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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 69, 12 September 1911, Page 3

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■ HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. i•. . ■ ' By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday.

The. following is the High Commissioner's cable under (lute September 1(1 (unless otherwise specified, quotations being average market prices on spot.):

Mutton. —The market is somewhat -tendier, and the demand h getting better. luit supplies will lie moderate. Gan.Uslburv 4d, North Island 3%.

Lamb. —■ The market is weaker, though it is not actually lower. Canterbury 5y 4 d, other than Canterbury 3d, Argentine 4Vad.

Beef. The market has advanced. State of New Zealand ]>eef on hand l are light. New Zealand hinds 3%d, fores) 2'/ 2 d. Butter.—The market is firm, with a good Mlcmand. Supplies are likely to foil over. Australian 120s, Danish' 1325, Siberian 118s.

Cheese. The market remains firm. Supplies of English cheese will be short, on account of the dry weather. New' Zealand cheese, (SOs.

Hemp. The market is lifeless, and quotations are nominal. New Zealand, good fair, on spot, £lO 10,; fair grade! £lB sa; fair current Manila. .-£2O; forward shipment New Zealand good fair, £•20; fair grade, £lB 10s; fair current •Manila. £-20 3s. The outwit from Manila for the week was 25,000 hales. The stock of New Zealand hemp i< 010 tons. Mutton ami Lamb,—The River Plate shipments received during August, mill, of mutton and lamb, are as follows:—'London, mutton, 17,711 carcases, lamb 5),7(14 carcases; Liverpool. 172,410 and 110,427 carcases; Hull, 14.100 and 10W) carcases; Newcastle, mutton 10,028 carcases; Southampton, mutton 33,470, lamb 407;') carcases; Ordiff, ">94-1 n.nd' .WO caiYflses; Ireland, mutton 2000 carcases: total, mutton 257.717 carca.ses, laniili 12S.fifif> carcases. August. 1010: Mutton. 205,537 carcases; lamb, 24,881 carcases. ' |