COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16805, 15 March 1915, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MA lIKETj*.

FROZEN MEAT.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, Mandi 13.

The Frozen Meat Trade Association's weekly quotations for tho undermentioned classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of not fewer than 100 carcases of mutton, or lamb, or twenty-five carcases of beef, of fair average quality. These quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative, of tho bulk of the shipments now on the'market: —

Babbits—Tho market is unchanged. Delivery is improving. A fair trade is being done in hares. WHEAT. The wheat market is steady and inactive. Chicago May options aro quoted at 153 cents to . 1555 cents; July 120 cents to 121$ cents. MISCELLANEOUS. Cotton —May-Juno shipment S.MJd. ■Jute—Marcli-April shipment £2O 15s. Hemp—March-May shipment £32 10s.

Rubber —Para 2s ssd; plantation 2s 4sd; smoked 2s sd. Copra—Marcli-April shipment £2O 15s.

The New Zealand Loon and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Christchurch, have received a cablegram from London giving the undernoted market information Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions—Fine mutton 42s per cwt, good beef 40s 9d per cwt. mixed 38s per cwt. The market is dull with a downward tendency.”

Mar. (5. Mar. 13 <i. d Mutton — Canterbury, light 11.0. n.o. Canterbury, medium n.o. n.o. South laud !>i r>; North Inland, best brands .5 15-lh \i North Island, ordinary . 5 13-10 New Zealand ewes . 5£ o 9-16 Australian, heavy 38 5? Australian, medium . 5 5-10 5 6-16 Australian, light 5 7-16 .7 7-16 Australian ewes 5 3-16 5 6-36 River Plato, light f>£ ’•*§ River Plato, heavy . ii h River Plate, ewes n.o. n.o. Lamb — Canterbury, light . n.o. n.o. Canterbury, light, second quality n.o. n.o. Canterbury, medium n.o. n.o. Canterbury, heavy . n.o. n.o. North Island, - selected 31.0. *+ North Island, ordinary . n.o. 7 h .Southland, selected n.o. n.o. Australian, best 74 7 3-16 Australian, fair quality . r>; <£ Australian, inferior . c i (i i River Plate, first quality t>4 River Plate, second quality .... 6 i cj. Beef— New Zealand fores . . H * 61 New Zealand hinds 6 9-16 (\h Australian fore3 6 3 16 (»a-i6 Australian hinds G 7-16 6g River Plate chilled foree 6 58 River Plate chilled hinds nj 0} River Plato frozen fores n.o. n.o. River Plate frozen hinds n.o. n.o. Uruguay frozen fores n.o. n.o. Uruguay frozen hinds n.o. n.o. Uruguay chilled fores . ~>ls n.o. Uruguay chilled hinds . 64 n.o.