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Mr. Turton
asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the present wholesale price of butter in this country per hundred-weight and its equivalent in English money of the wholesale price of butter per hundredweight in Denmark, Holland, New Zealand, Australia, and Lithuania?
Mr. W. S. Morrison
The statement below shows the average wholesale prices per hundredweight of butter in England and Wales during the current month, together with the wholesale prices for butter for the latest available date in the countries mentioned, expressed in their English equivalents.
| — | Prices in England and Wales. | Prices in country of origin. | ||
| Per | cwt. | Per | cwt. | |
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Danish | 139 | 0 | 117 | 9 |
| Dutch | 113 | 6 | 173 | 0 |
| New Zealand, salted | 113 | 6 | 108 | 3 |
| Australian, salted | 109 | 6 | 129 | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 112 | 0 | 127 | 0 |