HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 1, 26 September 1917, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

!>• :> , Vfcie Department of Agriculture, Isaus- '':■ 'tries,. and Commerce lias received the •'following cablegram, dated. • London, ;'." September 22, from the High Commis- ; sioner for. New Zealand. vNote.[-Quota- ;••■ tibns, unless otherwise . specified, } are :> ': average market prices on spot.',:— .■ ■" i; v Meat.—HomeikiUed mutton andEng- '•'■'■ V lisH' lambs, a small 6upply at maximum ?'■'■■ prices. Home-killed beef, lid. cnd'l2d.; y-'-'i' demand less than supply.owing to large : r; s'eupply'bf IrSh beef. New Zealand nuit- ? ' tonTperlb., 8?d.; ewe mutton, 81<1.; 'v Vfgentino mutton, 11M.; New Zealand • : .]amb, 10d:; Argentine lamb, ;UJd.;.Pata-' V jjonian, under Government control, lOd. ! - -'Large supplies of Argentine beef, chilled hinds, lid.; fores, Sid.' ' ',. ■''• !■■■ 'Butter "and- Cheese.—Markot 'jontinues ;: - -fiim , owing to continued. small supplies. I New Zealand, and Australian, •no supplies available; no quotations. • ; Paris, unsalted, .2125. to 2205. per ewt; ■ . : ; Irish creamery and Argentine,. offerings '"V;Wvery.-email, 2065.; unsalted, -2095. ',' market continues firm. > tßglisn i 4 Cheddar, per. owt., ■ 1325.; States flats ■;' and Canadian, at Government price, r ; ISOa. 3d. Order/ issued by lood '.ton. <J-'troller'raising -maximum price, Pans \in- %:-' salted -butter, to 2385:, to tnke effect on ■ "and : after September 24:. also English M: Cheddar, -1375., to tale effect on and i.:.. after .October 1: ■ .. . - ''■• 'Hemp.—Manila market oontinyes firm. New Zealand, maximum prices have been :'• fixed from September. 17 per !-!- ton, ; .£B2; . fair,, ';.; Tow, first ; grade,^s9i.second^grade, £.&; ■.':'•'third.grade, British East African : : Sisal, maximum prices have been f.xed:--First grade, ,£B4; second grade, .Eβ:'. . Tow, d£«s. • . . . " . . Wheat—lfaximum prices have been - : -fixed —No. 2 Manitoba. •Northern, 745.; No. 2 Har<l .Winter,-755.; Australian, ; ■•■;- 775. 6d. Market quiet, small business J-'-.?. quiet but steady; no change in prices. ■ .' ■ ' ;