THE AGENT-GENERAL'S REPORT
"WELLINGTON. MaTch 10. The Agcnt-geiiP'd! wires to the Agricultural iJepartrneut ,ii follows, under date iiarch b ~ " Fiozeu niaat The mutton niaiket firm, and has had a better tone this week , very few prime curcase= mutton beru marketed lately ; the averase price to-dw> for Canterbury is 3id ; Dunedin, Southland, and W.M.E. Company, 3id , other North Island, 3£d. There is a better demand for lamb. The shipments of Rivei Plate lanib are inci easing. The average price to-day is. Canterbury biand, ohd , other than Canterbury sid. Hie beef market is quiet. New Zealand hinds, 4 jd , fores, 3Jd. Butter is dull ut 110s. liio cheese market is very firm at 51s. llernp is dull at £38. Reports from Manila indicate that hea/y shipments of hemp aro expected, and there :s a. disposition to &ell distant hemp (April and June shipments) at £i 3. A few inquiries are being made by speculative bi.yeis for cocksfoot seed. Quotations aia nominal. Xew Zealand 17lb standard, 42s to 45.--
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Otago Witness, Issue 2503, 12 March 1902, Page 17
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