COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18467, 31 January 1922, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON BUTTER MARKET. Messrs Dalgoty and Co, report having received the following cable from their head office, dated London, January 27, 1922; — Butter: Fairly steady, good demand, but not so much feeling of confidence. Danish, £9 6s to £9 Ufa; Australian unsaltcd, finest, £6 15« to £7; salted, £6 8a to £6 12s; secondary, £5 16s to £6 6s; inferior, £4 10s to £5 8s; Now Zealand, finest, £7 to £7 16s; secondary, £6 15s to £6 18a. Cheese: Firm. New Zealand colour, £4 14s to £4 16s; New Zealand white, £4 10s to £4 12s; Australian colour, £4 6s to £1 8s; white, £4 4a to £4 6s. Lamb, higher by Jd to Id. MEAT AND TALLOW. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited! has received the following cablegram from their London house under date January 25 TalJow. —We quote present spot values for the following descriptions:—Pine mutton, £2 Is 6d per cwt; good beef, £1 19a 3d; mixed, £1 13s 6d. Market is quiet. Sales by auction have been suspended. New Zealand frozen meat. —Lamb, 9Jd per lb. Wether end maiden ewe—light, 6}d per lb; heavy, 6Jd per lb; ewe—light, 5Jd; heavy, 64<L Beef: No change in market. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Messrs Donald Reid) and Co,, Ltd., report as under:— Oats.—The market is a little brighter, and several small lines have changed hands during the week at 2s Gd to 2a 7d, ex truck, Dunedin, sacks extra. There is a good inquiry for Sporrowbills at, 2s 8d to 2s 9d, ex store. * , Potatoes.—The market is over supplied. We quote: Osmaru and Taieri’s, 8s to 9s per cwt. Chaff.—The market is easier. Prime black oat, £5 to £5 2a 6d; good to beet feed, £4 16s to £5, bags extra. Messrs Dalgety and Cb., Ltd, report os follows: Oats.—There has been a little more activity in the market during the week, a few soles having been made at equal to 2s 7d, Dunedin. There is a good demand,for short oats suitable for fowl feed. Chaff.—lncreased supplies have resulted in a slight reduction in prices, while the demand is only fair. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, to £5 2s 6d; good to best feed, £4 15a to £5 per ton (aaoks extra). Scott Bros., produce merchants and commission agents, agents for tbe Egg and Poultry Growers' Association, DuneoSn, report;—Eggs: To-day firm; tosh, Is 6d; Poultry Association, Is 6d per dozen. Butter; Deary, quiet; 9d to lOd per lb. Honey; Prime clover, bulk, 6Jd per lb; 10lb tins, 7s each. Beeswax, la lOd per lb. Fat, 17s to 18s per owtT Poultry: Hens, 2s 9d to 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 6s 6d per pair; geese, 8s per pair. Turkeys; Hens, Is Id; gobblers,■ Is 3d. Pigs: Prime baconera, 6d to 6Jd 5,8., per lb; porkers, 6d per lb; overweights, 3d to 4d per lb. Bacon, la per lb. Potatoes; Quiet; new, 7a to 7s 6d I#' cwt. Onions: Canterbury, £lO per toq. Chaff: Prime oaten sheaf, £5 per tan, Backs extra. Oats, 8s per bushel, oaoks extra. Whole fowl wheat, 8s 6d per bushel, sacks extra. Straw: Pressed wheaten, £3 10s; oaten, £4 per tan. We oan supply petrol, motor lubricating oils and greases, lucerne, end poultry meal, hulled oats, shell grit, Parcora meat meal, leg rings, toe punches, charcoal, wire netting, Norton’s egg preservative, Star brand chicken food and egg crates. January 30.