COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1915, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

♦ HIGH COMMISSIONER'S KEPOIIT. London. April, 1. -Mutton: Market firm, demand r or prime quality; North Island <3sd. lor best quality light weight: heavy weight «d; owes, there is lese'Scinaiicl, 5 0-KJd. Lamb: Market very firm ; large demand for better grades, But limited demand for poorer grades; other than Canterbury 8d and as high as BJd for very best quality: second grade 7Jd. B«ef: Market firm with improved demand as a result of small arrivals of chilled beef; New Zealand hinds GJd. fores Gd; chilled hinds 7gd. fores GJd. Frozen Pork: Large demand owing to export being prohibited from Holland ; 7id. Butter: Market quiet: Danish 138s to 1425: New Zealand. 134s to 1365: Australian, 132s to 1345: Siberian. 126s to 1325; Argentine, 130s to 1345. Cheese: Market quiet, but steady; Canadian white and coloured 94s to 98s; New Zealand white and" coloured 93s to 04s: Australian. 88s to 92k: States. 88s to 90s; large CTieddaishapes, up to 91«: English, Cheddar. f 98s to 103s. j Hemp: Market remains firm, specially for near at hand shipment* on account of congestion at docks: .spot parcels command a premium; New Zealand good grade £3o , fair £33; fancurrent Manila. £40 10s ; forward shipment New Zealand good fair. £34 '0s fair £32 10s: fair current Manila. £40 output from Manila for the week, 20.000 bales. Wheat.—Market quiet, uniall business doing: forward .shipment market a shade weaker; Canadian and American on passage. C3.s: April or May, 131 s; Argentine on passage GOs Gd. Oats. —Market inactive; Argentine 28s 6d per quarter on passage.