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JOI^RNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



OVERSEA PRICES OF SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCE. 



July, 1920. 



Market Peices of South African Produce in the United Kingdom, 



CABLED BY THE TrADE COMMISSIONER, LONDON. 



South Afrk-an Wool. 



" 7000 bales South African wool offered July auction, but bidding poor. Large 

 proportion withdrawn. Few snowwhites. Greasies sold at 10 to 15 per cent, 

 below last sale prices." 

 Combing Wool. 



Is. 5d. short, Is. shorn, lOd. nominal. 

 Mohair. 



Unchanged. 

 Cape Hides. 



Diy salted, best heavy. Is. 7.',d. Wet salted, Is. 2d. 

 Cape Mertno Shesp Skim. 



Market is stagnant. Nominal prices. 

 C-iipe Ooai Skins. 



Almost unsaleable. 

 Natal Wattle Hark. 



Market dull. Chopped offered at £15 e.v Store. 

 South African Beef. 



Hinds, .5s. 8d. to 6s. 8d. per 8 lb. ; Fores, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. per 8 lb. 

 Ostrich leathers. 



Market dull with fair business at aboirt previous rate for medium quality wing and 

 coloured feathers. 

 South African Cotton, 



July futures closed 29th July, 2s.; highest, 25-04 ; lowest 2s. 

 La Plata Maize. 



Parcels ex Store, 66s. per quarter ; August-September shipments, 60s, 6d. per 

 quarter ; September-October shipments, 60s. per quarter, c.i.f. 



(Note. — A Renter message from London, dated 13th August, appearing in the Press, 

 advises the following quotations for maize : — August-September shijiment : White Flat, 

 808., nominal ; La Plata, 6.^s. paid. — AcTTNU Editor.) 



Plant Nurseries in Quarantine. 



No new quarantint^ on nur.series have been imposed since 1st 

 June last. The list of quarantines in force on 1st August, 1920, is 

 as follows : — 



