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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 270, 15 April 1914, Page 3

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, April 12. Wheat afloat for the United Kingdom totals, 3,780,000 quarters; for the Continent 2,290,000; Atlantic shipments 297,000 ; Pacific, nil; total for Europe 1.400,000; from Australasia 155,000. Hemp. —Steady. April-June £2O. Copra.—Steady. Fair -business in South Sea bags. April-May £25 17s to £2O. Rubber.—Para 2s 11'/ 2 d, plantation 2s B'/ a d, smoked 2s sy 2 d.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S RE- . PORT. By Telegraph—i'ress Association. Wellington, Yesterday. The High Commissioner forwards the following market report wtted London, 9th. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are the average market (prices on- spot.) Mutton.—Dull of sale in all qualities, on account 1 of low prices. Chilled beef.—Prices have declined as the result of heavy arrivals. . Canterbury, 4%d per lb for light weights, heavy weights 4d; North Island 4%d, light weightß. , Lamb. —The demand is chiefly for light weight. There is dull sale for heavy carcases of lamb. Canterbury, twos, (>y 4 (l, heavy weights 5%d, other than Canterbury 'fid for light weights. Beef. —Tne market is very dull. New Zealand hinds- 4%d pe,r lb, fores 3%d, cnilled hinds 4%d, fores 3%d. Butter. —The mark,et is quiet. Danish per cwt 118s to 120s, New Zealand 104s to 108s, exceptionally choice, IOSs, Unsalted, supply limited 114s to 110s, Australian 1023 to 100s, Argentine 102s to 104s', Siberian 100s. Cheese. —The market is quiet. Steady prices for Canadian are nominal. Canadian white 68s t'o 70s, colored OAs to 71s, New Zealand white 61s to 02s, colwed 64s to 64s 6d, Australian 60s to 645. Hemp,—Market quiet, buit steady. New Zealand good fair per ton £25 15s, fair £23. Stock of New Zealand hemp on hand, 120,000 tons. Manila, fair current £25 per ton; nominal quotation for all positions l . The output from Manila for the week was 21,000 baies. Tow in stock at the end of March was 558 tons. Cocksfoot. —There is better demand for cocksfoot seed. Kauri Gum.—Market firm,- but demand only moderate. Dark brown selected, re-scraped, £6 to £7,, dark brown . thr.ee-quarter scraped £4 os to £4 los, dark brown, chips, drossy £2 -to £2 10s, /re-scraped pale amber £ll 10s to £l4s 15s, scraped pale £8 10s to £9 lfle, diggers chips good £3 6s to £3 15s/Stock on hand at end of March, 553 tons.

WEBSTER, DOBSOX & CO.'S REPORT. At Strathmore on Monday we held our monthly sale. There was a good yarding of cattle Mid sheep, and, with the exception of tw® pens of small incalf heifers, everything was sold. Weaner steers £1 5s Od to £1 9s, heifers 22s to 275, mixed weaners 20s to 25s 6d, small do. lis 6d, Eft-months steers £3 3s fid to £3 Us, fat xsows £0 12s, bulls £4 7s 6d, store cows £2 15s to £3 10s, forward do. £4 to £4 17s, ewes Bs, lambs 10s 6d, mill do. 3s to fid. At Stratford on Tuesday We had a small yarding, -meeting with good competition. Weimer steers 25s to 30s, heifers 23s to 26s 'B'd, Holstein weaner heifers 40s, fat cows £6 Bs, store do. £2 15s to £3 16s, forward ewes 15s fid. Private sales as follows.—Wethers, 17s down to 14s lii.l, ewes 13s fld down to lis 6d, lambs 9s to 12s Od, weaners 25s to 30s, fat cows £7 down to £6 15s, 2-tooth ewes T4s Cd down to 13s Bd, ewes and lambs (all counted) 12s, cull lambs fis to fis od, 2-year steers £4 10s to £5, in-calf heifers £4 5s and £4 2s Od, Jcrsey-Holstein in-ealf heifers £5 10s, 18 to 20-months steers £3 16s down to £3 ss, fat ewes 17s 6d down to 15s- 3d, fat wethers T9s fld down to 18s 3d, fat lambs 15s Sown to 12s, Romney rams £2 5s down to £1 lis 6d,(Holstein ini calf heifere £6 10s, empty heifers 50s to 57s 6d, store- cows (old) 45s to 52s fid, small cows £3 10s to £3 18s 6d, forward do. £S'ss to £4 17s 6d.