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HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. By Telegraph—Press Association; Wellington,. Last Night The Department of Agriculture' ha» received the following cablegram from. tlie High Commissioner, dated London* August 15. (Note: Quotations, unlessotherwise specified, are average market prices on spot) : The men t market is quiet. Small business is doing, the Tetail trade being bad. Consumption since August 4 (has been. less than normal. Prices have deoM'ned, except for mutton. Prices: Canterburv . and North Island 4%d, cwcs 4%iL Lamb; Canterbury twos 6%d, lleavywcight fours G%d; other than Canterbury,. U%d fo r light, weight. Bccl—New Zealand hinds G%di. fores i>l4«- Supplies of American chilled! beef are huge. Hinds 3%d, fores 4%d. The butter market is dull. Vcrr little business i s doing, and prices are irregular. Danish is quiet at 140s ttt WOs; Australian, 130s to 140s; Siberia*,' s ow„ W& to 140s; Irish creamery, n£ thing doing, 130s To 140s. The cheese market is quiet. Canadian is quiet; white 1 and colored 72s to lis -New Zealand, white 74 s to 765, colored <is to lis. Hemp—The market remains, very depressed, and nothing has been "done. Quotations (nominal): New Zealand good fair grade ££i, fair £22 lOs fair current Manila £25. The output from -Manila for the week was 10,090 bales. (.rain—The- wheat market is slights easier. Business is quiet. Prices are nommaly New Zealand Oar- s ,ton oats 30s c.i.f. Zealand bean*'- - (new crop), per TXMlhs, 375. New Zealand pea* (partridge),, .per SOUbs, 51s. Australian wheat, 455, e i f Hour, 345.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 18 August 1914, Page 4
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250COMMERCIAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 18 August 1914, Page 4
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