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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7739, 15 February 1905, Page 3

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AGENT-GENERAL'S ADVICES. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 13. The Department of Industrie:! and IS .Commerce has received the following ° cablegram from the Agent-General, 'tinted London, 11th : ie | The mutton market is quiet, and del ~ mand for all qualities are dull. Hol--31 ! tiers of River Plate mutton arc pushn ing sales very strongly. This has a depressing effect upon the demand for r". New Zealand. The average price to'J ! day of Canterbury mutton, light ?, 'weights, which are scarce, is 4§d, h»avy weights 4d, Dunedin, Southland, and Wellington Meat Export " Company's brands 4d, other brands *I of North Island mutton 3fd. The j average price to-day of Australian I mutton is 3d, and of River Plate n 3Jd. The present tendency of the 'mutton market seems to be towards a decline in price. The lamb market is steady, and there is fair demand for better grade of New Zealand lamb at (id per It). The average price of New Zealand lamb is from 4jd to sd, River Plate 4|d. k The beef market is very dull. The average price to-day of hindquarters J New Zealand beef is 3id, forcquartcrs ,„ 2jd. Stocks of New Zealand beef on . hand are light. Butter.—The market is very firm, " and there is good demand. The avj crage price of choicest New Zealand ™ butter to-day is 102s pur cwt. The cheese market is firm. The average price of finest New Zealand . cheese to-day is 52s per cwt. IT Hemp.—-Market °. uio t. with a tendency in favour of buyers. The price of New Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington grade, on spot to-day, is £3l per ton, February to April shipment £3O 10s. The wool market is quiet and manufacturers are disinclined to operate at present prices. The demand for fine wool is steady, but medium and x coarse are dull, il ■ NAPIER WOOL SALES. e e NAPIER, Fob. 14. The last of thib season's wool sales e took place this afternoon. There was a largo attendance of buyers. In , sympathy with the further decline in London. * prices, as compared with the January sale, were from 4d to Id less for coarse crossbreds, $d less for medium crosrsforeds, and Jd less for fine crossbrods. Lambs' wool was in poor demand, add showed a 0 'decline oif Id. Sheepskins were $d c less than January rates. Prices were '' —Coarse crossbrods 8d to BJd, mcp dium crossbreds Bjd to S>tl, fine crossb'reds 9d to 9Jd, fair lambs Bd, faulty fid to 7d ; sheepskins (lullIwoollod), medium and coarse crossbred (ijd to 7}d, hoggets 6Jd. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. i" (Received Feb. 14, 10.46 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 14. Tho weekly wool sales are closed for the present season. Firm greasy sold to llfd, scored to Is OJd.