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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIII, Issue 13715, 4 April 1905, Page 5

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United Press Association—By Elsctrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 2. Copper—On spot, £67 10s per ton; three months’, £67 6s 3d per ton. The quantity of tin on spot is 3095 tons, afloat 2557 tons, in stock 15,607 tons, deliveries 2265 tons. Silver—2s per oz. The hemp market is dull, and prices .ire lower; January and March shipments are quoted at £29 5s per ton. Rabbits are irregular, large 16a to 17s per crate of twenty-four. Supplies are plentiful. Opossum skins show an improved demand, and well-furred have advanced 10 per cent, but low are slightly easier. Frozen meat —Mutton: Canterbury, light, none offering; medium 4|d, heavy unchanged, Dunedin and Southland unchanged, North Island best 4d. Lamb: Canterbury, light s|d, heavy s|d, Dunedin and Southland s|d, North Island ofd. Beef—Forequarters unchanged, hindquarters 3d. River Plate mutton is unchanged, beef forequarters unchanged, hindquarters 211-16 d. (Last week’s quotations wore;—Frozen meat—“ Canterbury mutton, light 4|d, medium 4§d, heavy 4d; Dunedin and Southland 4d; North Island 3Jd. Lamb—Canterbury, light 6Jd, heavy 6d; Dunedin and Southland s|d, North Island 63d. Now Zealand beef, 1801 b to 2201 b per quarter, fair average quality, ox forequarters 2jd, ox hindquarters 2gd. River Plate mutton, heavy 3|d, light 3|d; lamb 4fd; beef, lorequarters 25-16 d, hindquarters 29-16 d.) (The Frozen Meat Trade Association’s Smithlield market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats are based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb, or 25 carcases of beef of fair average quality. These quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market. New Zealand sheep—-Cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes* Canterbury, light, 481 b to 561 b; Canterbury, medium, 56!b to 641 b; Canterbury, heavy, 641 b to'72lb; Dunedin and Southland, 561 b to 641 b; North Island, 651 bto 651 b. Now Zealand lambs—Canterbury, light, 281 b to 331 b; Canterbury, heavy, 361 b to 421 b; Dunedin and Southland, 281 b to 421 b; North Island 2Slb to 421 b. New Zealand beef —Ox forequarters, 1801 b to 2201 b; ox hindquarters, 1801 b to 2201 b.) THE AGENT-GENERAL’S REPOST. [Pxn Pjikss Association.] WELLINGTON, April 3. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received tile following cable message from the Agent-General, dated London, April 2: —The mutton market is firm. The average price today for Canterbury mutton is 43d per lb light-weights, and 4fd per lb heavyweights; North Island mutton, 4fd per lb light-weights, 3|d per lb heavyweights. There is a good demand for all lambs, and supplies are increasing. The average price to-day for Now Zealand, Canterbury brand, is s|d per lb. For New Zealand brands other than Canterbury, Sijrd per lb. Beef—The market is dull, and there is no change in prices. Butter—The market is quiet but steady, prices having slightly declined for all grades, owing to the mild season. The high price is restricting business. The average price of choicest New Zealand butter to-day is 106 s per cwt, Danish 110 s per cwt. Cheese—The market is firm. White 58s per cwt, coloured 57s per cwt. Hemp—-The market is depressed. The price of New Zealand hemp, “ good fair Wellington ” grade, on spot today, per ton, is £29; April to June shipments are similarly quoted. The cocksfoot seed market is firm, and a ‘good business has been done. The average price for bright clean New Zealand cocksfoot seed weighing 171 b per bushel, on spot, is 52s per cwt.