HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13315, 16 January 1912, Page 1

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

[Unit«d Piiess Associatjon.]

Wellington, Jan. 15,

Thfi High Commissioner's eablo, dated London,- 13th, is as follows:—

The mutton market is not mttch changed, and tho tendency is' slightly

I in favour of buyers. Canterbury, nominally 4Jd; North Island 4jd* Tlin lamb market is very quiet as n j result of heavy arrivals. Australians j : :j 1, Argentina -lid: 9000 carcases of ; .New Zealand ha\o armed, selling at \ oi-t. The 'beef market i* very firm and I all'ec't'. d by uncertainty rogaiding the j Argentine railway strike. Supplies • ere decreasing. >,ow .'•'.•alands 3Jd : ' lores ad. 1 The butter market ii- very firm, i with demand for ipot" good, 1 and also for supplies to arrive. The merage price for tho woo!: for choicest New /''..-lland butter por cwt was 1355; Australfan 132s j Argentina 131e; Danish 1395. The arrivals of butter during December wei<> 5000 tons less than "December of last year. The imports of butter into the United Kingdom during December, 1910, were 21.141 tons. The cheese market is very firm, with a general active demand. The market shows signs of strength. The average price for Yho week was, choicest New Zealand cheese per cwt 73g 6d. Tli'- arrivals of cheese during December amounted to 3500 tons less than in December last. The imports of cheese into the United Kingdom during December, 1916, were 10,319 tons. Tlie hemp market remains firm, and has been favourably affected by tho .Mexican Government's sisal agreement. New Zealand fair grade on spot £22; New Zealand fair grado £2] ; forward shipment at same price. Fdir current Manila on spot £22; forward shipment fair current Manila £23. The output from Manila for the week was 27,000 hales. The wheat market is quiet. New Zealand long berried wheat on spot ex granary jkt quarter -3?0lb, 35s 6d; tiliort berried wheat 335. Oats have goad deinaru for a,ll descriptions, and tile supply falls' lshort of demand. New Zealand oats, short Sparrow hills, <<x granary, on spot, per quarter of 38-1-1 b, 34s Od; Danish, per quarter of 3201b, 20s. The cocksfoot market is very firm. liic wool market remains firm. The mutton and lamb shipments from River Plate received during December, 1911, were:— ; Mutton. Lamb. At London (carcases) 59,481 42,288 At Liverpool 186,383 82,819 At Newcastle 18,397 2,700 At Hull 6,000 819 At Southport 97,567 320 At Cardiff 0,553' T«t-:il 281,881 128,405