HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 231, 18 June 1918, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Tho Department of .Agriculture, Indns- ! tries, and Commerce has received the | following cablegram, dated London, .Time i 15, from the High Commissioner for New , Zealand:— Meat.—Market and prices are without : change. Wutter.—Stories large, Hel eases limited ! to rations. Understood that retail prir-e willbe reduced 2d. per pound in the i near future. Cheese.—Cheese is very scarce. Esti- ' mated Canadian chease stocks: l/omlon, i Liverpool, Bristol, 11,975 boxes, against I 15,076 boxes at game time last year. ' Stocks of New Zealand are 36(10 crates. Hemp.—No change since last report, j Manila output first week in June, 23,000 ; bales. i Wheat and Oats—No change since last I report.

AUCTION SALES TOKTHCOMING FISTUK ES. TO-DAY. Levin Yards, 12.15 p.m.—Jsf.ock sale IS.'A. Loan Co.. Dalgety au<l Co., Abrahaon s-Jul Williams). SUi'n-gi'or.ndp, Palmerston North, 1 p.m.— Sale of Giud Unjiisk Leicester sheep tX. Z. Loan Co.. aail I)a,lKety and Co.) S9, Außtin Street, 1.30 p.m.—furniture sale (i!. Johnston and Co.) TQ-MOMiOW. Palmerston North Yards. 9.50 «.!n— Sale of Pedigree milking Shorthorns (.N./,. Loan Co.) Wa.ika.une Yards, 12 noon—St-ook sale (iV.Z. Loan Co.. Abralinm and Williams, jJaltfety and Co.) TJIUJiSPAY. Showgrounds. Paliuerston Xortli. 10 a.m. —Third annual nedigree stock sale (X.7.. Loan Co.. Dalgety and Co.. Abraham and Williams). WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES Messrs. Livjry anil Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow: —.fowl's wheat', prime, lis. 10d. lo 7s. 1(1. jicr bushel; feed barley, good, lis. Id. per bushei; maize feed, 7s. to 7s. 2-d. per bushel; crushed maize, 7s. 4d. per bushi'l; outs, feed, ss. Gd. to ss. 7<l. per bushel; oals, i)uu, choice, fis. to 6s. sd. per bushel; chall', oat sheaf, Ji9 IDs. to ,£'1(1 10s. per ton (saeks in); flour, in sacks, ,£l7 per ton; oatmeal, 25's, »C 26 l(h. per ton; Fowls, ss. to 7s. per pair; (lucks, Bs. to lis. fid. per pair; geese, 10s. to lis. per pair; butter {pound pats), Is. 3d. I<> Js. til. per lb.; butter (prime bulk), Is. 3d. to Is. -Id. per !b.; cg:gs, fresh, is. 2d. to 2>. Ikl. per dozen; eggs (< preserved. Is. 9d. to Is. 10d. per dozen; turkeys, dead weight, 9d. to Is. per lb.;' dressed pork, choice, 70s to 30's Sid. per lb., 00's lo 100's Sd. per Mi.; bacon pigs, choice, 7d. to 7ld. per lb.; choppers, heavy. -Id. in 3d. per lb.; beeswax, 2s. per lb.: biicon (all best factory), aides l.s. 2d. per lb., rolls Is. 3d. per lb., hams Is. 3d. per lb., shoulders Is. per lb.; cheese (factory, medium), fld. to Ifld. per lb.; cheese 'loaf), 9Jd. to Ifld. per lb.; linseed oil meal. lOft's, £1" per ton; linseed oil nuts. I.ls. fid. per cwt.; linseed oil ground cake, 1!U. fid. per ewt.; onions. jC!) l'is. io -ClO pe.r ton; potatoes, southern, table. J!S ss. to -£R 15s. per ton (sacks included); swedes, Mis. per ion (sacks extra).