COMMERCIAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 377, 26 April 1915, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS,

By Cable. —Press Association,—G.opyright. LONDON, April 24. The Frozen Moat Trade Association's woekly quotations for tho undermentioned classes of frozen meat, are based on actual sales of not fewer than 100 carcases of mutton, or lamb, or 25 carcases of beef, of fair average quality. These quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market:—

WHEAT AND FLOUR. The quautity of wheat and flour alloat for the United Kingdom is 2,050,000 quarters, for the Continent 4,4b"),000. Atlantic shipments 796,000, Pacific 14,000, total from Europe J,550,000, India 10,000, and Argentine 515,000.

April 16. April 23 Mutton — d. d. Canterbury, light Canterbury, medium — Southland H r>i 6 North Island, best brands 6 North Island, ordinary .. 5S st Now Zealand, ewes 5 9-16 5 9-16 Australian, heavy 51 5 7-16 Australian, medium ., 5 5-16 5 5-16 Australian, light . . ,, f> 7-1G 51 Australian, ewes 54 si River Plato, light 5 S H River Plate, heavy .. Gg 5g River Plate, ewes Lamb— Canterbury, light 84 81 Canterbury light, second quality — 7i Canterbury, medium U 73 Canterbury, heavy # 73 North Island, selected .. 8 7f North Island, ordinary .. 7$ 7g Southland, selected 7| 7| Australian, best 7g 7| North Island, selected C. H 75 Australian, inferior 7 River Plate, first quality 7i 71 River Plate second quality 7i 7J Beof— New Zealand, fores <>Jr 04 New Zealand, hinds 6ft 6g Australian, fores 64 -6 J Australian, hinds . . 64 cs River Plate, chilled fores OS 6 j River Plate, chilled hinds 7i 74 River Plate, frozen fores — River. Plate, frozen hinds — Uruguay, frozen fores . . — — Uruguay, frozen hinds . . — — Uruguay, chilled fores . . — — Uruguay, chilled hinds . , — —