COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 79, 2 August 1915, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

HidH COMMISSIONER S' REPORT. • The following is fhe High Commissioner’s market report dated London, July 31 Meat.—The market is weaker with a downward tendency, partly owing to the increased supplies available for the

general public, together with the very moderate demand for all descriptions.: j Mutton'.—Canterbury 7Jyl per lb for light weight, heavy weight 6;[d, North Island 7d, lor best quality ewes (i^d, , Lamb.—Canterbury two’s Sfjd, heavy -Weight B,Jd. other than Canterbury B:'d for best. " Beef.—Only a small quantity of New Zealand beef is on the market, and it is selling at—-hinds 7Vd, fores 6|.d, chilled hinds. Sfd. fores 6£cl. Butter.—‘The market is quiet but firm. Danish is firm but quiet at per

cwt 164 sto 1665, and up to 168 s. [ Siberian is in good demand, finest 128 s to 1325, exceptionally 1345. Irish creamery is firm at- 148 s to 160 s, exceptionally* 1525. Australian- is 138 s I to 1425. Argentine, unsalted, firm at

146 s to 148 s. Cfoese.—The market is quiet, with tendency in favour of buyers. Canadian shows a little better tone, white and coloured per e.wt being 74s to 765. The English Cheddar market is quiet at 94s to 965. The New Zealand mar-' ket is quiet, white and coloured being 74s to 765, exceptionally 78s. The United States market is dull at 65s to 745, according to,quality and size. Hemp.—The market is steady, hut the demand'is only moderate. XeW Zealand good-fair grade per ton £3l 10s, fair £29 10s,' Manilla, new-grad-ed, August to October shipment, fair £36, medium £32. The output from Manila for the week was 17,000 bales. Wheat. —The market is quiet, with prices slightly weaker. -August-Sep-tember shipment of Canadian per quarter 545, American 475. Oats.—The market- is quiet, but steady, August-September shipment A rgenti ne-* pern quarter-Qosl