COMMERCIAL HIGH COMMISSION

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 August 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL HIGH COMMISSION

iCJuj/ORT. London, August ■. Meat.—'iheru is no material change in the■ 111aikei. New Zealandi mutton ani iamb are in snia.il supply, but there arc good supplies of Jtlome-kilied mutton and Knglish lamb. The hot weather is checking the demand 101' meat. Argentine beef arrivals are very small with prices hardening. There is no New Zealand ox beef on the market and there is a poor demand for secondary quality New Zealand oow beef. Now Zealand mutton Bfd per lb; ewe mutton Bjd; Argentine mutton Ogd ; New Zealand fenib 9id ; Argentine fljamib lid; New Zealand bull beef, hinds 3Jd, fores 4Jd; New Zealand cow beef, hinds o 9-lGth ; fores 4fd; Argentine chilled beef, hinds 12d, fores Bdi. Battel-. —The market closed firm nt the advance. Danish, per cwt, 182s to 186.5; Irish creamery, salted, 104k to 168s ; unsnlted, 106s to 108s; Canadian malted, 168s t-o 170s ; uns-nlted. 160s to 1725, New Zealand, salted, 172s to 176s unsaved, 172s to 176; Argentine, unsalted, 166s to 168s. Cheese.—The market is firmer, Canadian white, per cwt, 92s to 94s ; coloured, 92k to 94h ; psood to fine quality, white, 90s to 91s; English cl;eddar, 10-s to 106s New Zealand stock are light, white, in small supply, 92s to !)3,s and occasionally 95fi; coloured, 92s to 945. At, August Ist the estimated) Canadian aiul States cheese stock at London, Liverpool, and Bristol were 191,001) boxes against 332.000 «t same time last year. The estimated New Zealand cheese stocks at London 'tiid Bristol were 13,500 crates, against 7,200 at same time last year. Hemp.— Manila: The market in firmer on account of speculative operations. There ifi no trade demand. New Zealand : The market was rather nvore active during the last few days and the demand is chiefly for afloat hump. Government graded fair 'Manila hemp, per ton, £51 10s; goodi-fair New Zealand £49; fair, £47; August-Nov-ember shipment to United states: Uovernmeiit graded fair Manila, £51; loaitsc,' £48 lUs; lair, good-fair New Zealand, £48 10s; fair, £46 10s. The output of hemp at jlaniia for the week ending last Saturday was 14,000 bales. Wheat.—"lhe market is firm owing to reports concerning crop damage in American spring wheat belt audi Manitoba. Shipment in August: American, Cos ; Canadian, 60s; Argentine, 31b ; American, 325. . Wool.—Merino prices are nominally unchanged, but the" tone of the market is not quite sq firm. Prices have slightly declined for all grades of fine crossbreds. but coarser sorts are unchanged.