CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7720, 1 June 1903, Page 3

CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. COMMERCIAL.

United Press Association— By Electric Telegraphs— Copyright. (Received June 1, 9.24 a.m.) LONDON, May 31. Copper— On spot £59 7s 6i per ton; j three months' £58 7s 6d. Tin— On spot £125 2s 6d per ton ; three months' £124. Frozen 'Meat.— Mutton, Canterbury light, Z%6i, medium 3 11-16 d, heavy 3 9-16 d; Dunedin and Southland 34d each; North Island 3gd. - Lamb, Canterbury light 4 13-I6d, heavy 4£d; Dunedin and Southland 4 9-l6d each ; North Island 1 unchanged. Besf, 1801 b to 2201 b, fair average quality, ox forequ alters 3id, hindquarters 4|d. ltivt-r Plate mutton 3 5-16 d, be«f, forequavters, 3 3-16 d. Last week's quotations were : —Frozen nieat: Mutton— Canterbury light 3Jd, medium Z%d, heavy 3§d; Dynedin. and Southland 3|d ; 'North Island' 3Jfd. Lamb — Cantor/bury, light 4|d; other sorts unchanged. Beef—^Forequarters 3|d, hindquarters 4§d. River Plate fliutton— Heavy and. light 3 9-16 d; beef, forequuxteis 3 5-16 d, hindquarters 4 7-16 d.

Hides unchanged; loatlier quiet, 14jjd; basils 13id ? hides dull, Queensland heavy ox 54a, light 5 5-16 d, cow 5 3-16 ci; Tbe Frozen Meat Trade Association's SmitbfHd Market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats are baged on acfcual saleH of not less than 100 carcases of mut-. tori or la-pib-, or 25 carcases of beef, of fair average quality. Those quotations are cot for. Belected lineß, but for parcels fairly representative. of the bulk of tbe shipments now on the market:— New Zealand aheep— Crossi-bred wethers and maiden ewes, Canterbury light 481 b to 561 b, Canterbury medium 561 b to 641 b, Canterbury heavy 641 bto 721 b ; punedin and Southland, 561 b to 641 b 5 North island, 551 bto 651 b, tfew Zealand lambs— Canterbury light 281 bto 361 b, Canterbury heqvy 36[b to 421 b; Dunedin and Southland, 281 b 421 b; North Island, 281 bto 421 b.