COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1625, 13 December 1905, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

(Per Press Asaociation.) t> . Wellington, last night. The Deparlment of Industries and Commerce has rcocived the following cablegram from tho High Commissioner, dated London, Dee. 9ih : Tho mutton market is hrm, and there is more demand. The average .’price to day for Canterbury muttcu is S : { por lb, for other and North Island mutton 3;>d per lb, for River Plato I mutton o.}d per lb. The lamb market is depressed. There is a limited demand for better grades, and no change in prioes. lho beef market is firm, aud there is a good demand for ail descriptions. Tfco avorr.ge price to-day for bindquarlors of New Zcahnd beef is per lb, for fores fu 'xt 6 bufc| er market is very firm, and the Now Zealand stook is small. Prices of Servian and Australian 112 s, Argentine 113 s, Danish 118 s. The cheeeo market is hrm, and the demand on spot is good Canadian 60s, Tho hemp market is steady' and the Bt ock totals 1416 tons, as agaimt J 338 tons last year. The price of New

Z a and hemp, good fairjWoliington grade on spot, to day, por ton, is £3l, and the prospects are favorable. Jancary to Maroh shipments are quoted at £3l. Light shipments of hemp arc expre'ed from Manila, Tho price of Manila is £4l. There has been no alteration in tbiL a 3oeksfoot market since lost week, ivool markot remains ifi-m, and there i> Z«s ;ood demand for all descriptions a t lUotatioDß. .800