Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 April 1913, Page 2

Commercial.

iri(;i.-i co.M-Mi.ssioxEirs kepout High Commissioner's cable, dated London. .March 2!). (Note.-Quota-tions. unless otherwise specified, aro average market price on spot.) . Mutton. — The market is steady, uith an improved demand. Cantcr'mry I.Jd, North Island -Jid. Lamb.-The market is firm, with •More demand. Canterbury Ojjd, ofclier th:;m Canterbury (id. Heel'.—This market is quiet, but steady. \\Z. hinds .3< 1. fores 3Jd. The butier market is dull. For host finality, for which the market is quiet. but steady, choicest N.Z. per cwt. llS)s (salted). 120s (un,salted). Australian and Argentine 10'Js, 'Siberian Ills. Danish 1295. Cheese.—The market is very quiet. \.Z. (Sis per cwt. Hemp.-The market.remains vory flat. On the spot N.Z. good fair £33, April-June X.Z. good fair £31 10s. fair £31 10s, fair current Manila C3-I.' The output from Manila for ihe week was 20,000 bales. Wool. - -The market remains firm for Merino, but- easier for crossbrcds. Linseed .--The market is quiet. New Zealand 50s per cwt' (normal). Cocksfoot. —The market is quiot. buyers are not keen to do business. Hops.--Ihe. market is firmer. I'mulish 110s per cVt: Cialifornian '00s. Wheat.—The market is rather quiet. New Zealand longberried, ex granary, per quarter of 496 bushels, 39s Gd; shortberried 38s 6d (nominal). Oats.—The market is dull, excepting for best quality. New Zealand oats. short Sparrowbills, ex granary. per quarter. 3'vllb,s. 255; Danish. per quarter, 3201b5. 20s. Beans.—The market is firm, owing to reduced supplies. Now Zealand beans f.a.q. (old crop) per 501]b 41s.' ' Peas.—The market is firm. New Zealand peas, Partridge, per 5041b5. 416.