COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7853, 20 June 1905, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

I) ALGETY & CO.'S ADVICE.

Metsi(s( Dalgiety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London olllce, dated 15th .Inst. We xiuote New Zealand beef, ox hinds, 1501b to 2201b, f.a.ij'.. Hid to 3Jd ; ox fores; 2)di per lb. There is less disposition to do business at the advance. ' New Zealand frozen mutton and lamb.—Prices are ' un*hungwl, THE HrGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. J

(f«r Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 19. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the H'igh Commissioner dated .London, ITith inst "There is-a better dexnund for mutton, of which there is a scarcity of prime qual ty. The average price for - Canterbury mutton toKlny is 4ijd per lb light weight, and 4d petlb heavy weights ; for other North Island mutton 4d per lb light, and Bjd per lb heavy weights ; Australian 8)3 ; River Plate 3Jd. . "iLamb.—The market is quiet, but' holders are firm.. The market is over-supplied with heavy carcases ol lamb, The. price for New Zealand lamb, Canterbury brand, is 5f4 per lb, and of New Zealand lamb., of brands other than Canterbury 5Jd per lb ; tegs, 5d per lbßiver Plate, 4Jd." - [. '''Butter. —The market is firm. New Zealand offerings are very small, and the average, price of choicest New Zealand butter ro-day is 98s per cwt.

'•'The cheese market is steady, there being a good demand. The average price of finest New- Zpnland choose to-day -is 53s cwt.' for whit© ; 51s coloured.

"Hemp.—The market Is lifeless and stocks are accumulating. The price of New Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington grade, on spot, to-day is £26 per ton ; July and August shipments £27". " .

[. "Cocksfoot.—Tho seed-market is staady, but buyers are not Keen tc do business. Average price for bright clean New Zealand cocksfoot seed, weighing 171b per bushel, on spot, is 52s per cwt.

"(There is. gojodithfmiandjtor. alt descriptions of -wool'. Tho market is strong jn- 1 one, owing} tcy the business which has been. done. Current Bradford qiloiflatlioiis for tops 36s (low crossbrods) Is 4d per lb; 44s (medium crossbrods), Is sj<l ; r>os half-breds), Is 8d; 56s (quarterbreds) Is 10d ; 60s (Merinos) 2s 2d. "The hop market) is firm, (and prices continue to advance. The present selling price is £6. English crop prospects are favourable.

• "The .importations of River Plate mutton, lamb and butiter into the 1 nited Kingdom for the month' of May totalis! 197,632 carcases of mutton,, 22).,5(60 carcases of lamb, and 7848 cwt: ol butter distributed as follows : Mutton, London, 9-t,-046; Liverpool, 116,890; Hull 6382 : Cardiff, 17,381 • Plymouth, 1533 ; Glasgow, 5400. Lamb, Lon- : Liverpool, 6156 ; Hull, 2000 ;. Cardiff, 2850 ; Glasgow, lobo. Butter, 7848 to Liverpool and Southampton.

"New Zealand wheat.—None in stock.

"New Zealand opto, Sparrow Bills short, ex granary, on spot, per quarter of 3841b, 23s ; Danish, ex gran, ary, on spot, per quarter of 3201b, lis till, the market being fmm, but the demand only moderate. » New Zealand beans.—Old crop, per 5041b, 30s 6d, I.a.q. The market is quiet but firm. -

"New Zealand peas.—Partridge, per 5041b, 39s ; blue, 28s 6d; Stocks are firmly held.'J