DOMINION PRODUCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1926, Page 4

DOMINION PRODUCE.

micii com:mission Kirs hkpoijt WKI.I.IXCTOX. March <).

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram., dated March 1 1. from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. London:

The market is slow. Official quota lions are: -

New Zeeland- Finest salted. Hit's to 17(fs per ewt (Is lid to Is dpi per Hi) ; exceptional. 172 s per ewt .Is (i.pl per III): unsalted. 170 sto 172 s per ewt (Ls (ijd to Is t;ul per ID) : exceptional. 171 s |:er ewt (Is dpi per Hi) ; other qualities. Ills to 1 tills per cut (Is .'{pi to Is d.pl per lb). Australian—Salted. 102 s to 10-ls. up In Lilts per ewt (Is 7.pl to L 7.p1. iij> til Is 7 : |d per lb); unsalted. 1 Of>.s to Hit's per ewt (Is 7id to Is (ill per lli) ; other qualities, salted lids to 170 s per ewt (Is ;ld to Is -Id per lb); other qualities, unsalted I Ids to IGOs per cut (Is ;{d to Is 7d per Hi).

Argentine—lnsulted, lots to lolls per cwL ,1s l.lii per 111 ; exceptional up In llills per ret Is oil per lb); other qualities, lids to 152 s per ewt Is 3d

to is I’d per Hi . Danish Kills to 10-Js per cut (Is S|d lo I- s.,| | l( .|- lb). CHEESE. Colonial is slow. Official quotations

English finest fanners’ (scarce). 1-lOs lo I los tier cut (Is .‘id to Is 3',d per 1C). Canadian—Coloured Kills to l(!Ss. tip to I 10s per cu t (1 1.1(1. I ltd. 11 ;7c 1 per Hi); white lOlis to 108,s. up to lIOs per cut (ll.jd. I ltd. lltd per IK).

New /leu In lid—Colon red Oils to I Ills pci' cut ( Kltcl to 10',hi per Hi); cxcepiiomil !02s per cut (1(1;; per IK). New Zealand—White 97s to Oils, up to Kills nor cut (lO'd. Kltd. Kl-'Jtl per I hi.

Australian —Coloured Otis to 98 s per C'.vt ( Kl.'.d to Kltd per 11»> ; white. Otis to ilsts per cut MO.',cl to I(IJd per lh).

' Shipments ol New Zealand produce , arriued this wool; per s.s. Port Pirio ; and s.s. Pakelta. WOOL. Bradford top makers press for higher prices, hut buyers are cautious. Pre- ! sent f|Uotations are:—(IPs merino (warp) Is per lh. dls merino (average) .‘js lOd per lb. oil’s super Itttlf-bred, 2s H ( | per lb. 1 oil’s line cross-bred, 2s Id per lb. •10’s prepared, Is S'<| per Ini. OATS. ■lie market is inactive but imported I stocks are small. Xo 2 Canadian Western is piloted at 21s fid. but the nominal value ol “A” gra< lt* Xew Zealand' Onrtous is 2ds. Choice white English is in demand for seed and is offered at 30s to 3f!s ; wood feed white 28s fid. PEAS. Mte Maple Partridge spot trade is slow; 80s to 85s is asked for Xo. 1 Xew Zealand ; 00s to 05s for Tasmanian ex store. Shippers quote Xo 1. New Zealand Mareh-April shipments at 80s. lasmnninn Mareh-April shipments are quoted at 00s e.i.f. Blues interest centre in Japanese and Dutch handpicked. which pressed for sale at IRs | to 20s per cut. There is no demand lor lasmanian and Xew Zealand on account of inferior qualitv. BEAN'S. The market is very quiet. No e.i.f. business is reported. Clone] qualities English winter are making up to 47s Od. choice spring up to 58s. HEMP. The Manila, is slow and dull. “ J grade No. 2 March-May shipments sold np to Cl2 10s. but sellers at the close Offered £-12. The tendency is easier. Msal is quiet. Kenya Xo. I MarchMay shipments are at £44 in*. \o business is reported of Xew Zealand. Values are easier all round. Higlipoints March-May shipments are quoted at £3B 10s. fair £36. TALLOW. The spot market is less active. Present quotations are unchanged with the exception of: —Mutton, fair to good. 42s to 44s per ewt ; beef, fair to good. 40s to 41s f>d per ewt. EGGS. Trade is slow. Present quotations are:—Danish. Ids fkl to 17s [ter long 100: English. Tris'li and Dutch. 13s Od ! to 15s per long 100; Belgian, Italian, J Sytrinn and French, 12s to 13s 6d per < long 100; Polish. Chinese and Egyptian 9s 3d to 11s 6d per long 100. i