/j70 Journal of the Department of Agriculture. 



THE OVERSEA MARKET. 



Makket Pkicks of South African and otjikk l*uoj)r( k cajslkd ky 

 THE Trade Commissioner, London, on the IItii May. li)21. 



Mohuir. — No chango in the market. 



Ostrich Feailirrs.- — No change in the market. 



Maize. — The market is dull. For maize on the spot, La Phita is (|uoted at 

 53s. (22s. Id. per 200 lb.) and round yollow No. 6 at 52s. (21s. 8d. per 200 Ih.). 

 For ronnd yellow No. G, April shipment. 15s. (18s. 9d. per 200 lb.) has been j)aid. 

 I'\)r flat wliite No. 2, .'38s. (15s. lOd.) lias been ]>aid on the Continent tor ^Nfay 

 shipments. 



[ NoTK. — TJererring to the marked ditierence in "spot " and " lorwai'd " 

 prices, seen in eailier advices, tlie Tiadc Commissionei- explains that tlie 

 diii'erenee was dne to the big premium on s]>ot maize (including, of course, 

 landing cliarges) and that the discount oi lorward maize was duc^ to the 

 imminence oi" the Argentine crop. — Ej)IT01i.] 



Maize Meal. — £9. 5s. per ton quoted. 



Cotton. — Closing prices for American futures: JMay, S.08d.; .June, 8.19d. ; 

 ■ lidy. 8.33d. ' 



Butter. — The market is failing. Present prices, Danish £9. 5s. to £9. 15s. ; 

 Australian, £9 to £9. 10s.; New Zealand, £9. 10s. to £9. 15s. (per cwt.). 



Cheese. — There is a steady demand and little alteration in price. 



I'xinni. — The market is falling owing to the coal situation. 



SJ.ins. — At the auctions on the 5th May, 315,229 Cape goat skins were 

 oliered ; 15,688 were sold, but mostly privately at 10 per cent, to 12 per cent, 

 decline. The following quotations are given: Capetown and Mossel Bav, light 

 lOid. to lO^d., extra lOJd. ; Algoa Bay, extra light 9id. to lOd., sun-dried light 

 Sid.; Natal, light 8d., extra lOd., kids Gd. ; Bastard, light, 7id. to 7^d. ; Cape 

 Angora skins were offered, but there were no sales. 



Xatnl Wattle Bail'. — A little business was done in chopped at £7. 10s. to 

 £7. 12s. Gd. per ton. c.i.f. ; ground, £8. 10s. to £8. 15s., ex store. 



CROP REPORT. 

 April, 1921. 



Maize. — lleports on the progress of the season's crop show that during 

 April weather conditions were favourable generally, but that frost in some 

 localities has reduced the originally anticipated yield, and for the whole Union 

 the crop condition, which was 11 per cent, at the end of March last, has fallen 

 still further, being 13 per cent, below normal at the end of April. As far as 

 l)rospects at present can be gauged, therefore, the Union's croj) is estimated to 

 yield 12,130,000 bags this season. 



Kaffir Corn. — There is little difference in the condition of the crop as 

 estimated at the end of ^Marcli. the condition now being placed at 15 per cent, 

 below normal. 



Tohaccn. — During April the tobacco crop suffered slightly from rust in some 

 parts, and on the \\hole the condition shows a decline of 4 per cent, compared 

 with last month, so that at the end of April the Union's crop was estimated to 

 lie 11 per cent, helow normal in condition. 



