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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7175, 14 November 1884, Page 4

It will be seen from a cable message thatthe frozen meat per Aor-mgi is realisii.g 6id per lb. When sorie time ago frozen meat reached a higher price than, had previously ruled, it was feared tint the rise would only be temporary, asdi that the rates would again sink to a leval that was barely payable, if indeed they were not below that point. But thehigher rate has been well maintained, and it would seem that prices are permanently to keep that standard—that the prejudices against the frozen mutton harebeen dissipated, and that efficient means of distribution and .sale have also been secured. Another point, which was forr a long time moot, has-also been set at rest. It was thought that an extensive and continuous export would affectthe supply, and that the resources of thecolony would not stand lbhe strain which, the exporters would put on them. But in the first year and a half of the trade more than half a million of fat carcases weresent out of the colony, and yet-there is no slackness in the colony, nor such an increase in price a3 places the trade in any danger. The intelligence conveyed in tietelegrams must be exceedingly gratifying: to all engaged in the trade.