PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8, 22 February 1900, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, February 13. — The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,040,000 quarters, and for the Continent 840,0i»0 quarters. Napier, February 16. — Messrs. Nelson Bros, have received the following cable from the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company : — ' Best Canterbury mutton, 3d ; best Dunedin and Southland, 2|d ; best Napier (North Island), 2gd. Lamb : First quality, 4sd ; second, 4d.' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram from their London house :—: — ' Wheat : Market firm. New Zealand wheat average is worth 28s 9d per 4961 b ; New Zealand long-berried is worth 30s per 4961 b. Tallow : Market brisk. Fine mutton is worth 30s 6d, and local beef 29s 6d per cwt.' London, February 17. — The wheat market is firm, but quiet. Three thousand quarters of Victorian February shipment sold at 29s 7£d ; and parcels of January at 295.

Butter, quiet, and less demand ; prices are maintained. Cheese is hardening. Wellington, February 19. — The Agent-general cables : — ' Butter, 100s ; market firm. There is a good demand for cheese, which is quoted at 595,' London, February 18. — The hemp market is dull ; fair Welling* ton, January and March shipments, L3l. Mutton and lamb for all classes remain unchanged.