PRICE OF SILVER.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 12

PRICE OF SILVER.

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 4. Price of Silver.—Spot, 20 5-16 d per oz.; forward, 20 .3-Bd.

DAIRY MARKETS

BUTTER DEARER

CHEESE QUOTATIONS STEADY

The Primary Products 'Marketing Department has advised the Dairy Board that the New Zealand butter market in London is firm, prices for salt closing at 110s to Ills per cwt, against 108s for' the week before. Danish butter spot price is 114s, as last week. Australian is quoted at 109s to Unsalted prices are:—New Zealand, lite to 112=; Australian, 109s to 110s; Argentine, 103s to 106s; and Dutch. 106s Retail price for New Zealand butter is Is Id and for Danish Is Id to is

" Cheese retains its steady position in the market, New Zealand, white and coloured, being unchanged at 74s to 74s 6d, and coloured at 73s 6d to 745. Canadian, white and coloured, cheese shows an advance of Is per cwt on the week, at 78s to 80s. South African is quoted at 72s to 755. The retail price of New Zealand cheese is 8d per lb in London and 9d S focks hof e New Zealand dairy pro s duce were reported, with stocks at this time last year shown in parentheses, as follows:-Butter. 5412 tons; , cheese, 79,197 crates 1104,147 crates). SOUTH ISLAND BUSINESS. The South Island Dairy Association reports gradings for export for the past two years, ended March 31, as foll0WS:~ 1935-36. 1936-37. Butter, boxes .... 187 536 238 879 Cheese, crates ... 19a,563 214,783 Increases, butter, 51,293 boxes; cheese, 19,220 crates. Analyses of gradings for the year ended March 31, 1937, were as fol-lows:-Butter: Finest, 85.60 per cent.; first 11.57 per cent.; second, 2.83 per cent. Cheese: Finest, 28.70 per cent.; first, 69.65 per cent.; second, 1.6 a per cent. Gradings for the North Islana were 19.28 per cent, finest, 78.01 per cent first, and 2.65 per cent, second.