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Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 22

The Bradford -wool market is quiet, and prices are firm. August 25. Copra: There is a small business passing. South Sea, in bags, August-Soptcmbcr ihipmcnt, £3l 7e 6d.

Cotton, August-Septembcr shipment, 6.26 d. Jute, August shipment, £3l 15?. The hemp market is quiet. Good fair, Octobor-Decembor shipment, £3O 15s. Rubber, 3s lO^d.

Hides arc in sijiall supply. Nominal quotations: Australian, Bid to 8 9-16 d. Leather is steady at £l3 to £l6. Basils: Australian first, £l3 to £ls 10s; New Zealand, £l6 10s to £22 10s. August 24. Rabbits; Quiet and unchanged.

Wheat: Quiet and steady. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United "Kingdom is 2,325,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,130,000 quarters. The Atlantic shipments are 754,000 quarters, and the Pacific 10.000 quarters. The totals are: Europe, 1,325,000 quarters; Australia, 40,000 quarters.

THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET. LONDON, August 24. The following are the latest quotations for all classes of meat. In the case of those not quoted the price is unchanged: Aug. 16. Aug. 23. d. d.

Canterbury mutton, light ■ — 4 3-16 — Canterbury mutton, medium ... — 4 3-16 — Canterbury mutton, henry .- 4 1-16 — Southland mutton •ss — — N.I. mutton, best brands, S6-Slib 4£ — N.I. mutton, ordinary, 58-6tlb .. 4i — N.Z. ewes .. ... — — — Australian mutton, light ... M* n — Australian mutton, heary ... tM — Australian ewe* ... — * River Plate mutton, light, 40-851b — — Hirer Plate mutton, heavy, 56-721b 5J — River Plato ewes — — Canterbury lamb, light ... — *•* — 6 \ Canterbury iamb, medium — .*s — 5 1-16 Canterbury iamb, heavy — ... — 4 11-16 North Island lamb, selected .M 6 .3-16 — North Island lamb, ordinary •M 5 1-16 — Southland lamb, selected •M — — Southland lamb, ordinary Australian lamb, beet brands — — ... — — Australian lamb, fair quality —• — — Australian lamb, inferior — — River Plato lamb, first quality — — River Plato lamb, second quality — — New Zealand beel, fores ... — — New Zealand boef, hinds — — Australian beef, fores ... — — Australian beef, binds ... — — it- Plate beef, chilled fores n — R. Plate beef, ehiiled hinda _ 5 — R. Plate beef, froten fore* ._ n —• R. Plate beef, froiec binds _ *Xonc offering. 3 15-lG