FEELING,THE MARKET. . '

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 951, 19 October 1910, Page 6

FEELING,THE MARKET.

' • 1| TRIAL SHIPMENTS FOR 'dIISCO. Certain city firms are taking Udva»> ' tage of the Aorangi's first trip from Wellington to 'Frisco to Jay lor thepurpose of sending some trial shipments of iNew Zealand produce to the'lAmer*can market. Aβ stated previoulily," the Wellington Meat Export Comjjany ia sending 438 carcasses of prime mutton. Messrs. Joseph Nathan "and Cm. are. trying the butter market with 'a shipment of 50 boxes, weighing 561|i. each. At Auckland some 150 boxes will supplement this consignment. Auckland merchants are abo sending a jrial lot of 500 sides of bacon.- Mutton; entering the United States is subjected to a duty of Jd. per lb. if admitted as fresh, and 25' per cent', if entering as_ preserved, while the duty on butte'f is 3d. per lb.? 'The bacon will pay a Inty o! 2d. per lb. j" The greater part of the Aoraigi's refrigerated space was to have I>een, it is understood, absorbed by Mr.'ladman, an Australian shipper of frozen jtneat to the Pacific slope, but this arrangement, ' however, did not materialise. > .