BRITISH TRADE.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1923, Page 3

BRITISH TRADE.

“———— ——— - HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. WELLINGTON. Dec. 17. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated December Id, from ih<* High Commi -inner for New Zealand, London: I! UTTER. The demand has fallen (.If considerably and the market is quiet at the decline. Official quotations arc New Zealand, salted, tinc-t 212 s to 2lli- per ewt ( I S 10;d to I - I Id pet lh) ; exceptional 21Ss per ewt I- 11.‘pi per

Australian, -ailed, finest 2dis to 2]Us per ewt (I- 9,’d to 1- 10'd per il(): tins,**ilted 210 sto 212- per ewt (1 - lU.ld to Is lU;d per lb; ; other qualil it's I Hi”:- to 2‘ !U- per rwl i L- 9d to 1- '.(lil per lb:. Argentine. L-tis t«» Ibis per cut (Is sd to Is Sjd pel* lb) ; other qualities mils to mis per ewt I is hd lo 1- 7'»l

per lb). Dani-!i. 222 s to 22N, up to 22b.s per cut (Is 11,'d, 2s It'd per lb). CHEESE. English is steady. Colonial is very slow and the tendency is weaker. Oflicial (piotation*, are:-Engli-li, lim.-st farmers Dios to I Jos per ewt -Is 2',d to Is Hid per lh). ( anadian. coloured Id's lo I Ids per ewt (I 1A cl to Till’d per IHi ; while Idos to lOS x per ewt i I 1 Id to 1 I Id per U> >. New Zealand, coloured in*-- to lids per ewt (1 lid to I 1 .Hi )»•. lb.) : white

I Mbs lo ]O-s tier ewt- (II Id to II Id per IV). A shipment ol New Zealand produce arrived l.n-du,v per lainui. HE.MH. The .Manila market opened que l bat was more firm Inwards tin* middle of llu* week, closing quid to steady. “.I’’ grade 1 )eretuber-Febi uarv shipments sell! at Co 1 net* ton. .Innuary-Mareh

shipments CJJ lbs per ton. ”G grade quoted at Co!) per ton and values. Output from June f to November JO this vear is I ,Jit:',.(till) bales, against 1.! 70.000 halos for the same period last year. Stocks in Manila oil Xovemb *r JT were Lm.I'UO bales, against 1 17, 0dd bales for tin* sum* time last year. Stocks in Great Britain are 1 0,901 bale-, again.* t 7T-! bales. New Zealand market steady, -mall business lias been done in hig'npoiiii s at C.i.t *>s ncr ton, present values higiipoillts LAY per ton. bail* grade CJI ■'*.- per ton. EGGS. Arrivals are light and the market remains linn lor all selection'. English, Danish, and Dutch, 20s to 07s per long Kill: Italian. Lithuanian and Spanish 2ds to 2.V bd per long 109; Styrinn, Canadian, American. Argentine, Russian. Bulgarian and Egyptian. 12s to Hs per long idd.