COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 591, 6 August 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS,

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE

The Wellington, Monday

The High Commissioner's cable, dated August 2nd, is as follows, quotations, unless otherwise specified are market prices on spot:— Meat.—Generally the market is dull, and very little business doing. Dull sale for all qualities.

Mutton. Prices have declined slightly for all grades. Canterbury 4 3 lGd, light weight 4}d, North Island for best quality. Laaib.—The market is weak, and prices have declined. Canterbury twos sgd, heavy weight 4jd, other j than Canterbury s|d. | Beef.—The market is quiet, and I prices have declined. New Zealand j hindquarters 4d, f0r.23 3 1 Kid, chilled j hinds 4Jd, fores 3d. j Butter.' —The market is quiet, and there is no improvement in prices. : The supply is in excess of the demand. Fine Danish is quoted Ad low<=r. I There are no quotations from New j Zealand. j Cheese. —The market is firm, with I steady demand for New Zealand. Aci cording to most views cheese is going j to be dearer. These opinions are baaed jon shorter supplies. New Zealand white 665, coloured 603 to 665. The estimated stocks of Canadian cheese at i London, Liverpool, and Bristol total j 209,000 boxes, against 226,000 at the j same date in 1912. New Zealand j stocks to-day total 11,000 crates, ] against 7SOO at the Ist August, ] 1912. Cheese prospects for next season are more favourable than they were last year. Hemp.—The market is firm, with better demand. New Zealand good fair grade £3O 10s, fair. £26 10s; fair current Manila £3l. Forward mipment of New Zealand good fair £3O 10s. fair £26; fair current Manila £3l 10s. The otiput from Manila for the week was 14,000 bales

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., re port:—■ HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

We held our usual sale in the above yards on Thursday, July 31st, when we had a full yarding consiscing of 3612 sheep, 305 head of cattle, also pigs and sundries. There was a good demand for all classes of stock, and practically everything changed hands at advanced prices. W* quote: —Fat bullocks prime quality £ll Ts 6d to £1? 9s, small £S 73 to £9 lbs. fat cows heavy weights £7 10s to £8 Is, medium weights £6 4s to £7 ss, forward empty cows £4 4s to £5. empty store cows £2 lis to £3 15s, three to four year bullocks off turnips £6 12s to £S, two and a half to three year bullocks off turnips £5 193, two year olds £4 7s, two year empty heifers £3 143 to £4, eighteen month =teers £3 17s. good calves £2 2s to £3, springing heifers close to profit £6 10s to £9. heifers backward in calf £4 to £5 ss, dairy coW3 £4 to £7, fat eweg 20s to 21s, fat wethers medium weights 22s 6d, small wethera 19s Id to 20s 6d, Eat hoggets 14s 4d, store hoggets lis to 14s Id, s.m. ewes in lamb 12s 7d, f.f m. ewes in lamb 18s 2d to 19s, two and four tooth ewes in lamb 21s (id. Pigs at late rates.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— TE AWAMUTU DAIRY COW SALE We held a special sale of dairy cows and heifers in the Te Awamutu yards on Thursday last, when we submitted an extra large entry. The stock was in good condition and very choice quality, and there was keen competition right through by the numerous buyers present, and the whole entry changed hands at most satisfactory prices. A dairy herd of 41 cows, on account of Messrs Redgate Bros., from £7 to £l2 ss, cows on aeount of Mr J. Reaton, £-5 15s to £7 10s, 50 Jersey-Hoistein cross heifers on account of Mr F. McGovern £9 to £ll 10s Jersey heifers from other vendors £8 10s to £lO ss, best Shorthorn heifers £9 5s to £l3 ss, others £G 10s to£ S 10s backward heifers £5 7s (3d to £5 15s.