COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 89, 16 August 1915, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

high COMMISSIONER'S REPORT

■^aaa Per Press Association. Wellington, August 16. Mutton. —The market is steady at last quotations for best quality ligh - weight. Owing to short supplies of wethers being available tor the era! public, heavy weights and arc, more plentiful ut W** Canterbury 7d for light weight, beai > weights bid- North Island b 13-lfW. for best quality, ordinary quality b Ult>cl, ewes u|d. l amb. —Prices are declining owing t„ poor demand. The market is affected by an increase in arrivals. Scotch lamb* is selling at Bid, Canterbury two’s'B 3-l6d, heavyweight tours <.,0, North Island 8-1-16(1, for best-quality light weight, second grade light weigh GJ-d. , „ . B(^f.—Quotations are as followsChilled beef (nominal) binds B’d, lores ‘ "Butter.—The market is' very firm but quiet. Danish, firm but ni limited demand at 170s'to l<4s. i„ .ybod demand; finest being 132 s to 1345, up to 1365. Irish Creamery is firm at lots to 138 s. Australian and Argentine, nothing offering here. Cheese.—'The market ik ,)U * steady. Canadian is quiet, white ana colored 74s to 765. New Zealand is slow', white and colored 74s /OsUnited States is slow, 70s to 725. Hemp.— The market is firmer. New Zealand good fair grade per ton on spot £32 10s. New Zealand fair grade per ton on spot £3O lOs.xTow, second grade, £l9 10s. Wheat. —The market is steady aim prices well maintained. Oats.—The market is quiet but firm.