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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3466, 21 April 1920, Page 5

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—.._..._.__.D_.:......_ L()ND()N PRODUCE MARKETS.

HIGH COMI\ILISSIONER’S REPORT.

WELLING'I‘()N, April ‘2O. The High Colnnlissiouel"s cable from London, umler date April l7:——Butter: No elmnge in price from .~4upplies under control of the Governxnent. \:Vl10lcs-ale, £ls 3/4 per ewt; retail 3/ per lb. The ration has been increased to 1; ounces per week. The :I\'<.-:':lge price of Ellglish but.‘ler is 3/9 per lb wholesale, and 4/3 per lb retail, Irish I'nlpol-ts are small, buyers lmlding back on account of the high pl'ieesA:lsl~:ed. As much as 4/ per lb wholesale lie fiaskerl, but {little business" has been done at this price. Hemp: The Manila market is steady, and fair "business is being done. “J” grade .Tanuary-March shipment is quoted at £6B 10/, March-May, and April-June sliipnuents sold at £6B. For New Zealand the market is inactive, but steady. Sellers’ present quotations nre: Higll.poil_l’cs, on spot, £63, fair, £59; Februar_v~April shipment, £59 and ‘.557 respectively. H.i(les.——-The market is very dull. At this week’s public sale, 636 packages were offered, {llc'lllding $0 of N'e=W Zealaud, and all were withdrawn. The 3.11:3‘.-:cl's’ idea. of the value of New Zea.~ ‘l:-md llel'e is 80/ 16