FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1338, 16 January 1912, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

PROSPECTS FOR 1912. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, January 14. Messrs. Wcddel and Company's annual report on tlv; frozen meat, trade states that there is no prospect for any increase in supplies from Home herds or flocks, nor is there any likelihood of lnrgp incri'i'.'ses .■■•' Aii'.trnliii- and New Zealand Trices can hardly fail lo be maintained in 1915, Argentina Hoods the market with chilled meat. FJSOZKN MKAT QUOTATIONS. By Telegraph— l'rcss ALjociatioii—CopmKllt London, January 14 Tim Frozen Moat Trade Association's Bitiithiiclil market nuolationn for the undermentioned classes of frozen mout are based ou actual sales of not lees than one hundred carcasses of million or lamb, or tw«nty-livc quarters of bcuf of fair :ivcrflKo quality. The quotations :uc not sclcctod lines, but, for parcels f;:.irly representative of Ihe bulk of the shipments now on the market. The prices which follow are on an average a farthing per lb. more tlinn the value ex ship, this difference representing an average cuet in expense?, handling, conveyance, and. selling the meat:Jnn. 6. Jmi.l3. Jlultou- d. d.

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Kj'hbit? —The market, is quiet, but prices arc Jinn. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLKGBAM. Tim Commerce and Tourists Division of the Dcpnriruent of Agriculture, Commerce, and Touris'?. has received the following cablegram from the Jligh Commissioner for Now 7.?:iland, dated London January 33. 1912. 'Nc-te.-Quotntious, unless otherwise sporilicd, are average market prices on spoti:-Mutton.-The market. is not much changed—tendency slightly in favour of buyer?. ' Canterbury nominally 4\d. per lb.. North Inland <l£d. per Ih. Larab.—The market is very quiet, as a result of heavy arrivals. Australian, 4£d. per lb.; Argentine, 4Jd. per lb. Nine thousand carcasses of New Zealand have arrived, and urn selling at ssd. per lb. Beef.—Ths bec-f market is very firm, and is alfected by tho uncertainty regarding the Argentine strike. Supplies are dc» moa-nig. New Zealand hinds, 3£d.; fores, 3d. per lb. Butter.—The market is very firm: the demand for spot is good, also to arrive. The average price for the wcrjk for choicest New Zealand butter, per cwt., is 1355.; Australian, 1325.: Argentina, 1315.; "Danish, 1395. The arrivals of butter during December were 5000 tons less than December of last year. Imports of butter into tho United Kingdom during December, 1910, amounted to 10,319 tons. Cheese—The market is very firm. There is a general and active ctemand. -The market shows signs of strength. The average price for the week for choicest N.2W Zealand cheese, per cwt., is 735. 6d. Tho arrivals of cheese during December amounted to 35C0 tons less than December of last year. The imports of cheese into tb.s United Kingdom during December, 1910, amounted to 10,319 tons. Hemp.— I The market remains firm, and has besn favourably affected by the Mexi« can Government's sisal agreement. New Zealand good fair grade, on spot, per ton, £22; New. Zealand fair grade, £21. Forward shipment at the same nrice. Fair current Manila, spot, per ton, £22; forward shipment, fair current Manila, £23. The output, from Manila for the week was 27.CC0 bales. Wheat.—The market is quietl Nsw Zealand long-berried wheat, spot, ex granary, per quarter of 4961b., 355. 6d.; shortberried whnat, 355. • Oats.—There is a good demand for all descriptions; the supply falls short of the demand. New Zealand oats, short sparrowbills, ex granary, spot, per quarter of 3841b., 24?. Gd.; Danish, per quarter of 3201b.. 20s. Cocksfoot Seed.—The market is very firm. ' Wool—The market remains firm. Mutton'alnd' Lamb.—Kiver Plate shipments received during December, 1911:— Mutton, Lamb, carcasses, carcasses. London 59,481 - 42,288 Liverpool 186.883 82,819 JTull 6.0C0 338 ' Newcastle 18.397 2.700 Southampton 7,567 320 Cardiff 6,553 284,881 128,465