OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram* dated October 6, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow.— The market is firm, and there is strong demand at auction at higher prices. Present spot quotations are:— Mutton: Fair to good, 43/ to 44/ per cwt; dark to dull, 40/6 to 41/6. Beef: Sweet and/or mixed, 44/ to 47/9; fair to good, 41/6 to 44/; dark to dull, 39/ to 41/. Mixed: Fair to good, 41/ to 43/; dark to dull, 39/ to 41/3. Gut, etc.: 38/ to 41/. Hemp.—The Manila market is quiet, hut closed more steady. Value of "J" grade for October-December shipment, £32 10/. Sisal: The market is slow, with small demand. Business is reported at £35 5/ •for No. 1 and £34 for No. 2 OctoberDecember shipment. New Zealand: The market is easier. Small business has been done in high points at £31 10/, fair £28. Nominal closing values, high points, £31 10/; fair, £28; common, £27. Tow: Second grade, £20; third grade, £17, October-December shipments. Oats.—Foreign is quiet, but more interest' has been shown recently. Plate, December-January shipments, is offered at 24/3; Chilean, February-March shipments, has sold at 24/, and American white clipped for early October shipment, 23/1%. English is freely offered, the best making 29/6 for. feed and 33/ for seed. Nominal value of N®V Zealand A grade Gartons for October shipment, 31/. Peas.—Maple: The English crop i& of good quality, and a fair supply is offering. Cheap imported is inactive. New Zealand, No. L Partridge, sold for SeptemberOctober shipment, at 61/; Tasmanian new crop for February-March shipment is offered at 73/6. Blues: The demand is chiefly for Dutch and English, of which the yield is abundant. Nominal value New Zealand, £18 to £19, and Tasmanian, £19 to £19 10/. c.i.f., London.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

SYDNEY, October 8. At the Sydney wool sales to-day 11,782 bales of good western clips, carrying some burr, were offered. A Yorkshire buyer paid 24% d for a line of fine quality and average length. Prices generally were unchanged. Greasy Merino sold to 25% d. KAURI GUM PRICES. The Kauri Gum Control Board reports that prices obtained during the fortnight ended yesterday were as follows: — White Gum.—Rescraped range, 250/ per cwt; seven-eighth range, 140/ to 180/; three-quarter range, 112/ to 140/; ordinary range, 85/ to 115/; washed range, 78/ to 80/ i. nuts, 45/ to 70/; chips and dust, 32/ to 40/. Black Gum.—Seven-eighth, poor, 95/; washed steel, 70/ to 85/; ordinary, 32/ to 36/, nuts, 30/ to 32/; nubs, 24/ to 28/; chips, good and clean, 22/ to 28/ chips, medium, 14/ to 20/. Swamp Gum.—Good hearty swamp, 32/ to .56/; chalk, 25/ to 30/.