BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16948, 10 November 1926, Page 2

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated 6th inst., from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Butter. Market quiet. Official quotations are: — New Zealand. —Finest salted, J4ss to :148s per cwt (Is 3Jd to Is 3Jd per lb); unsaltcd, 166 s to :170s (Is Slid to Is 6Jd) ; other qualities, 136 s to 140 s (Is 2-id to Is 3d). Australian. —Salted, :142s lo 146 s (Is 3d to Is 3<}d) ; exceptional, 148 s (Is 3Jd); unsallcd, 166 s to 170 s (Is 5Jd to Is 6Jd) ; other qualities, 112 s to 144 s (Is to Is 3}d). Canadian. —140 s to 144 s (Is 3d to Is 3Jd) ; other qualities 130 s to 138 s (Is ljd to Is 2:ld). Danish. —178 s to 180 s (Is 7d to Is 7id). Irish. —Creamery, 140 s to 144 s (Is 3d to Is 3Jd); unsalted, 154 s to 156 s (Is 4d to Is 41d). Argentine.—Unsalted, 150 s to 154 s (Is 4d to Is 4}d) ; other qualities, 126 s to 14Gs (Is ljd to Is 3±d). Siberian. —130 s to 144 s (is ljd to Is 3.1 d); other qualities, 126 s to 128 s (Is id lo Is lfd). Cheese. Colonial market quiet and steady. Official quotations are:— English.—Finest farmers: Demand is steady; 100 s lo 100 s (lOfd to Hid). Canadian. —Finest coloured and white, 86s to SSs (9d to 9Jd). New Zealand. —Coloured, 85s to 86s (9d to Did) ; white, 80s to S7s (9d to o.id). Estimated stocks of cheese on hand at November 1 at London, Bristol, Liverpool: Canadian and American, 269,100 boxes; New Zealand and Australian, 18,900 crates, against 246,500 and 3300 at the same time last year. Shipments of N.Z. produce arrived this week per s.s. Port Duncdin and Corinlhic. Casein. Present' quotations are : New Zealand rennet £56, French rennet £63 14s, Argentine £SO.