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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13657, 28 July 1908, Page 5

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'I III! I.UMIUN MAItKKi'S.

Press A.vociation-Rv Telegraph-Copyright f.oNIXiX, .Inly 2(>: ( '< *| >1 > r. i.n per ton; thlva ni"lit li. . £s!l I t-. Si.l. rill, "11 ,sp,.t, £l3 7 |r tun; t.liu-.i months, £l3B 12s 6.1. 1..ai1, JLI3 pel ton. Silver. 2s p,r Antimony. £9 t>> £9 10» pel* tun : tin phii-i-, Hi's !i.l t<> 13s !)vl : fencing wile, iJ<» ; angle steel, £5 7k 6,1: tram rails, £ i.

I'l'P'. i is- tinner, and there is fair hvc>i-n-i-ii 111 Si.lull Se.i sorts in hags at- £l7. s H. titji in linn ; October-December ship-

men !i>, £2; i 10s per ton. At tli" wo. 1 prices <.f merinos are v.-iy linn: low ate occasionally in 1-- vour of buy< rs. The sale* included tli.- Awli-.a ami Otamouri .-lip at 7.1 d, ami the Mar.iih.ii at. l-Ud.

Miutou.---I'anterliury. none offering; South lu'an.l soils ai-e mu-hanged. l.amli. -CametlHiry, heavy, r.j.l ; ; Southland, Xorth Island, SUI. lieef. forenuarieis, 2|d; hind . t uartels, Id ; IJiwr Plate sheep. 1. ''V.v. >~'ld; light. .->5,1: beef, f-requar-tots. 2%d ; hind.]uarte:s, 3 13-16 d. The wheat, and flour afloat for the United Kingdom amount to 1,745,000, and f'.r the Continent to 1,200.000 quarts. The Atlantic idiipments for the week total 280.0C0 quarters, and the Pacific 13,000 quarter?. The total shipments to Euiop<> for the week were 615.000 quarters-, including 180.000 quarters fis m the Argentina and Uruguay.

Hfrtl'l COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The ITigh Commissioner sends the following message, dated London, %Tulv* 25th - , " Mutton.-—The market- is weak on. account of the absence of demand. Canterbury mutton is in small supply. Quotations are nominal. Canterbury, 4d'; North Island, ojd; River Plate o^d. "Lamb.—The market is steady. Canterbury brands, G|d; other, thau Canterbury 5.3-Bd.

"Beef.—The market is quiet, an.l the demand is foiling off. " Butter.—The market, i.s very firm with a, good demand. The butter "by the s.s. Turakina arrived in good condition, and found a market at an average price of 116s per cwfc. " Cheese.—The market is steady, but without animation. New Zealand white makes 625; coloured 59s per cwt. " Hemp.—The' market is depressed. Tlia following are current quotations .-—Good fair grade on spot, £26; fair .grade oil spot, £23; fair current' Manila on spot, £22 per ton; July to September slrpments good fair grade, £25 '10s; fair grade, £22 10s; fair current Manila, £2l 10s. .... " Wool.—The market is firm with a hardening tendency. " Hops.—The market- is dull, with very little business doing." The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operaliva Association, Ltd.", are' in rece.lpti of the following cable from their' London office. •under date, the 25th July, 1908: " Ltunb.— Prima Canterbury'light delivered at Rmitlifield s|d per lb, medium s|d per lb, heavy s|d per lb. Mutton.— The supply of prime Canterbury delivered at Smithfield is comparatively small."