HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3169, 21 August 1917, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

The Department'of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received tho followiug cablegram, dated London, August Jβ, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average; market prices on spot).-—: Meat.—Market continues firm for all descriptions of frozen meat. Honie-kiljed mutton and , beef in good supply selling «t: comparatively low prices. N.Z. mutton,, per Ib., B|<l.; ewe mutton, BJd-; Argentine mutton. IOd. : N.Z. lamb, in small supply, IOd.; Argentine lamb, lid.: N.Z. l>eet, no supplies available, with tho exception of N.Z. .boneless beef, IOd.; Argentine boef, "quotations arc nominal, hinds Hd., fores 10£ d.

* Butter and Cheese.—Maximum prices remain unchanged for both butter and choeso. Butter:' Small supplies. Market continues firm. Danish, no quotations; N.Z., no supplies available, no quotations. Irish creamery, heavy buying >by Homo and Continental trade; salted, per cwt. 2065., nnsa] ted 2095.;, Argentine, no supplies available, no quotations. Cheese: Market continues firm. English Cheddar, per cwt. 1325. ' . market continues firm. X.Z.. quotations are irregular, business restricted, especially forward shipment, owing to possibility Government controlling prices. Quotations are nominal. N.Z. good fair, on spot, J!93 per ton; August to October shipment. .£92; N.Z. fair, on snot, jC9I; August to October shipment, ,'£9o. , Wheat.—Little business doinpr. Offerings from all sources are small; prices remain unchanged.'' . Oats. —Market is quiet but steady. Canadian, 635. 3d.; American, 61s.