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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8055, 13 November 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

GROCERS' MARKETQ .OTAT'IONS. The following are the quotations for butter and eggs for the weet ending November 17, as arranged by the Auckland Dairy Produce Committee-. - Factory butter, Is per lb; farmers' butter, 8d; separator butter, Bd. Eggs, 10d per dozen.HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. WELLINGTON, November 11. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner in London, dated the 11th inst The mutton market is speculative, and buyers do not seem inclined to make forward puichases. The prices ruling for shipments of mutt >n now arriving are very small, and high pries are restricting business. Canterbury brands are quoted at sd, and North Island ut l'here is better demand for lamb. Stocks on hand are light and firmly held in a few hands. Canterbury brands are quoted at sjjd, and other than Canterbuiy at 4jjd. Buyers are not inclined to make forward purchases at present rates. The beef market is very firm. Tho supplies from the River Plate are sw»ll, hind and foreiiuartera being quoted at 4Jd> and 4d lespectively. The butter market is stQidy, but not likely to advance. Supplies are increasing, and buyers are holding back, expeoting prices to go lower. The October imports exceed those of the corresponding period of last year by 30,15(3 cwt. C.ioice Jew Zealand is quoted at 116s; Danieli at 1235; aDd Siberian at 104 3. The transactions in cheese are very limited. The market is cuiet, and Canadian makes are quoted at 63a per cwt. The hemp market is Quiet, and prices are slightly weaker. Aioderate business has been done at £36 10s for g.a.f q., Wellington on ep.t, and at £3j 5s for JanuaryUarph shipments. THE LONDON MARKETS. LONDOV, November J I. Sheep. —Canterbury light, sd; medium, sd; heavy, 4ii; Southland and North Island, 4J 1. Lambs: Canterbury light, s|d ; medium, 5} f; heavy, 5f 1; Southland, sJdj North Inland, unchanged. New Zealand beef (180 to 220U>s), fair average quality ox fore«, hinds, 4jd. River FUte sheep: Unchanged. Beef fores, 3JI; hinds, Ketailers are purchasing sparingly, being re uctant to pay high prices. The hemp market is steady. October aud December, 3 6-14. The market f-tr rah' its ia dull and weak owing to heavy English suppliep. Large New Zealand, 14s 9d; extra, 16s 3d.