COMMERCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13681, 25 August 1908, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

Presa Assoi:jal3,pii T By Talegrapli-CijiiyEiigW JIELBOtIRNE, August. 24. The price, of- the four-pound' loaf ' has been reduced to s£d.

Per Press Association. • AUCIvLANJO," August. 24. I'hei price of )ill, • standard ' of butter lias been reduced to Is 2ad per lb wholesale as from this morning. ;

HIGH COMiIISSIpJfEIt'S • REPORT.

The High Commissioner's cable, dated London, Angqiifr: '.as folfd^s-STr-;, Mutton- —Tlicre is a good demand for prime quality light weights. ; this exception : trade in all cla;>,sc.s of mutton is' very ,'slow,' and prices aps barely; ni.aii}-. tained. ■,. The supply / of Caiiterb.ury,..lji;,&nds is" practicaliy North, •Island: mill ton is qupted.,at Tho lamb inarkefc;.is' steady with a demand chiefly'.for' light weights. Canterbury, Jainbis quoted at sgd; other than Canterbuiy, : sid, . Beef—The market is aim.. owing :;t6>.'re- : duced supplies. • Some N«w Zealand beef, nowr on the market is inferior;. in. quality, but ■ from Argentine the ■ quality xis very, line. - New Zealand . 'hindquarters arf> quoted at 4-Jd; forequarters, 3|d. Butter.—The market is quiet,' and moderate business is '.doing. Danish butter , is quoted at 120s - per cwt. j .Siberian 103s;: Canadian >ll6s. Cheese.—The market is .firm, and there is a - good." demand.' The following are current quotations :—Canadian makes, 61r> per cwt; New Zealand "white. 61s; ; coloured; 60s. Hemp.—The smarket- is' quiet and rather steadier; Good fair : grade-' on- spot is quoted at £26 15s per ton;- fail- grade on spot, £25; fair, current ; Manila, on spot, £23 Ss. October-December -shipments are quoted as ! foUows 'fair grade, £26 lCs per "ton; fair grade, £23; - fair* current £23. X*ast j week's output^;from :-'rMaifila to j19,000 bales.