COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17429, 25 September 1918, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. (Per United Press a&suciaiion.j WELLINGTON, September 24. The High Commissioner cabled as follows •n September 21 (Note: Tho quotations, taxless otherwise specified, are the average market prices on. spot): — ■ Meat.—The wholesale prices of meat have been revised. Beef (hinds and frozen reepeotively): Canadian, Is 31d and la OJd;' African and Brazilian, Is 3Jd and 11 Jd; other countries, Is 3gd and Is Old , ; English eides, Is 2£d. Mutton and Lamb: "Whether English or imported, Is 3d. The retail prices have been raised to an extent averaging 2d per lb.

Butter: The prices have been revised. The wholesale price is £12 12s per cwt and tho retail 2s 6d per lb.

CKRISTHCURCH MARKETS. (FER UKITED PKEfcS ASSOCIATION.*

CHRISTCHURCH, September 24. The local grain and produce market is very quiet, there being practically nothing doing in grain.

There is a fair amount of business passing in seeds of -all kinds for spring sowing. There is a little better tone in potatoes. A 4ew moro inquiries are coming to hand, and some sales can now be effected. There are inquiries from Auckland for deliveries nest mouth. Buyers are offering £8 at country stations, whereas last month soma ■were not willing to give more than £7 15s.