HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13440, 11 June 1912, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

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Wellington, June 10. The High Commissioner's cable, dated London, June Bth, is as follows, quotations, unless otherwise specined, being average market prices on spot:—The goneral strike continues, ar,d cargoes are discharging slowlj. The supply of meat meets the demand. 1 he Turakina's shipment of butter him <•hee.se has been landed. . Mutton : Canterbury, 4fd (nominal); North Island, 4d. Lamb: Canterbury, 7d; other than Canterbury, 6-^l. Beef: New Zealand hinds, 4£d; fores

3fd. Butter: The, market is steady. Choicest New Zealand butter to-day makes llos; Australian, 108a; Argentine, tO8s; Danish 1245; Siberian 110s. Cheese: The market is quiet, but firm. New Zealand white makes 74e, coloured 73s ; Canadian 675; English Cheddar 90s. . . Hemp: The market is <juiet, but steady. Spot New Zealand good fanmakes £22, fair £20 15s; fair to current Manila £22 10s, forward shipment about tho same. The output from Manila for the week was 27.000 bales. The Stock of New Zealand hemp is 233 tons. Hops: The market is strong.