COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10009, 4 April 1910, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKEcT,

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cable message from their Lonaon House, under uate of the 31st ultimo:

Frozen Meat. —New Zealand and Australian lamb is in good demand, with a firm market, whilst the market for New Zealand mutton ia firmer, with an active demand. The market for New Zealand beef, for which there is a fair demand, is weaker. Present quotations are as follows: — New Zealand prime ox beef, fores 3|d, hinds 4Jd; New Zealand prime crossbred lamo, Canterbury heavy 5H light s|d; North Island, heavy 5Jd, light sfa; New Zealand mutton, prime Canterbury, heavy 4£d. light 4fd; North Island, heavy 4&d, light 4£d; Australian good average quality crossbred lamb, heavy sd, light 51; Australian prima crossbred mutton, heavy 3gd, light 4d. .

WEEKLY MARKET REPOKT,

The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Co.. Ltd., re- j port as follows: -Butter, best separator, printed wrappers, 9d, separator bulk BJd to 9d, dairy pats to 9d; cheese, best factory mediums sid to s|d per lb, loaf 6£d lb; eggs, Is 6d per dozen; bacon, factory sides 6£d, rolls 7£d, hams 7d par lb. Poultry. —Cockerels 5s 6d for good birds, small 3s to 3s 6d, table roosters 4s, table hen 3 3s N 6d, small 2s 6d, ducka large ss. small 3s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers, 10d per lb, hens 9d per lb live weight. Maize, 4s per bushel wheat, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel; barley, feed 33 p t .r bushel, barley, Cape 3s to 3s 6d p'.;r bushel; sharps, £5 15s per ton pollard, £5 10s per ton bran, £4 to £4 lUs per ton chaff, prime oatens heaf £5 per ton hay, prime £3 15s to £4 per ton straw, wheaten £2 10s per ton straw, oaten £2 7s 6d per ton.