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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12934, 30 September 1902, Page 5

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United Press 'Association—By Electiio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Sept. 28. Copper.—On spot and three months',' each £52 10s per ton. 'Silver, Is ll|d per oa. ' Hemp is firm ; " good l fair Wellington " £33 7s 6d per ton. At the wool sales the quantity catalogued to date is 128,845 bales, and the quantity sold 118,237 bales. The Mokoia clip brought 4|d, the Gear sid and the Moeraki Bid. For the Antwerp sales on Oct. 3 and 4, 5525 bales have been catar logued, including 25 bales of Australian. Frozen Meat. —New Zealand mutton— Canterbury, light 3 15-16 d, medium 3 15-16 d, heavy 3 13-16 d; Dunedin and Southland 3 l'Sl6d-j North Island 311-16 d. Lamb—Canterbury, light sd, heavy 4|d; Dunedin and Southland 4jd; North Island 4|d. Beef—New Zealand, 1801 bto 2201 b -■per quarter, fair average quality, ox forequarters 4 l-16d ; os. hindquarters sd. River Plate mutton—Heavy 3|d, light 3|d; beef, ox forequarters 3 16-lbd l ox hindquarters 4 7-16 d. (Last week's quotations:—Frozen meat. —New Zealand mutton, Canterbury, light .and medium 3£d, heavy 3|d, Dunedin and Southland o 11-16 d, North Island 3 9-16 d. Lamb.—Canterbury, light 4-gd, heavy 4|d, Dunedin and Southland 4§d, North Island 4£d. New Zealand beef, 1801 bto 2201 b per quarter, fair average quality, ox "forequarters 4d, ox hindquarters River Plate mutton, heavy 3 5-16 d, lignt 3 7-16 d. Beef, ox forequarters 3 11-16cij ox hindquarters 4§d.) THE AGENT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Pub Press Associatio.v.] AVELLINGTON, Sept. 29. Tho Agent-General's weekly cable message, dated London, Sept. 26, is as follows:—"There is no alteration in mutton or lamb since last week. Beef is Ann; New Zealand hindquarters sd, forequarters 4£d. Butter is firm ; Danish 118 s per cwt, Canadian 102 s per cwt, Siberian 95s per cwt. There is a good demand for cheese; Canadian 50s per cwt. There is a better demand for hemp ; v 'good fair Wellington,' on spot £33 10s per ton, October and December shipments £32 per ton. Cocksfoot is firm, but buyers are not keen; New Zealand I7ib standard 54s per cwt. There is keen competition for all good wools." FROZEN MEAT. THE WEEKLY CABLE QUOTATIONS. The new classification of qualities and weights of frozen meat, which has been compiled by the London Frozen 'Meat Trade Association, and- which is followed dn drawing up the list of market prices which is cabled to the colonies each Saturday, is as follows :

Smith-field- market quotations, \supplied_ by the London- Frozen- Meat Trade Association, for the -undermentioned classes of -frozen meats, based on actual sales of mot 3-ess.t'hart 100 carcases of mutton or'lamib, or 25 quarters of 'beof of fair average quality. Theso quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipment now on- the market. New Zealand Sheep—Canterbury _ cross-bred wether3 and-maiden ewes, "light," 48-561 b; '• medium," 56-C4lb; " heavy," 6i-721b. Dunedin -and Southland cros3-bred wethers and maiden ewes, SG-6-llb. North Island cross-bred wethers and maiden ewea, 65-651 b. Australian Sheep—Cross-bred amd - or merino wethers, "heavy," over 501 b; light, under 501 b. " Biver Plate Sheep— Cro3s-bred and - or merino wethers, "heavy," over 50lb; "light,' under 501 b. New Zealand Lamb—Canterbury, 'light., 28-3S!b; "heavy," 36-421 b. Dunedin and Southland, 28-421t0. North Island, 23-401*. Australian Lambs—3o-4(Hb. River Plate Lamb3—2B-421b. New Zealand Frozen Beef—lßo-2201b per quarter, ox fores, -ox hinds. Australian Frozen Beef—l6o-220ib per quarter, ox fores, ox hinds. Biver Plate Fiozen Beef—l6olb-2201b per quarter, ox fores, -ox hir.ds. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following , cable message from their London Office, under date Sept. 26: The wool market is very firm, and prices are higher, especially for good merino wools (fairly free from faults), but faulty merino pieces, bellies and locks, scoured, are relatively neglected. Prices of fine cross-bred wools have gained further ground, while greasy cross-bred, medium qualities, are higher by 5 to 7J,- per cent. h J * LONDON, Sept. 27. The butter market is strongi with an upward tendency.