Frozen Meat.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6361, 16 September 1895, Page 4

Frozen Meat.

The N.M. and A. Company report per S»n Francises Mail, under date, Ansust 9: M.--rt Market. —Daring the past four weeks r>»in has Fallen plentifully in nil districts, and she late ro»>t crop-*are crowirt'i rapidly, as well** feed in the {natures. mm! second crop* of clover unci seeds. There is now no need for farmers to force tl-.esale of thci"»:.«cfc, and the improvemen' if* the position has been r» fleeted in the- markets for Uith sheep and cattle all ovor the country. I»» S'liithfiVtd, supplier of home killed meat, especially mutton. haver lately Wen rather heavier, and v«lups are some* hat lowrr than at the date of our last report. The cl-se of the London season, and the u.*ual stammer exodus to seaside and other holiday reports also adwrrsely a&Vcta the consumptive demand at this time of the year. Proaßrt Mutton.—Arrivals from New Zealand have t>een lujht. comprising only »*>«ot 17.500 carcases. The heavy stocks it» store, however, and ageneral disposition Arnon.«at holders to "set on" caused prices to decline soon after tho date of our last report, hot latterly a firmer tendency ha* been manifest, and values show some improvement. A feature to the trade has b«en the relatively low prices obtained for Canterbury mutton which may be accounted for by the falling oS* in quality o many of the recent shipments from this district. Many buyer*, who would formerly bn« nothing bat best Canterbury wo now quite satisfied to take the pick of Dunedin and Southland parcel*. About 32.000 carcases have arrived from Australia, ami prices an? rather firmer in sympathy with secondary N«-w Zealand. Fr> rwn Lamb. The season is over, and tu sptte of the small arrivals, amounting ~r.[y to abo«t 22 500 carcases, late values h»v,r not been maintained. Stocks ando<*r.ti«»» in smaller compas*. but the supply i» futlj eqn«l to the demand. Frt-rm Beef. Fresh arrivals since our l»-e rvport comprise about 22.700qr5. F which were scllina as low as l* per (.tone at the date of our last issue. have advanced considerably, hut bindq<>arters do not show much improvement. American chilled beef bas been in moderate auppty, and higher prices have b-*n rutins. To-day's quotations are as follow : Per s" one of 81b.

Iry the local wine manufactured purelv fro-n th. jare of X*v Z«Mbuid fruits All w»i#e tna»t« by me are true to name, and without toJulUratioo. I bry coosbt of port, grapw, rhoburb, currant, parsnip, etc Be sure io«»k tor George Garurda wines, and Metttafcyott get tbrm. Once used always t»a«d, and one trial is ante to convince. ftmaabmatm wheae palates are not vitiated »y Mr oog akhotic drlaka that they are true to aam*. They ar» cheap and wboleaoiiie, and watt tshadiociaffalida... jdold throogh r . ja* a»d flawama'h.

s. d. B. d. Prime Scotch .Nfnttoti, wethers 4 6to4 10 I "rime Kpgtiab mutton, wethers 4 4 4 8 t'cirae New Zeataad mutton, WrCh«f» .. o 4 o 5 SecoatUu-y New Zealand mutton *t 2 O 3 FhteS New Zealand motton ... a 0 .-> 1 Inferior New Zealand mat too 1 8 I in Pnma Att»tralwi» Mcuton 2 0 2 1 Kifcr Plate mnttfti 2 0 n I Pitine New Zealand lamb ... ** 10 3 0 S-eondarj New Zealand lamb a 6 o 8 Prime Scotch beef, sides* 4 o 4 4 I time Keg isb beef, sides ... 3 8 4 0 Amerioa heef, hitw|t»»rier* ... 4 0 4 6 AiosrknR treef. foreqttarters... - 6 o 8 N*w Zsafaad beef, hindquarters... New Zealand beef, foreqoarters - — - - Qoeen»r*n«t beef, hiudquartets (n mina ) 2 0 2 «• Queensland beef, forrqo»rtcr» 1 8 1 9