COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 181, 7 April 1915, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, April 1. Note: Quotations unless otherwise specified ar e average market prices on spot. Mutton: Market firm, demand for prime quality. North Island 6£d per lb for best quality light height; hleavy weight Gd; ewes: There ig less dean and, 5 9-16. 'Lamb: Market very firm, larg'a demand for better grades, but limited demand for poorer grades. Other than Canterbury 8d per lb, and as high as B£d for best quality; second grade 7|<L Beef: Market firm, with improved demand, as th e result of small arrivals. Chilled beef, New Zealand hind s 6£d; fores'"6d; chilled hinds 7 3-8 d; fores 6? f d. Frozen pork: Large demand owing to export being prohibited from Holland, 7?,d per lb. Butter: Market quiet, Danish per cwt 138/ to 142/; New Zealand 134/ to 136/; Australian 132/ to 134/; Siberian 126/ to 132/; Argentine 130/ to 13-1/. Cheese: Market quiet, but steady. Canadian, wh/ii.e 'and cdldufed, per cwt., 94/ to 98/; New Zealand white and coloured 93/ to 94/; Australian SS/ to 92/; United States 88/ to 90/; large Cheddar shapes up to 94/; English Cheddar 98/ to 102/. Hemp: Market remains firm, especially T'cr near at hand shipments. On account of congestion at docks spot parcel s command a premium. New Zealand good fair grade p'er ton £35; fair £33; fair current Mnilla £4O 10/; forward shipment, New Zealand good £34 10/; fair £32 10/; fair current Manilla 40/. The output of Manilla for the week is 20.000 bales: Wheat: Market quiet, small business doing. For forward shipment the market is a shade weak. Canadian and American on passage 63/ per quarter; April or May 61/; Argentine on passage 61/. Oats: Market inactive, Argentine 28/6 per quarter on passage. MARKET REPORTS. DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD. At our usual weekly Palmerston North Sale on Thursday, April. 1, we offered a fair yarding of stock, to a good attendance of the public We quote: Fat eWes 24/; fat lambs 15/1; b.m. ewes to 18/7; cows with calves at foot in low conlition £4 8/6; fat cows £7; aged cows in calf £3; weaner heifers 26/ to 30/.