PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 10 July 1902, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, July B.— Wheat : An Australian cargo sold at about 295. The American visible supply is 27,453,000 bushels. London, July 4. — Wheat is scarce. The English and French markets are firra ; other Continental markets are easier, owing to line weather. American is strong, owing to heavy rains. Winter wheat, best cargoes, is lirni, but quiet. Victorian and South Australian February and March shipments are quoted at 30s. London, July 6. — The hemp market is weak ; fair Wellington April and June shipment, £27 10s. Frozen Meat. — Mutton : New Zealand, all classes, declined l-16d per Ib. Lamb is unchanged ; River Plate! declined id. New Zealand beef, 1801t) to 220Tb, fair average quality — ox fores, 3^d , ox hinds, nominal, 3d. Wheat. — An Australian cargo sold at 30s. Wellington, July 7 — Tho AgentGeneral's cablegram, dated London, July 5, is as follows — ' Frozen meat : Mutton market is weak. Canterbury, 3|d , Dunedin and Southland Meat Export Company, 3§d ; North Island, 3 id ; Canterbury ewes, 3d. The low prices of lambs ane in, creasing the output. Canterbury lamb, 4id ; other brands, 4|d. The market is dull, and there is an inclination to force sales. Beef is steady. New Zealand hmds, 5d ; fores, 3£d. Hemp, dull ; good fair Wellington, spot, £28 10s ; July and September shipments, £26 10s. Tho stock is 530 tons, against 267 tons last year. There is a better demand for cocksfoot seed ; New Zealand, 17IT) standard, 50s.'