THE HOME MARKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 87, 2 May 1901, Page 4

THE HOME MARKET.

Whiting ti the Agricultural Department of price? of New Z'.'anr! butter in London, the Picdnce Commissioner «ays th't although the tuuil dtop in price nf colonial hotter had been experienced, valms at the time of wrising, ttarch 15: hj, were several shilliegn higher than they were at the corresponding period of la t yar. Then the piici ■was 63 p?r cwt lower, wbila the market was in a w; r-n c edition so far as doll tra'c was concerned. Tfte iota' qa'v 1 ty of ciloaial hotter, i«cloding OiDudiin, received in o England from Sfptembsr Is: to February 28th was 423 956 cwr, as 543,465 cwt last yoar daring the same period, a shortage of "Tl9 529 cwi-, Ths qoantity of Australian ard N;w Zealand butter lately rpcivi', Mr Cametoa writes, also showed a con'idorab e decrease f om that recei el last deficiency dii'in!> the fm-r wreVs ending March 15: h btiing 52 653 c»ts and 39,347 cwt) tesp ctiv iy The tct»l imports of batter from all sources for the earoe tme h,»ii, however, shown increase of 34 807 cwt being 322.513 cwt, against 287,706 cwt for the same period 'a i t yp&r. The imports of cle; e showed a decrease dating tLo fonr wetka end d March 14' h » hrn compared with the the s<ime j.i ri(d twelve imnths fgo of 2002 cwt—being 122,571 c»t against 124,593jwt—prices have been steadily declining. Bayers were holding off the market, and ca'es were being made ati frem 451 to 53*, acco-diag -to quality