Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 9 January 1913, Page 29

Commercial

PRODUCE Wellington, January 6.—The Commerce and Tourists’ Division of the Department of Agriculture has received the following cable from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, January 4 : Mutton. The market is very firm. Canterbury, not quoted; North Island, 4|d per lb. Lamb. —The market is farm, with a good demand for prime quality. Canterbury, sfd (nominal). Beef. —Market quiet, but holders firm. Supplies of American chilled large New Zealand hinds, 3|d ; fores, 3-^d. The butter market is very quiet. Buyers are cautious. The market is temporarily depressed on account of unusually mild weather. Average prices: New Zealand choicest, 119 s per cwt; Australian, 113 s; Argentine, Ills; Danish, 130 s; Siberian, Ills. The cheese market is quiet, with small business doing. New Zealand white, 61s : colored, G2s. Hemp. —The market is very quiet, nothing doing. Spot New Zealand, good fair grade, £33; fair, £3l; fair current Manila, £33 Is; January to March shipments, New Zealand good fair, £33 10s ; fair, £3l 10s; fair current Manila, £35. Quotations nominal. The output from Manila for the week' was 17,000 bales. Wool.— strong for all grades. Wheat. Market dull, with very little business doing! New Zealand long-berried, ex 'granary, per quarter of 4961 b, 375; short-berried, 365. Oats.—Market quiet, but moderate business doing. There is a large supply of New Zealand oats. Short sparrowbills, ex granary, per quarter of 3841 b, 24s 6d ; Danish, per quarter of 3201 b, 22s 6d. Beans. —The market is quiet, but holders are firm. Supplies are decreasing. New Zealand beans, f.a.q. (new crop), per 5041 b, 39s 6d. Peas. —The market is quiet, and the demand considerable. Partridge, per 5041 b, 38s 6d. . 3 Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when values ruled as under : s Oats.—During the holidays no business has been, passing and quotations are therefore nominal. Local stocks are not heavy, and would be readily absorbed by any export demand. We quote: Prime ‘ milling, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; good to best feed, Is lid to 2s lid; inferior to medium, Is 6d to Is lOd per bushel (sacks extra). . Wheat.— are buyers of prime samples, which are not offering freely.' Fowl wheat has moved off steadily of late, and is not so plentiful. We quote: Prime milling, 3s 9d to 3s lid ; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; medium to good, 3s to 3s 2d broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. The few lots submitted at to-day’s sale were passed in for lack of competition. #% rpi _ _ ..1 j • i 1 /» • , v^naii. — -hut? marxeid is oare or prime oaten sheaf, and although there are, still stocks of inferior and medium quality in stores, these do not attract buyers. Prime oaten sheaf would sell readily at £3 10s to £3 15s; medium to good is worth about £2 10s to £3; light and discolored, unsaleable, but offering at £2 to £2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra).