COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. Wellington, Tuesday. The High Commissioner's market report, dated London sth (Note: Quotations unless otherwise specified are average market prices on spot), is as follows:

Meat: No material change in market with the exception that prices arc higner for Argentine mutton and lamb, owinj; to continued small supply of Now Zealand mutton and lamb; New Zealand mutton B%d; ewe mutton, B'/ 2 dj Argentine mutton, heavyweight 12|d; lightweight 12Jd; New Zealand lamb lOd; Argentine lamb, 14d; N.Z. beef, no supplies available; N.Z. boneless beef, lUd; N.Z. pork for (Government, lOJd; Argentine chilled beef, hinds, 11 3-Sd; fore*, 10 3-Bd.

Butter:' Market easio:; Danish, prices lower, 21Ss to 2225; Australian, salted, 214s to 218s; unsalted, 209s to 210s; Argentine, 190s to 200s.

Cheese: No quotations owing to short supply, with exception of States flats, States' cheese stocks in London, Liverpool and Bristol are 50,000 boxes, as against 07,000 at the same time last year; N.Z. and Australian estimated cheese stocks in London and Bristol are nil, as against 28,000 crates at the same' time last year.

Hemp and Grain: No change in mar ket.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO.'S

REPORT,

Our Eltham sale was held on April 4, when there was a large entry of both cattle and sheep; also a good attendance of buyers. Fat cattle were in goo;| demand. Prices were as follows: Fat cows t0 12s to £11), store cows £4 2s 0d and £7, fat heifers £lO lis to £ll lis, bulls £.'.) 10s to £l3, heifers and calves £8 to £9 10s, wenners'33s to £3 10s, lambs 13s to 18s, culls (Is to Bs, ewes (forward) 20s.

Ilawera: Fat cows £7 lis to £9 15s store cows £4 14s to £0 12s, bulls £S 10s to £9, yearling heifers £4 10s to ,-Ca,- weaners (mixed sexto) £i \r ia to £2 ss, cull ewes 12s Od to 13s, lambs (forward) 17s 3d, culls 7s 6d to 8s 6d pigs (stores) Ids to 17s, suckers 9s. Kakaramca: Fat cows £ll to £1" ]os forward cows £S 17s Od to £li) i o ,' store, cows £5 to £8 15s, 20-month heifers £,13 9 , bulls £9 7s 0,1 to £l3, weaner he.fcrs £1 15, to £2 ss, lambs 1U to 1..s hd store pig S W ere in poor demand, selling in favor of buyers.