PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 28 May 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, May 23.— Butter (dull) : New Zealand, 96s to 97s ; Danish, unchanged. Cheese (quiet but firm) : New Zealand, 65s to 66s t • L ? nd o?L, May 24r '~ Frozen Meat.— Sheep : Canterbury —Light 31(1, medium 3fd, heavy 3*d ; Dunedin and Southland 3£d ; North Island, 3|d. Lambs • Canterbury, light, 4|d. All other sorts unchanged Beef • Jores, unchanged; hinds, 4sd. River Plate Sheep'Heavy eind light, 3 9-16 d. Beef: Fores, 3 5-16 d; hinds' 4 7-16 d. '

Wellington, May 25.— The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the Agent-General, dated May 23 :— The mutton market is dull and weak. Average price to-day for Canterbury mutton, 3|d per 1b ; Dunedin, Southland, and Wellington Meat Export Company. 3sd per 1b ; other brandsNorth Island mutton, 3*d to 3fd. River Plate mutton is in small supply, and firmly held. The quantity of mutton going into consumption at present is very small Lamb : The market is quiet. The average price to-day for Canterbury brand is 4|d ; for brands other than/ Canterbury, 4*d per Ib. Beef : The market is steady The average price to-day for New Zealand hind-quarters is 4id per 1b ; forequarters, 3sd. Transactions in New Zealand butter are very limited, and prices irregular nominally 97s per cwt ; Danish, 100s. Cheese • The market is steady at 66s ; new Canadian 63s