LATE COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13481, 22 July 1907, Page 2

LATE COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE

WELLINGTON, July 22.

The High Commissioner cabled from, London, eiL'Jnly 2Qbh.i*l*i v - ■ < - Mutton — The market, js. firm. Stocks on hana'are^irgh't'aiia firmly held in a few hands-, Canterbury., mutton 4fd, North r -lM&&&4d. " i " l '- •' Lamb — The market is firm. There is a good demand for all classes. Stocks 'oil .hand are • moderate. - Canterbury lamb Sfdi, and other v than Canterbury 'oid... .•- ■ *.- * . •!'!-■ <: :'• Beef---The»> market is quiet/ but firm. Prices : 3|d .an* 3£d- > jper lfe.< for hind anil fore -quavers; respectively: - Siipplies of America.ii ohHlfed b6ef on hand are tmaU. ' ""' "V. ' ■ , ll< y/Butter — The market is quiet but steady. The prospects' of th^s commodity for next season are at present. Everyone is inclined to hold back aft lojig' as ;possjb]e, rthereby forcing the market price down. Choicest New Zealand 995/ Danish* 109s/ Siberian 925, Irish 100s per cwi. Large supplies are coming" forward. 1 ' kK:I i Cheese — The market is steady. A good demand is- Beeper jeu,ced. Canadian supplies are likely to.V increase/ Prjcef,: New Zealand 61s, Canadian, white 575, and coloured 58sl -J> • ,f, f : Hemp-r-Thp viajftkatfiis qttiet. with a tendency in favour- of- buyers. Reports from Manila -ihdifeaie' that Heavy shipments are 'expected '"from "there. : Good fair grfc'&s^on *j>ot £35 10s. fair grade >''jg{jO ,jQfe,' *' r^uly-Se^temb,er ! sVpmeW:' 'Good fair £3£ 10a, Vfair spii £%$., The eojdksfqot.i^eed; -*nia,rket v is firm. Buyers, however, have been ottering more freely,, and- bright 171 b. seed is quoted at S&J peircwt. ;■-,...', There is a poor demand for kauri gum, exoept fpr good- grades, which; are scarce. Current quotations are: Ordinary to faif'threelquarter-scraped 165s per cwt.,4ajjr^fslj-^craped lQps^per cwt., brown .fw'wfvfc ! three-quarter scraped Bfs per.cv^t;, Jtytpnrp,,. pickings common to good 475; Tbtaah^Jiair'tq gOodj pale and amber, scraped WOsV 1 ' i>n

Wool — Current quotations for Bradford tops are: Thirty-sixes low crossbreds, Is 3£d ; f ortys low crossbreds, Is 4Jd; forty-fours medium crossbreds, la s£d; fiftys half-breds, Is 9d; fifty-sixes quarter-breds, 2s OJd; sixtys merinos, 2s 4d per lb. . '

Arrivals from the River Plate during the month of June were: — Mutton: London 123,274 carcases; Liverpool, 203,576; Hull, ,8429.; Ne^cast^e, 10,138; Cardiff, 11,022; Southampton, 590; Ireland, 2360; Plymouth, 1892. Lamb:— London, 10,874; Hull, 1000; 'Liverpool, 16,730-, Newcastle, 1000 ; Cardiff, 500; Southampton, 376; Plymouth, 30.