COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13241, 13 August 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE.

(Per Press Association.) * 'Wellington, August 13. The Department of Industries and Commerce! 'Las 'received this followingi cable froan thei Higih Goimimdssion'er, dated London, August lliih $— The mutton mark»et reinainlt very depressed. Canterbury 'brands are quoted at 3^d, and North' lsland 1 ot 3Jd per lb. The lamb market 'has declin'od further. Cantterj^y "brands are feelling at 4f d, and oiner than Canterbury 4fd per lb. The beef market is ©teady. Hindquarters are quoted at 3^d an*d forequarters at 2&d to 2^d perTb. The butter marbet remains firSn; at l a st quotations. The market has been . -favourably affected by the (Continental weather. There is ■good demand for cheese, arn^ Canadian, mafces are 'qjuoted at , 59/ per cwt. The 'hemp miairket* is quiet, but steady. The price of g.f.a.qv, Wellington, on spat, is £4 ( ? £40) per »ton, and business is being done in distant deliveries at tihesteime figure. Stock® on hand total 869 tons, ag-ainst "2559 tons for the corresponding* period of last year. Fair current Miawlai, on spot, is £43 per ton. The cooksf oot market is quiot, with a tendency in favour of buyers. American seed is freely offered. The wool market is quiet, with no alteration in price. New 1 long berried 'wheat, on spot, ex granary, is quoted -at 31/ >to 32/ per 4961b5, and short-berried at 30/6 to 31/6. These prices are noAainal. iNew Zealand Sparrowbill oarte, ex goranary, per 3'B4;lbs, are quoted 1 at 24/6 to 25/6, and Danish oats per 320flbs are selling at 19/ t o 10/.- The market is ( quiet, and only a small business is doing. • The market' is firm for New /Zealand beans, i .a.q., old crop at 34/6 to 35/ per 5041b5. The market for peas d& steady. New Zealand Partridge are quoted at 42/ to 50/, and blue at 30/ to 40/ per 5043b5. ,

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