LIVE STOCK AND MEAT.
COMPARATIVE PRICES. In. order to afford a means for a ready comparison between tho prices ruling at Addington for live, stock, ana in London for frozen' meat, tables are- published ■ below showing this week's quotations, last week's, and those in .tho corresponding week ofthe previous four years. Tho Addington prices aro in each case tho top prices obtained for tho different lines, though, in fat. wethers and ewes tho figures are for "prime," and'not for "extra." Tho lamb quotations are for freezing weights and not for tegs :— May 4. Apr. 27. 1909. 1908. 1907. 1906. s. d. 5. d. s. d. s. d.. s. d. s. d. Fat wnthers 19 0 18 6 16 6 22 0 23 6 22 7 Fat ewes ;.... 16 3' 15 0 13 1 18 0.213 18 8 Fat lambs .. 15 0 14 6 13 10 15 0 17 9 17 10 Store wethers 12 6 13 0 12 7 17 5 16 8 17 0 Storeewes.. .15.8 16 3.16 0 16 8 17 2 16 4 Store lambs 10 3 11 0 9 6 12 9 13 5 11 8 Beef, p'r ICOlb 22 0 22 0 20 0 25 6 25 0 22 0 Bacon, per lb. 4 4 41 5J 4J- 3j In tho High Commissioner's cablegram for tho first week in May, 1909, detailed prices for mutton and lamb were omitted. The cablegram stated that the market was very depressed, and stocks were accumulating. The figures for; 1909 this week aro from tho Press Association cablegram:— Apl. Apl. 30. 23. '09. '08. '07. '06 d. d. d. d. d. d. Canterbury matton .. 33 4 311-16 4J' 33 43 N. Island mutton... 33 33 2J 33 33 •4i Canterbury lamb ... 5J SJ 413-16 53 55 43 Other'brands lamb 43 43 48 5J 51 4J WEST OF ENGLAND TRADE. THE SEASON'S, EXPORTS. For the season 1909-10, 37,345 crates xof cheese and 2115 boxes of butter were exported to the west coast ports of .the United Kingdom, the ports called at being Avonmouth (Bristol), Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. The following were the shipping ports:— .. Butter.. Cheese. ', Auckland — 5565. New Plymouth'....:. 787 5925 Patea -J""". 10,205 . Wellington ■ '.. 1100. 7445 . Lyttolton 119 1275 Dunedin 109 3645 . Bluff — 3285 ■■.'■-'- 2115 37,345 ' The Eifeshiro is .expected to., take about 2100 cases of cheese'in addition. The steamers loading were tho Drayton 'Grange, : Susses, 'Nairnshire, Devon, Morayshire, .and' Cornwall: :. . '. •. I
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 811, 7 May 1910, Page 8
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404LIVE STOCK AND MEAT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 811, 7 May 1910, Page 8
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