COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10604, 1 June 1920, Page 10

COMMERCE AND MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. js a. d. £ «. (1

GKAND JUNCTION RETUEN. TER I'BZSS ASSOCIATION'. AUCKLAND. May 31. The Grand Junction return for the sis. weeks ended May' loth is J;12,5C6 from WOT ton*. THE HOME MARKETS. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated May 29th, from tho High Commissioner for New Zealand, London: "Butter.—No change in price for butter Under Government control, but reduction anticipated owing to large supply and decreasing price home-produced. Price English butter irregular, ranging from 2s 4d to 3s Id wholesale. At twentyolio murkets the average- price is 2s lid. Moderate supplies Irish coming forward; factory .£ll 4s, .£ls Is; creamery .£l4.

£l* 3s. "Cheese, under Government control, wholesale Is 5Jd, retail Is Bd. Maximum fixecL price retail removed in case of all imported cheese -with the exception of G6vern:nenfc supplies. Demand for English restricted and prices lower, with fairlv large supplies. Cheddars Is "d, Is Bd. Canadian quotations, c.i.t., .further declined, £6, £8 ss.

"Hemp.—Manila market steady, and fair business doing. "3" grade, JulySeptember and August-October shipments sold at JE6S; February-April to May-July shipments now quoted .£63. New Zealand market continues dull. Sellers .quote Highpoints. spot, .£59; fair, £5S;' February-April shipment, £3-1. .£52. respectively. "Honey.—Market very quiet. Lowgrade selling slowly. No demand lor better description, although feeling here vj favourable."

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