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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12452, 5 January 1904, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. t L'nited Pross Association.— By Electric 'J'elegraph. — Copyright. London, January 3. Jfemp.— Quiet. Fair Wellington De-oeiivlmh--January shipment, £31 15s. Tin Plates, 12s. C'cment. — Gorman, 4s Sd per cask. Mutton.— Canterbury light 4Jd, medium 4-icl, heavy 1411 ; Dunedin and Southland M, North Island 3&d. Lamb. — Unchanged . Boef.— Fores unchanged ; hinds 3|d. River Plate sheep. — Heavy and light ."}gfl. Beef : fores, 2gd, hinds 3d. The Frozen Meat Trade Association's Srnithfield market quotations lor the uudermentiomed classes of frozen meat aro based on actual salea of not . less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or beef of fair average quality. These quotations aro Hot" for' Selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on the market. New 'Zealand sheep, crossbred wethers and maiden ewes— Canterbury light, 48tbs to 561bs ; Canterbury medium, 551bs to d4!bs ; Canterbury heavy, 64tbs to 721bs ; Duned« and Southland 561bs to 641bs ; North Island, 55lbn to 651bs. New Zealand lambs— Canterbury light, 28tbs to 56tbs ; Canterbury heavy, 361bs to 121bs ; Dunedin and Souifcland, 28tbs (o 42lbs ; North Island, 28lbsto 421bs. N T ew Zealand beef— Ox fores, 180tbs to 2201bs ; hinds, 180tt»g to 220»g,