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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 23 July 1907, Page 3

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j LONDON MARKETS. London, July 21. Frozen mutton: North Island, 3%d; I best brands, 4y s d; rest unchanged, r Lamb: Canterbury, light 5%d, medium o'/jd, heavy 654ds Southland Bftd} North Island, syid. New Zealand beef unchanged. lliver Hutu sheep: Heavy 3'/ s d, light 3%d. At wool sales there is keener competition for crossbreds and a more spirited demand for merinos. Prices are in sellers' favor.

| Following wevo the average prices realised for the clips named: lien Ohau !)'/ s d, Waiau 10V 2 d,.l\aputonc 10d, Kaimata 12% d, Hiku 12(1. The number of bales catalogued to date is 137,423. Sold, 122.411 bales. Warm weatlier has stopped the demand for rabbits. Prices are nominally unchanged. At the rabbit skin auction 2091) were offered and 23-12 sold. Prices are- steady. Best incoming grades are sometimes a halfpenny dearer. Silver, 2s 7 1 / 2 d. Topper: Spot, £!>4 I0s; three months, £BO. Tin: Spnt, £lB3 Lis; three months, £lßl. Lead, £2O los.

Hlfilt COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE. Per Press Association. Wellington, July 22. The High Commissioner cabled from Loudon on July 20th:Mutton: The market is iirm, .Stocks ou hand are light and lirnny held in a few hands. Canterbury mutton 4%d, North Island 4d. Lu.mli: The market is lirm. There is a good demand lor all classes. Stocks oil hand are moderate. Canterbury lamb 5%d, and other than Canterbury s'/id. Heel: The market is quiet, but lirm. Prices: 3'/ a d and 3y 8 d per lb. lor hind and fore quarters respectively. Supplies of American chilled beef on hand are small.

Butter: The market is quiet but steady. The prospects of this commodity for next season are doubtful at present. Everyone is inclinded to hold back as long as possible, thereby forcing the market price down. Choicest New Zealand !)!)s, Danish l()!)s, Siberian !)2s, Irish JUOs per cwt. Large supplies are coming forward. Cheese: The market is steady. A good demand is experienced. Canadian supplies are likely to increase. Trices; New Zealand tils, Canadian, white 575, and colored 58s.

Hemp: The market is quiet with a tendency in favor of buyers. lteports from Manila indicate that heavy shipments are expected from there. Hood fair grade on spot £35 10s, fair grade £3Ol 10s. July-September shipments; Good fail" £34 10s, fair £3O. Fair current Manila on spit £36.

The cocksfoot seed market is firm. Buyers, however, have been offering more freely, and bright 171b seed is quoted at 58s per cwt. ■Wool: Current quotations for Bradford tops are: Thirty-sixes low crossbreds Is 3'/ 2 d; fortya low crossbreds, Is 4'/jd; forty-fours medium crossbreds, la a'/ 2 d; fiftys half-breds, Is !)d; fifty-sixes quartor-breds, 2s O'/jd; sixty merinos. 2s 4d per lb,