HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3181, 4 September 1917, Page 10

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

tries hnont ol ' Agriculture, Induslnu?.'m In morce has received the fol- ' mm S tl,?rr eg 'i ,in h dated September. 1, Zea a n !l } S , Col »iiiiis3ionor for New unlet ,/, X ' n<lon ' <*ote.—Quotations, •° rwiso sPMified, are average market priccs oil spot)• m^"^ 1 ' 011 , o ™* maximum wholesale 'temlt? fr ha ?.,^ ell fiserf during- Sep- '° n ? e ' bcef ' P" - "J- ISd-! u 1)0 ted hinds, 12Jd. ; fores, IGJd.; Home--11)1 "3 utto » and lamb, 13d.; imported, iow! V !le(l l ,olk > "H: imported, nit?!'' « r ir . ~e- s ul t that heavy supplies ot Home-killed mutton and beef at ltuiiejd market are selling at comparatively low priqes. Demand less than supply. New Zealand mutton, S 7-Sd.; ewe mutton, SJd.; Argentine mutton, ]od.; Aew Zealand lamb, 10d.; Argentine lamb, lid.; Argentine cliille<l. beef, hinds IJJd., fores 9tl. It is • most probable New Zeaan<l mutton, and lamb, ,10d. and lid., will bo in accordance with wholesalmaximum prices quoted above. Butter and Cheese.—Quotations are nominal for both butter and cheese, awaiting; orders from Ministry of l l 'ooil; Meanwhile as a preliminary to further control butter importation is prohibited cxcopt under licence. Hemp.—Manila hemp, little business doing (mutilated word here). New Zealand market is affected by the uncertainly regarding Government control. It appears probable prices will be established on the basis of Manila. New Zealand high-point fair, on spot, has been sold at auction at .£9O per ton; New Zealand common, afloat, .CSB. Wheat.—Market dull on account of Government. Offerings are very small; no, change in pricks. Oats.—Market steady and a fair business doing. No. 2 "White Clippod'Ameriean, 595. fid., afloat; No. 2 Canadian, Cls.. 6i1.; Chilian, 645. for spot.