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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 December 1913, Page 3

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< ♦. — HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. X lt The folkwing is the High t Commissioner's cable of Novcm- ' ber 29. (Quotations, unless > otherwise specified, are average ' market prices on spot) :- ; ' s Mutton-Themarketis steady,. ' but the demand is pnly moderate. Prices are firm because supplies will be retarded on account of , the strike. Canterbury mutton '• is not quoted. North Island 4|d. . Lamb - The market is firm. 1 Canterbury twos, ssd, and as < high as s£d for a very few selected lines. Many carcases of .gtale lamb are being placed on .the market.

Beef-The market is. firm. ' , io New Zealand hind quarters 4£d, 3ld. Chilled hinds 4gd t '. fores 4d.

..Butter—The market is steady, ' "and prices are well-maintained !»■There is no change to report in ' Danish, Siberian,'and Argentine. ..' Australian 118s to 1235, New Zealand 126s to 128s. The present •. price ot salted butter is 2s below '.market price forunsalted. ..« Cheese-The market is quiet

v but firm. Canadian white 65s . . to 675, New Zealand white 64s to 655, colored 65s to 65s (sd, Aus- ,' tralian "60s to 635. There is no change of price for English or Dutch cheddars. • Hemp-The market was quiet ; and steady during the week, but v closed dull, Fair current Manila i £30, forward shipments £29 5s «]to£29los. The output for Manila for the week was 17,000 bales ; New Zealand hemp was in fair . demand about the beginning of „the week,, bnt shippers did not ifyeetlhe market. .At present ~ buyers will not pay more than ■within 5s to 10s of the ' last -quoted prices.' Good fair is •pressed for sale at closing values, r. Forward shipment n;ood fair, -£27 12s 6d, fair £-5 ss; spot nominal quotations, good fair, •,£2B, fair £2517s 6J.