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+_ — - United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph— Copyright. (Received October 15, 8.34 a.m.) THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET. LONDON, October 14. Frozen Meat*— Glutton, Canterbury, light 3|d, medium 3^,. heavy 3|d; Southland and North Island 3^d. Lamb.— Canterbury, lte ht 4§d > me " diuni 4 5-16 d, heavy 4fd; Southland and North Island 4Jd. Beef.— New Zealand, 1801 bto 2201 b, fair average quality, ox forequarters 2*d. River Plate mutton, heavy 3Jd, light 3 5-16 d. (Last week's quotations were: — Canterbury mutton, light 3£d, medium 3§d, heavy 3*d; Southland 3fd, North Island 3 9-16 d. Lamb. — Canterbury, light 4|d, medium 4gd, heavy 4*d; Southland and North Island 4 9-16 d. New Zealand beef, 1801 bto 2201 b, fair average quality, ox forequarters 2|d, ox hindquarters 32d. River Plat© mutton, heavy 3 l-16d, light 3 5-16 d; lamb, 3gd; beef, forequarters 2£d, hindquarters 3 9-16 d.) MISCELLANEOUS. Hemp. — The hemp market is firm ; October— December, £35 10s per ton. Mining Shares.— Waihi, £8 16s 3d. Copper.— On spot £97 17s 6d per i ton. Tin.— On spot £194 5s per ton; three months' £193 10s per ton. Silver. — 2s BJd per oz. Copra. — There is a good demand, but offerings are email, at £21 12s 6d to £21 l'ss per ton for South Sea shipments. A cargo afloat sol dat £20 12s 6d per ton. Wheat.— The "Times" states that the conditions of the British cereal crops on October 1 were 98 3-5 per cent. Wheat yielded 34 bushels per acre. Rabbitskins. — At auction 2816 were offered and 2709 sold, best at Id advance and ordinaries at Id to 2d. Rabbits. — The rabbit market is depressed, owing to the mild weather curtailing the demand. A sale of a damaged shipment ex Hawke's Bay at about 10s disturbed the market. Prices are nominally unchanged. The trade estimates that between 200,000 and 300,000 crates are in cold storage.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8752, 15 October 1906, Page 3
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