PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, May B.— Butter, dull. New Zealand, 98s to 100s ; Danish, 103s. New Zealand cheese, 65s to 675. London, May 9.— Frozen Meat — Mutton : Canterbury —-Light, 4id, medium 4d, heavy 3}d ; Dunedin and Southland, 3 13-16 d ; North Island, 3 11-16 d. Lambs : Canterbury, light and heavy, 4fd ; Dunedin ami Southland, 4fd ; North Island, 4sd. New Zealand beel, lßolb to 2201 b, fair average quality— ox fores 3*d, hinds, 4id. River Plate : Sheep, unchanged ; lambs, 4id ; beef — fores 3*d, hinds 4*d. Wellington, May 10. — The department has received the following cablegram, dated London, 9th inst. : — ' The trade for all classes of mutton has been very slow, and prices are barely maintained. The average price to-day for Canterbury mutton is 4£d ; Dunedin, Southland, and W.M.E. Co., 4d ; other North Island mutton, 3sd ; River Plate, 3|Jd. The lamb market is weak. The average price to-day for Canterbury lamb is 4|d. For brands other than Canterbury, 4|d. River Plate, 4£. The beef market is quiet at former prices. The butter market is dull at 99s per cwt ; Danish, 101s per cwt ; Argentine, 94s per cwt. The cheese market is falling, and quotations are 66s per cwt.