PRICES OF BEEF, MUTTON, AND LAMB.

Otago Witness, Issue 3775, 20 July 1926, Page 21

PRICES OF BEEF, MUTTON, AND LAMB.

GRAPH SHOWING COMPARATIVE RANGE AT DURKSIDE, Bt Agbiootjv. . .* *■*» *° «“Utaf reader. to real’ll, follow the trend of l toe It price# at Otago’, chief r.arV-i from w».V to week, the following diagrams show n* spproximat ely the weekly averages of top prices at B urnside market of beef, butchers’ mutton, ami lamb from Jan. 7 to July 1, 1926, have been prepared, and for comparison the ruling prices for the same period for 1925 are given. Beef is quoted at per 1001 b and wether mutton antTlamb at per lb dead weight.

sc increased demand for real from this Dominion." BUTTER AND CHEESE. Lifeless i 3 the manner in which the colonial butter trade is described, but apparently there is rather more inquiry for finest New ,Zealand, for which the quotation is 170 s. Secondary and inferior sorts are difficult of sale, owing to low prices of Continental and lack of demand. The quantity of butter in store in New Zealand at the close of last month was 6255 tons, as against 8992 tons at the end of May, so that a fair quantity was shipped daring June. Writing in respect of the situation during the recent strike in Britain, Messrs Dalgety and Co. f in their dairy produce circular of May 31, say: “In order to prevent needless and panicky advances consequent upon the difficulty of obtaining goods, and also to allay uneasiness on the part of the public, agreed by the importers, wholesale houses, and retailers, to stabilise prices as far as possible. Importers and agents :t the London Provision Exchange agreed, by arrangement with the Board of Trade, that until further notice the maximum prices to be charged for bacon, ham*, laid, butter, and cheese should not be above the highest prices quoted by the Exchange on Friday, April 30.” The imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the four months to April 30 totalled 2,108,817 cwt., as compared with 2.276,458 cwt. in the corresponding term of last year, showing a decrease of 167,641 cwt. The imports from New Zealand during the first fouf months of the current year amounted to 609,918 cwt., from Denmark 605.029 cwt., and from Australia 427,873 cwt. New Zealand and Australia show shrinkages, but there is an appreciable increase from Denmark. WOOfc SALES AND EXPORTS. During June sales of wool in New Zealand were as follows: Total June, 1926. for 12 months. Offered Sold Offered Sold Dales. Bales. Invercargill .. Dunedin .... Timaru .... 7 7 29.234 28,536 Christchurch .. 46 114 76,201 73,013 Blenheim .. 12 12 163 140 Wellington .. Wanganui .. Kapler .. .. Gisborne . . 349 279 3,960 3,322 Auckland • . 177 177 44,121 40,622 591 589 519,616 484,883 For the corresponding twelve mouths last year 521,634 bales were offered, and 454,458 wold.

Sales of tallow in New Zealand during June totalled 113 tons. DA.YUPHT SAVING. There is likely to be a general outcry from farmers concerning tht Daylight Saving Bill becoming law. It h argued that farmers* hours already are too long, and if the clocks are put forward an hour it means that they will have to start work an hour earlier than usual. To this they strongly object, and already letters are appearing about the matter in the daily press.

According to a well-known Palmerston North poultry-keeper, in the last 14 years eggs has never been so scarce as they have been this winter. He ventured the opinion that the prices ruling next winter would be higher still. This is in a greet extent due to the fact that of late years householders have given up the practioe of keeping a few fowls, on the score that they don’t pay.

Exports of w ool during June were:— Corres’ing. Total 12 for 12 months, months. 1925. Bales. Bales. Bales. Invercargill 3,238 34,806 31,040 Dunedin 2,228 62,484 55,574 Oaraaru . . . . 998 3,747 2,460 Timaru . . 2,054 38,480 30,046 Christchurch .. 2,819 97,426 90,889 Blenheim . . . 3,881 3,744 Nelson .. 72 886 784 Wellington 2,716 131,646 125,727 Wanganui . . 4,427 62,664 51,624 New Plymouth, Waitara 150 1,378 802 Napier, Wairoa 895 102,722 96,144 Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay .. 1,082 27,828 33,545 Hicks Bay, Whakatane 87 Auckland, Opua 907 49,334 44.202 21,586 617,282 566,698' TRADE IX TALLOW. Exports of tallow to the United King(loin from New Zealand duirne the month of June were:Corres'ing Total 12 for 12 months. months. 1925. Tons. Tons. Tons. Invercargill . . . . 164 1,531 936 Dunedin . . 310 1,173 1,060 Oamaru .. .. 31 238 337 Timaru 101 1,487 956 Christchurch .. 252 3,552 2,946 Blenheim 145 167 Nelson 12 113 149 Wellington . . . . 433 4,607 4,666 Wanganui . . . . 316 1,680 1,436 New Plymouth, Waitara . . . . 82 893 673 Napier, Wairoa . . 84 2,021 2,801 Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay, and Hicks Bay .. . .. 89 1,035 1,454 Whakatane . . 79 Auckland, Opua 533 2,987 2,999 2,407 21,462 20,659