COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14283, 25 August 1910, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. ] The Hi"h Commissioner's cabled re- : porr dated London. 20tli August, is -as follows Quotations, unless otherwise speellied, are the average market ' prices on spot : _ . , Mutton. —Tho market is quiet and ' stocks art' firmly held in few hands. and there is consequently less demand. : The retail average prices of Canter- : ljury to-day are 3id to 3;d and scarce ; ■ North Island. 3Jd. j Lamb. —Tho market is quiet, and ; the demand is falling off. At the cios: 1 :of the market quotations shewed a •weaker tendency. Canterbury, 4;d: other than Canterbury, 4Jd. Butter. —Market firm, with good demand for best quality. Only_ a small quantity on hand. Choicest New Zealand, cold stored, 114s, Danish, 116s, Siberian. 104s. Hemp.—Market very quiet, buyers heleive that New Zealand prices are too high, compared with Mam'a. New \'/ :i!".n'l 'rood fair, on sprit. fair jrr.ule £2l. forward sh-pm.-nt jib-nit, the . I'nir riill*n> .spnt .€l9 los; ' forward .shipment. £"2O ss. j Co.-ksf.Kjt seed. —Market firm, and i demand on spot frond. Averaii.- price j f . Yew Z'-aland d (17!bs j)-"' bushel) 107 Gdt.for ward shipment-.?. 09s 6d (no ! buyers). ; ii. e:!-'or-:l IVfl,;! A!ark,-f.— Tlie top ma-kef r-'- mi il is firm. MtVs l-nv f-ro.ss-I bred Is 2?<l: 44's medium eross-br. d 'is 4itl: oil's half-bred. Is BJd : 50's , miarter-bred, 1b Hid; 60's merino, 2s 44.