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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 361, 12 April 1910, Page 3

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LOXDUX MARKETS. j By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, April 10. Sheep—Canterbury light 4y B d, medium 4L 7-1 (id; North Island 4 3-16 d, best Lambs Canterbury 5 7-16 d, North Island sy s d, selected 5%d. Beef Eores 3 5 / B d, hinds unchanged. ] River Plate sheep, light 4 l-18d. Australian meat unchanged. Rabbits unchanged; quality of colonials excellent; trade good owing to cold weather and clearness of meat. Kauri gum in stock is 354 cases. Waihi shares, buyers £9 ss, sellers £9 7s 6d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Monday. The High Commissioner cables as follows under date 9th April:—Mutton market weaker, with a wadenpy downwards, on account of high prices and shipments being made from the Continent. Average price of Canterbury mutton is 4%d, North Island mutton 4%d. Lamb market quiet; good demand for all. descriptions; average price Canterbury lamb 5%d per lb, other New Zealand 5y g d. **" if Beef market dull; supplies of American chilled beef large; average price of New 'Zealand..hindquarters 4y B d, forequarters 3%<L Australian chilled forequarters ex Marathon realised 3%d. (Hinds reported previous week a§ sold at about 3%d.y ..-'.'" v" ' Si §<^ ;; ' ws;^^.-... ■ Butter market-firm, with hardening tendency; average price for the week for choicest New Zealand butter is 1235.

, Cheese market steady, demand only moderate; average prices for New Zealand fiaest white cheese 62s per cwt, colored 60s 6d. Cheese transhipped "from the Kaipara> making Is per cwt less. . Hemp—Market dull for New Zealand. Price? on spot; Good fair £24 10s per ton, fair £23,10s nominal; April-June 'shipment,. good fair, £24,. fair £2B; stock of New Zealand hemp on hand, 208 tons. The peek's output of Manila is 32,000 hales. '' Cocksfoot seed market quiet, owing to T)oor demand; New Zealand bright clean l?)b seed on spot 71b per cwt, Kauri gum market firm; stock on 'hand. 354 tons; ordinary to fair three-quarter-scraped at £8 10s per cwt, fair half-scraped £5 ss, hush fair to good pale and amber scraped £8 10s, brown wekings, common to good 455-. brown fair half to three : quarter scraped 92s 6d.