PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 19, 7 May 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

or, London, May I.— Wheat : River Plate is selling at 27s id; freight from Plate to London, 16s 9d. Minneapolis flour, 3dol 50c per 1961 b B . u^ ter = Tne Waiwera's shipment arrived in excellent condition. Sales were made at 101s to 103s. Danish, S-\J 18.

Cheese is slightly easier. New Zealand, 67s to 68s. London, May 2.— Frozen Meat— Sheep : Canterbury o g k, 1 ; medium - 4 id ; heavy, 4d ; Dunedin and Southland, 3Jd ; North Island, 3sd. Lambs : Canterbury, light, 4|d ; heavy, 4 13-16 d ; Dunedin and Southt an 7VrJrJ d ' North Island, 4fd. New Zealand beef (1801 b to 2201 b, fair average quality) : Ox fores, nominal 3|d hinds. 4id. River Plate lamb, 4fd ; sheep, heavy 3 l-16d ; light, 3 9-16 d ; beef (nominal), fores, 35 d • hinds 4-Jd. (The Frozen Meat Trade Association's Smithfield market quotations for the above classes of frozen meats are based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb, or 25 carcases of beef of fair a\erage quality. These quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. New Zealand sheep — crossbred wethers and maiden ewes — Canterbury, light, 48-56Tb ; Canterbury. medium, 56-64It> • Canterbury, heavy, 64-721 b ; Dunedin and Southland,' 56-641 b ; North Island, 5 5-6 51 b. New Zealand lamb : Canterbury, light, 28-361T) : Canterbury, heavy, 36-42rb Dunedin and Southland, 28-421 b ; North Island' 28- 121 b.) '

Wellington, May 4.— The Agent-General's cable, dated London, 2nd inst , is as follows :—": — " Mutton : The market is dull and weak, with stocks heavy. Canterbury, 4£d ; Dunedin, Southland, and Meat Export, 4d; North Island, 3Jd. A good demand for lamb, but the' market is weak. Stocks are heavy, and widely distributed amongst agents, who are pushing sales. Canterbury lamb, 4|d , other brands, 4f d Beef is quiet, with stocks light. New Zealand hinds, 4 id , fores, 3|d. Btitter is steady at 102s Buyers of cheese are holding back, expecting prices to go lower. New Zealand cheese, 68s and 695.'