BRITISH TRADE.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1922, Page 4

BRITISH TRADE.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT

WELLINGTON, .tune 2

The Department of AgrieulUuc bar iceeivcd the'following cablegram, dated June 2 I Ui, from the High Commissioner lor New Zealand. London:--M EAT. The demand for mutton continues slow, and prices have declined lor i'll guides. A good demand continues I'oi fund:, and prices are firm. Beef, chilled, is in small supply. There has been a little more inquiry for recently landed shipments. Present quotations are:— New Zealand mutton, light-weight, ij.-jd to 7d, medium tijd to <i;;d, lieavyv.ei'dit 1M to lid ; ewes. light-weight tipi to hid. heavy-weight lOJil to jT | ; ordinary duality.' Hid: secondclass quality, ldd to Riid. Chilled heel hinds LRI, i'-rcs 2jd per lb.

BUTTER. • Owing to tie exceptional scarcity of i..),,- .-upplbpi ices have advanced rapidly. Official quotations aic:New Zealand 22 h; to 23'ks per <‘w t ). p, ■> (V'd per Hi); Australian, salted aids to 222 s per cwt ils ltd to Is 11-i.'d per lb), un—!tlliml 2llls to 222 s per cwt (Is ild to is li ;d per 'lb) ; Argentine. 2 ! )8s to 218 s per <wl (Is 10'jd io Is 11.',d per lb) ; Danish, 220 s to 230 s per cwt (111 id to 2s 0:1 d pur lb). CTI I7E.SE. The market is firmer in sympathy with butler. Slocks are shorter, but the demand is mod: into. Present quotai i n s arc : • English, finest I'arnurs lo2> to l(l‘»s p 0 cwt Old to Hid per lb.i ; Canadian coloured (.new) bis to 38s per cwt (Rkl

to Kt.nl per 11)); Now Zealand, coloured ()C >S to Kills per cwt (lfljd to lid. per in • Australian, coloured 88s to 94s per ( . w t oiM it: 1 I'.i : while 02s to <: I .v! ••! : O'. Ih.:. i iiiUiP. 1 ’I" f >s: 11 • 1 ;i iin.k t is tinner. C and. jj ..rrolcs. .liov '.'i.-t shipments, sold c ..il v this v, lor M 3 per toil, and !•"■ rer (1 grad ai. Ml per ton and up; 10-ea.t 15s-p.rr ton. Non Zealand spot , ..iren-d at hitch point s MO per toll, fair ! • ■•>■! o-r ton. h-it no transactions are n parted. Tim.e is a M tier demand , f,Am<‘-i<M, and it is reported that | moderate business has been done in fair (■os pis to t'JO per ton, July-Septembrr an 1 Aimiiist-Ocloher shipments. WOOL. The sales continue with somewhat better eompetilion, but cross-bred is still irregular, and prices show no improvement.

About 250,000 cases of Australian fruit were discharged this week. The prices range irom 2s lid to 8s poi ease. Tile consignment of fruit bv the Zealnndie, with the exception of Kturmers, was wasty, and several varieties have had to he surveyed. Earlier varieties such as Jonathans. London Pippin and Delicious, are difficult to sd on account of their shrivelled condition, and arc meeting strong competition from English suit fruit. Sales so far arc only moderate. Current i i< cs are : Murim-rs Ills to Ms, Ballarat Us, \Yadiington 8s to Mis, Kokcwood 12s to >w s . Sint..'.ran 11s to Ids, .Jonathan ,'s In 10.-, a!! p.-r case. The greater pari is'still unsold, and a I onsider.ible fall in pi ices is likely to ccar. Home Beauty is 5s to Us [Wr