FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4427, 6 August 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for yesterday amounted to £6716 12s sd. The Agricultural Department has received th e following cablegram from the Agent-General, dated London, 3rd instant: —“Average price s to-day Canterbury mutton, 3|d; Dunedin and Southland, 3id; North Island, 2|d; Australian, 2Jd; River Plate, 2id. The mutton market is very dull. There is scarcely any demand for mutton. New Zealand lamb, Canterbury brand, 43d; brands other than Canterbury, 4Jd. Hie lamb market is depressed. There is a dull sale for heavy carcases. Supplies of home-grown lambs are heavy, and are lowering the prices of New Zealand lambs. Beef—Hind-quarters, 33d; fores 2d. The beef market is very dull. There is scarcely any demand for beef fores. Supplies of American chilled beef are large. The hemp market is firm—good fair Wellington grade, on spot, £26; stock, 246 tons against 1357 last year; ‘fair current Manila,’ £32. There are signs of improvement in the price of butter. Russian shipments have been heavy. Butter prospects for next season are encouraging. There is a better demand for cheese.

Messrs Laery and Co., Limited, report the following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market: —Wheat, 3s per bushel, broken 2s 6d per bushel; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d per bushel, seed 2s 6d per bushel; barley, 2s 2d per bushel; maize, 3s Id per bushel; flour, £7 15s per ton; pollard, £5 per ton; bran, £4 10s per ton; oatmeal, £lO 10s to £ll per ton; chaff, £3 5s to £3 10s per ton; hay, £4 10s per ton; field beans, 3s Id per bushel; field peas, 3s lOd per bushel; potatoes, £5 to £6 per ton, seed potatoes £5 10s to £6 10s per ton; onions, ll s to 13s per ton, American 18s per ton; butter, choice lOd to Is per lb, medium 8d to 9d per lb; cheese, 5d to s|d per lb; bacon, 6jd per lb; hams, 7|d per lb; fowls, 3s to 4s per pair; ducks, 5s to 5s 6d per pair; turkeys, 7s to 12s per pair; geese, 5s 6d per pair l ; fresh eggs, la 6d to Is 7d; swedes, 30s per ton; carrots, 30s per ton; cabbages, Is to 3s per ? ack; pumpkins, 5s to 6s per sack; cauliflowers, 5s to 9s per saok; marrows, 4s to 4s 6d per sack; lettuce. Is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen; celery. Is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen. COMMERCIAL CABLES. PEESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, August 4. Frozen Meat.—Mutton—Dunedin and Southland, 3|d per lb; other sorts unchanged. Lamb—Prime Canterbury, 4jd per lb; fair average (including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington and secondary Canterbury, 4 9-16 d. River Plate, light and heavy. 2|d per lb. New Zealand beef unchanged.