slightly to 2s 6d to 3s 6d a bag. Southern potatoes sold up to 6s per cwt. There was a firming in prices for cabbage and cauliflower, but supplies are still heavy. Boot vegetables were cheaper. In the poultry market there was a keen demand for table birds. Hens wore firm in price, but cockerels were a shade easier. Prices were:— FRUIT Apples,, Cox's Orange, 3s to as Gd a cape; Delicious, Js fid (o 2s fid; Delicious, excooler, 3s fid to 4s Gd; Jonathan, 2s Gd to 4s fid; Ballarats, 2s Gd to Js; Giant Jemtan, 3s fid to ss; Golden Russet, 2s Gd; cookers, Is Gd to 2s Gd; windfalls, Is to Is Gd; pears, Louis Bons, 3s to 5s fid; Coles and Nelis, 4s to fis Gd; windfalls and others, Js Gd to 2s; passions, 2s lo 'ls; mushrooms, in benzine tins, 8s to lfis; oranges, Rarotongan, 14s to 225; California)!, 40s to 455; lemons, cured, lis lo 15s; others, 4s lo 9s; mandarins, Fiji. 15s to 275; grapefruit, Californian, 32s fid; tomatoes, outdoor, extra choice, smooth, 4s Gd to 8s fid; others. Is Gd to 4s; bananas, lis to 17s; persimmons, 2s to 2s Gd; tree tomatoes, 2s Gd to ss; capo gooseberries, 3d to 3Jd per lb; grapes, hothouse, extra choice, lid to Is Id; others, Gd to 9d. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes. 2s fid to 3s a bag: Southern, Gs a cwt; swedes, 2s to 2s Gd a bag; onions, 2s Gd to 3s; kumaras, 2s 6d to 3s; cabbage, 3s to fis a sack; on benches. Is a dozen; cauliflower, 3s to fis a sack; oil benches, 2s to 5s a dozen; pumpkins, 3s to fis a cwt; cucumbers, 2s Gd to 3s a dozen; carrots, 7d; parsnips, 7d; beet, fid; turnips, Gd; radish, fid: spring onions, 8d a bundle; Bpinach, fid a dozen; leeks, Gd a bundle; green peas, 4s to Bs.a bag; beans, 2s to 3s; marrows. Is a dozen; melons, citrons, 4d to Is each; lettuce. Is to 4s a case; celery, cooking, Gd to Od a bundle: dessert, Is to Is Gd; rhubarb, Is Gd to 2s a dozen. POULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime. 3s to 4s Gd; not prime. 2s up; light breeds, prime. 2s 3d to 3s Gd; not. prime. Is Gd up; fat roosters, heavy breeds, prime, Is 9d to 2s 3d; light breeds. Is Gd to 2s; fat hens, heavy breeds, Is 9d to 2s 9d; light breeds, Is 3d to Is 9d; pullets, heavy breeds, best, 3s to 4s Gd; smaller. Is 3d up; light breeds, best, 2s Gd to 4s; smaller, Is 3d up; young, prime, 2s to 3s; smaller. Is Gd up; old, Is 3d to 2s; ducks, young, 2s to 3s; old, Is fid to 2s. DAIRY PRODUCE Hen eggs, first quality, 2s 2jd a dozen: 3 grade, Is 9Jd; C grade. Is 5Jd; duck eggs, Is 10} d, Is BJd, Is 7*d. Fanners' butter, Gd to 8d Per lb. CANTERBURY MARKETS POTATOES A SHADE FIRMER [BY TKI/EGRArH PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Friday The potato market is a shade firmer. A little more demand has developed from Auckland. Local supplies ther.e apparently are Hearing the exhaustion stage. In addition, only 1800 sacks went North by yesterday's boat, and as very heavy rain throughout Canterbury to-day will delay digging for a few days, next week's boat, on Wednesday, is not likely to carry many potatoes. Farmers are offering very little, apparently confident that prices will tako a turn for the better. Quotations, f.0.b., sacks included, for whites, are £3 17s 6d, and £2 17s 6d on trucks, with Dakotas 2s 6d a ton more. Nobody seems disposed to deal in forward deliveries. Onions are passing through one of the worst years' for prices. Tho crops have been exceptionally good, and the quantity exported to America has had little effect in tho position. Values on trucks arc 27s Gd a ton. Fowl wheat is unaltered at 3s 3}d f.0.b., sacks extra. Tho small seeds market is practically lifeless. Merchants have been taking stocks of seeds on hand, and it probably will be revealed when tho spring demand develops a few months lienco that (lie shortage, is much more pronounced than was expected. Prices remain firm for all classes of se(yls. Akaroa cocksfoot is worth 9d to lOd a lb., f.0.r.; farmers' dresse.d ryegrass, to 3s Gd a bushel; white clover, from Is to Is 3d; cowgrass, from 8d to Od. Tho harvesting of eowgrass has been disappointing, there being a good ileal of immature seed. PUKEKOHE HORSE FAIR [from OtJU OWN CORRKSrONDRNrI PUKEKOHE, Friday A smaller yarding than usual was offered at the horso fair conducted by Messrs. Alfred B.icltland and Sons, Limited, at Pukckohc to-day, competition being fair throughout. Active young medium draughts sold from £3O to £':! 1 • aged draughts. £2l to £26; light farm horses. £ll lo £18: good hacks, £l4 to £l6 10s; ordinary hacks. £3 10s to £7.