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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7726, 31 January 1905, Page 2

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Home Produce JarkeL (L'cr Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 30. Tho Department of Industries and Commerc* lius received tho following ciJ .legrum ! "> m the Agenl-Oemral, daled Lomloni, 28th :- I The mutton market is weak, \ut» ' Locr demand. At Hie sanre Mine I 'there is a scarcity of prime q.inlii> I mutton. River IMate mutton is '» Iheavv >mp|ily,i uml is lA'in« strongly [pushed for s,»!e. The average P'"-'' i'to (lay 01 Canterbury imitton, i'K >J | |weif>hl, is 4M per lt>, heavyweight : 4{d. The average price of Dunedin, : I Southland,, and Wellington Meat ; 'Kxport L'o.s hr.urjs is 1 ;<l, for j other brawls of North Island unit- I ivoii Id. ltiver I'l.ite mutton is ' 'i|iiote.l at :iid, Australian 3{d. I j l.an|!).—lhe market > quiw, with small demand. Australian lamb is in large supply, ami its sale is l»i'ing pushed. The average price of 'Australian lamb to-day is from I Ujd to .'jj-d. New Season's New Zealand lamb l Is at (VJd, but quo. tations may bo considered nominal. The beef market is quiet >{enera(lly, un;l stock on hand is heavy. The average price to-day of lrindipiarl«rs New Zealand IjOef is 3ld, f<.ie:|iiaiters 2Jd. The butter market is very linn, and a|U butter is in good demand. The average price of choice New Zealand butter to-day is 102s per cwt, Danish 108s. The cheese market is steady, with moderate demand. Tho average of Now Zealand cheese to-day is 60s per cwt. At the wool sales prices wfere irregular, and the market rather unsettled. Tho current Bradford quotations for tops are SO* low crossbreds Is 3Jd, forty-fours cross breds IS M, fifties haHMbruds Is ISJd, fifty-sixes quarterbreds Is B}d, sixties merinos 2s OJd. Business is dull. Tlio English cocksfoot market is affected by crop reports from New Zealand.. There is a. bolter demand for cocksfoot seed, at averagn prices. Bright, clean, New Zealand eockN. foot seed, weiighiug' 17jib per bushetl, on spot, to-day* brought 51s per cwt. There is a plentiful supply of medium anil dark cocksfoot reed, I"'' which sales are slow. Following are current quotuMonsi:— New Zealand gnil'n.—Loiiff-bcrrivd wheat, on spoti, ex granary; 33s lid per quarter of 49(ttl>. Oats.—Quotations nro iiormal. As all stocks of New Zealand. Short (Sparrowbills) Nrw Zx-a'ainJ oats on spot ex. granary 21s 3d per quarter of 3811b ; Danish oatK, on spot, ex granary, 17a per iiiiurlcr, of 3201b. The market for New Zealand beans is steady, with a Moderate inquiry (f.a.q.). New crop 30s (VI fid per quarter of 4001b ; short berried wheat, on spat, ex granary, 32s Zialaml peas are weak and inactive. I'artriiigo |x-as 3,->s per 5011b: blue peas 2<is (id per 5011b. SOUTH CAXTEIUUJKY WOOL SALKS. TIMAUIJ, Jan,. 01). The third wool stfle is proceeding this evening from 8 p.m. Four thousand bales are catalogued, and it will be late before the sale is finished but early catalogues seem to show bids for fine halfbreds to be a halfpenny lower, and for coarse wool a penny lower compared with last sale.