HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3175, 28 August 1917, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

.'■, The ..Department of Agriculture, In-, dustries, and. Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, August 2,V from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (N»>te: Quotations, imless. otherwise-specified,' aro- average in'iir'kol-prices ohi6pot.) '...Jleat.—Home-killed mutton and beef are in-good supply. All descriptions of frozen meat aro scarce., N.Z. mutton, per. lb., Bjd.; ewe mutton, BJd..; Argentine mutton, 10d.; N,Z. lamb, 10£ d.; Argentine lamb, lid.; N.Z. beef, no supplies .available; Argentine beef, no official yuo l (tations,. no supplies available. ] American i'ch'illed beef:. Fores,: hinds, Hd, i.-.Ejjltoi'.—Market continues firm.- Stock 9 ■ate'very light. Danish, no omcial / qu<3- . iations'jvN.Z. and Argentine stocks are • Australian and Irish cream. ;«rjr, per.:cVt, 2065., unsalted 2095. The has. decided to fix prices ,£6'r',butter -to'vjake effect .on und aftet kSop(embe_r.B, on.the basis"of last maii-?.niu)n_-iprices. i, • retail prices: ~vill bo fixed on the basis of these prices. :•:. continues: firm. EngMish' cli'eiJdar,, per/ cwt.\l32s. V-Hemp.-rManlla marketj Thero ; is' Ho irialcrial chaDge in. the martct. A fair ;f)uantity has arrived, whiclivjvill greatly ■ Bssist manufacturers. Output from Au■Btjst t';to,ls, 52,000 bales. N.Z. • Harriet :'3la.rket" practically cleared, u. view . nfj, possible" Government action, values ffinnly maintained on the- basis of J>gi '•Per ton .for high-point.fair; .but .at tH'ia_ ■prico . consumers evince little'interest. 5

|:,-^Whea.t:—Offerings (mutilated word):,A ■ ind'derate.business has been done....Third, igrade Manitoba Northern, ••afloat, 803;. '' Oats.—Market steady at'last' quota-' ijtions. ' ' ;■• :