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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8699, 7 January 1907, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Tfigh Commissioner’s Report. Per Press Association. Wellington, January 7-. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, January 5 : i ; ■ The mutton market is dull, and there is only a small supply of Hew Zealand on hand. Canterbury brands are quoted at 4jd and North Island at 4Jd I , per lb. i: River Plate mutton is quoted at 3-Jd ! per lb. ■Stocks of lamb on hand arc heavy iaad widely distributed amongst agents, "who are pushing sales. Australian lamb is quoted at 5d per lb. The beef market is steady, and there is a good demand for Hew Zealand beef, which is quoted at 3|d and 3f d for hinds and fores respeetively. There are heavy supplies of butter on hand and the market is dull. Some i- holders are forcing sales, and butter ! buyers are holding back expecting i • prices to go lower. Choice Hew Zealand is quoted at 108 s, Argentine 107 s, Australian 102 s. Danish is steady at 1225,

The cheese market is firm, with improved demand. New Zealand brands *re quoted at 62s per ewt. The hemp market is quiet but steady. •Good fair grade on spot is quoted at -£3S 10s and January-March shipments at £37 5s per ton. Fair current Manila on spot is worth £42 per ton. Cocksfoot is firm, and there is a fair demand forjbetter grades. Bright 171 b seed, 47s per cwt. There is only a small supply of N.Z. wheat on hand. Long and short berried, 29s 6d and 28s 6d respectively per 4S6lbs, ex granary. N.Z. oats are quiet but firm. Sparrowbills 25s per 3841 b», Danish 10s per 3201b5, ex granary. beans, 32s 6d per 504ibs on a quiet market. N.Z. Partridge peas are firm at 40s Y per 5041b5.

The wool market remains firm.

Arrivals from the Fiver Plate during ‘ December wore as follows-Mutton ; London 79,499, Liverpool 101,205, Hull 9605, Cardiff 0244, Jouthampton 3140, Ireland 1979 ; total, 304,738 carcases. Lamb : Liverpool 450, Hull 446, Cardiff 500 ; total, 1402 carcases. Butter: 11,172 cwt., London and Southampton. Grain and Seed. ' ' i 4^ rs Kaye & Carter, Christchurch report under date January 3rd .- — Wheat : Milling Tuscan 3s 3d to 3« 4d, Pearl 3s 3d to 3s 4d, Hunters’ 3s 2d to 3s 3d, fowl 3s Id to 3s 2d, . .f.0.b.5.e., Lyttelton. Milling wheat quiet, bat firmly held. Fowl wheat A Garlon 2s 3d to 2s 4d, B , oj-to 2s 3d, Sparrcwbills 2s 2d to jd, Danish 2s lid to 2s 2d, Duns

2d to 2s -Id, f.0.b.5.i., Lyttelton Good demand with very few offering. Potatoes : None available for export yet. Feilding Market. Messrs A. H. Atkinson and Co. report : —At our Feilding sale there was a fair entry of pigs.. Competition was slack and prices easier. The poultry entry was small, and quality inferior. A large quantity of general produce came to hand. New potatoes continue to ease off. Quotations: Pigs .- Suckers 7s 3d, weaners (good) to 14s, small 9s 3d to 11s, light stores 13s to ISs, medium 15s 6d to ISs, forward 18s 6d to 20» 6d, light porkers 20s to 23 s, medium to 28s. Poultry. Fowls (mixed) 2s 6d to 3s, chicks Is 2d to Is lOd, ducks 3s to 3s 2d, all per pair. Produce : New potatoes (good) 6s to 7s per cwt, inferior 5s to 5s 6d per cwt, I, cabbages Is to Is 6d, sk. rhubarb (3d per bundle, beans 2s 3d per quarter sack, peas 6d per quarter sack, peaches (2nd grade) 5s per 201 b case, plums 3s ..to 3s 3d do., wheat (fowl) 3s to 4s per busbel, factory bacon (sides) 7£d, hams • 7fd.

Clearing Sale. Messr* Dalgcty & Co., Ltd., held a successful sale on account of Messrs Jefferson Bros, on their estate at Tutaenui, Marton, on Friday. Bidding was Spirited, and good prices wore the order

* the day. There was a record attendifjmee of local and outside buyers. All stock was put up without reserve and v, A realised top market prices.. We quote—-4-tooth fat and forward wethers 15s lOd, ' 2-tooth wethers 15s, 4-tooth ewes 21s v,7d, 2-tootb ewes 17s Id, fat ewes 13s 7d to 16s, aged ewes 9s 3d, ewes and s lambs (all counted) 8s 2d to 10s, aged rams 2,3, ss, 11 and 12 guineas, ram i lambs 2 guineas. Cattle; Fat and for--1 ward bullocks £7 6s, 2 year steers £4 ■ ! ,7s, yearling steer* £3, cows and calves g £4 10s, fat and forward cows £2 16s, \,2 year heifers £2 2s 6d, yearling hei■fersßl 17s. I' Wool and Skins. . ~|;r ——— tV Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reft port: l —We offered a fair catalogue of rabag lots of wool, skins, and hides. L’&mpetition was keen add prices 'for and - lamb skins were somewhat

higher than last sale. Wool-; Dingy tovsmedium crossbred 9d to lOd, dead fjd to 9d, pieces 6Jd to 6£d, looks 4d to 4fd. Skins' Medium to coarse crossbred full woolled B|d to 9d, fine Ojd. dead 71 <r> 74d, butchers* lambs 8s to 3a 6.,, ircits 2s lOd to 3s SdJ Hides ; Medium ox 6|d, light s£, cotfs ■SJd to 6d, cut and damaged Sid to sjd, calves 4fd to 6id.

Dalgety and Co., L*' -1 . report:— Prices for'woo. and r cepskins were firm at late rates. Hides advanced from J-d to : }d per lb. Wool; Only fudges and bag lots offered. Crossbred fid to Old, seedy Crossbred 8,-d, inferior lambs 81 d, locks 3yd to 4j;d. Sheepskins : Green pelts 2s 3d to 3s Id ; crossbred Btd to 9d, lambs 8d to Sj'd, green lamb pelts Is 9d each, green lambs 3s, dead and inferior crossbred 6ifd to 7;,'d, broken crossbred Cd to 7Jd, salted skirts 4s Id, salted pelts 2s Cd. Hides ; Medium ox o:id to O/d, light 6id, inferior to old, cotfrs to Cjd, yearlings ojd, calfskins s|d to Cd, cut and inferior 4id to sd, stags •Hd.