PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 17, 26 April 1906, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Wellington, April 23. — The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the fol owing cable from the High Commissior er London, dated 21st. The mutton market is quiet. Trade iB very disappointing, there being oaly a hand-to-mouth demand. The average price is : Canterbury mutton, 4|i per lb light weights, and 3JI heavy weights. The average price for North Island mutton iB 3^d. Thers is a good demand for all classes of lamb' but prices are weak, as the stock in hand is heavy, the supply exceeding the demand. The low prices are certainly increasing the output. The average price for Canterbury brands is 4 Jd, other than Canterbury <i]d There is a better demand for beef, and the stocks of New Zealand on hand are light. The average price for New Zealand hindquarters is 3 ijd, forequaTters 2^ i. Th»re is a better demand prevailing in the butter market for lines of the very best quality. The The market is steady for the choicest New Zealand at 100s per cwt Danish is quoted at 110s, and Siberian at 98s. The cheese market ig dull for white makes at 62s per cwt. There is a firm demand for coloured Hawera at 665. The demand for hemp has considerably fallen off, and the market is consequently dull. The average price for G.F.A.Q , Wellington, on the spot to-day is £32 per ton, and for the April-June shipments £31 is quoted.

Invercargill Prices Current. — Wholesale : Cheese, 6d ; butter — farm, 8d ; separator, 9d ; factory (pats), Is OJd ; hamß, 9d ; eggs, Is 6d per dozen ; barley, 2s to 2a 6 1 ; chaff, £3 5s p^r ton ; flour, £9 10a to £10 ; oatmeal, £11 to £11 10s ; bran, £i ; pollard, £5 10s ; potatoes £9 15s. Retail : Butter— farm, lOd ; separator, lid ; factory (pats). Is 2d ; cheese, Sd ; eggs, Is 9d per doz-n ; bacon, !/d ; hams, lOd ; flour— 2oolb, 21s ; 501 b, 5s 3d ; 251 b, 33 ; oatmeal— solb, Gs ; 251 b, 3s 3d ; pollard, <Js 6d per bag ; bran, 5s ; chaff, 2s ; potatoes, 11s per cwt.