COMMERCIAL,

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 10, 12 January 1912, Page 6

COMMERCIAL,

FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Merssrs Gilbert Anderson and. C*i-., London, report as follows under date ; December I:—Considerable trade. Supplies of Home-grown heavy ; prices ; weaker. Chilled and frozen supplies . lio-ht: prices advancing. Home-grown , beef, prices unchanged, medium , quality ofd to 6id, best f^cl to /M: Sootcli mutton, lower, 6d to 6*d; Imtt- j lish 5^6: to 6d; tegs 6d to 63d. Dutch : mutton, 5d to 5-£ d. Scotch lamb :?d ; to 6£d. Chilled beef with an under- ■ standing to regulate prices and ship- ; ments, market closes firm at Id ;va- j vatiioe for fores, 2|d, *d advance on ; hinds, 4^d. Frozen beef has advanced j in sympathy; Plate' fores -Jd liighe>', 25d; hinds 3-16 d advance, 3 9-10 c!;; Australian fores id higher, 2|d, hmds 3§d; New Zealand, small supply, fores 2|d, hinds 3fd. Frozen mutton : Plates id higher, 3fd to 3|d: ; A-Jstralians, Jd higher, 3J-d to 3 7-16 d; New Zealand, very light stocks, prices unchanged; Csinterburv ■ 4§d, North. Island 4d to 4 3-16 - Lambs, all clusseo about the same as la it week. '

SMITHFIELD MARKET PRICES, ! December 1, 1911. ■ Mutton: Canterbury, "WV & M. IU., ) 48-56 4id, 56-64 4gd; N.Z. ewes 3£<i; j .SoutMands, W. & M. E., 48-56 , 4 3-16 d, 56-64 4 3-16 d; Best North Islands, W. & M. X, 48-56 4 3-lfkT. 56-64 4 3-16 d; Noi-th Islands, W. & ; M. E., 48-56 4d, 56-64 4d: Aus-! trains, W. & M. X, .40-50 3*-d, 50-70 ' 3 7-16 d ewes 34-d : South American. j W. & M. E., 40-50 33d, 5-70 3fcl. ' ewes 3 7-16 d.

Lamb: Canterbury, u-36 s£d. 36-42 5-Jd, 42-50 4id; Southlands, u-36 4|d. 36-42 4|d, 42-50 4jd: Best North Islands, u-36 43d,. 36-42 4|d, 42-50 4|d; North Islands, u-36 4§d, 36-42 -4jd, 42-50 4d; Australians, best 4fd-, f.a.ty.

111 !■■ mi nii mi i ■n'lniniiinrnniiniTiil I I 111 ■ni«Tnf-~^"""< ——■ I 4£d, inferior 4|d; South American I 2842, light 4£d, heavy 4|d. , Beef: New Zealand, fores 2fd. i hinds 3Jd; Australians, fores Sfdv | hinds 3gd; River Plate, fores 2|d, I hinds 3 9-16 d. OCTOBER SHIPMENTS. Frozen Chilled. Mutton. Lamb. Beef. Beef. 1911 327,827 248,739 153,027 203,322 1910 531,250 156,500 153,900 154,00(1 NOVEMBER SHIPMENTS TO DATE. New Zealand— 50,500 6,000 Australia.— 216,000 463,500 1,250 River Pl.->te— 252,477 98,430 93,474 171,55)3