HIGH COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13157, 7 May 1906, Page 2

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE.

• P«r Presß ■ Association. [ \ .t • r~. ■ ■'; . May 7. ' !. Tlie Industries and Comim'erce De--pa'ptanent 'has reo^W.ed tli^e iollbwing taile Iram the'iHigih Commissioner, .dated 'London, sth .May :— v Dull sale for aiU qualities of mutton. The ' supply •is increasing, and there is an indication "to., force sales, which 1 m'akies the 'inaffioet we'ak«r, iitough '"btfandW to-day we're at 4^d ,for light, and^l^d for iveatvyi weights. North Island brands are seMing at :3fJd f o.r best l^fuaHty, and 3£<l for second quality. ;• ■ ■> ■ ' The lamib marife^t is weak, stocks bejng distributed anu'ongst agents A^ho are poaching- sales/'ljow prices' arei q.uoted, and there is an, ima. easing- out T put. The avearagie. prices are.^ld and: 4fd for -Canterbury .and,. other than Jpanterbury brands respectively. "The beef market is.jqulet, with .r.o .change in prices t6 rep'brt. The bbutterr r market .is <£rie.t, (but iinu, withf ' & fair demand for better 'grades.-- >Sl%yplies are increasing from Irelan-d and Siberia. The , .average : ,price of choicest New'Zealamdilbu'tter .to-day is 101/ (per pwV^. Australian; ■ 9(J/i Airge^tine , 96!/, HBanish v 105/, Sib/erian^e/per cwt. I, l r Th« cheese market is a shiadei weaker. Whiter Brakes 6Q/ per cwt. Tiiera* is. a small supply 1 of oblouired S>k handf, which is 'quoted a* 65/ per cwt.' . ', , , _^ £No change' in the price of h©mtp. The' niarket is quiet^ Spot "lots are in better - deniand t , than distant deliver-

;The cocksfoot seed market is quiet, buyers •■ waiting for samples of the tnew crop.- ..<// \v » ' .■

;. The .wool market is firm 1 , with more enquiry. 'Curreta-t quotations: Bradford tops 36s low crossbreds Is sfd per iffif, 40's ' low crossbreds Is 6^d, M's low crossbrWs Is B|d, 50's halfbreds Is ,11^ 56'W 5 quarterbreds 2s l^d, 60 f s"Merin6s2s^d.

'I 'tBC)PEiT#SiiEiES. I Messrs ; ,^Bewle3r t report naving disposed ..or,Mr- A. C. Binnie's |70-acre' -fartn' ''oX*" the Carrington JRoad to Mr B. Marsh, of Palmerston - ' ' . -