HOME MARKETS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 4016, 26 February 1903, Page 4

HOME MARKETS.

LONDON, Feb. 22. Quotations for sheep and lamd are unchanged. New Zealand beef ISOlb to 2201!), fair average quality, nominal, forequarters 2?d ; l indqnailers 3fd ; River Place sheep 3 a-t6d beef, forequarters 2 11-j.i.vd‘. hindquar ters, 3 7-16 d. Rabbitskins are in small supply. There is a good demand with an ocr casional advance of a halfpenny. SYDNEY, Feb. 23. ’ At the Homehush sales best wethers sold at 16s, good 14s to 14s Gd, medium 10s 6d, nest ewes 14s 4d, good 13s i?d to Ms, medium 10s ; best brilloc’-s £l4 10s, extra £ls, good £ll 55,. medium £7 10s, best cows £lo,'good £7 15s, medium £6 ss. Best beef averaged 40s per 100 in. LONDON, February 24. South Australian 3 per cents, are quoted at 89a, and New [Zealand 3 per cents, at 93£d. WELLINGTON, Feb. -23. In the course of a report dated 16th January, Mr H. C. Cameron-, the New Zealand Produce Commisr sioner in England says :—General satisfaction rekarding the Karamea’s shipment of butter has been expressed by the trade. lx, however, met a declining market, and had to be quitted at lower prices than were obtained for previous shipments. This season the market has been affected by several weakening factors. Apart Horn the large quantities of stared butter and the long spell of mild weather experienced until a few days ago large supplies of new made g,oods have continued 1 To come forward from the Contiiient and elsewhere, {frith which New (Zealandl has had to. compete. The Karamfea’s shipment; iwith 411. excellent market, five brands readily making from 60s to 61s per cwt. Supplies all round are in comparatively small compass, and there is every prospect of prices being fully maintained for some time to come. It would appear from the position of the market, and the prospect of the better results at the end of this season than those which have confined their operations to cheese-making will probably show better results than those whichh, while formerly making cheese, have this season changed to butter-mak-ing. A steady policy one way or. the other would seem the best in the long run. The Tongariro s shipment was delivered in excellent condition generally. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cable message from the Agent-general, dated London, 21st:—The mutton market is weak, and a further drop in prices of mutton is imminent. The average price to-day for Canterbury muttoo is 4-|d ; Dunedin, Southland, and Weelington Meat Export Co., 4fd ; other North Island, 4 1-3 d. The lamb market is steady at from 6fd to 6fd. The beef market is very dull; New Zealand hindquarters, 3fd forequarters 2|d. There is a better demand for butter, the price tr day being 99s per cwt The effect market is steady at 68s, Hemp— The price of good fair Wellington grade to-day is £32 per ton ; Janu-ary-March shipments £29. The market is speculative in distant deliveries. There is no alteration in the cocksfoot seed market"