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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 17 January 1931, Page 2

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SHIPMENTS OF MEAT The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board is advised by cable from its Condon office that the shipments from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during the month of December were as follows: — . _ Australia: Carcases mutton 11,930, carcases lamb 475,970, quarters beef 75,694. South America: Carcases mutton 42,205. carcases lamb 657,711. quarters beef (frozen) 22,382, (chilled) 441,060. Shipments from Patagonia, nil. Tlie shipments from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for the same period were as follows: —Carcases mutton 119,469. carcases lamb 352,637, quarters beef 7,684. The shipments from South America to the Continent of Europe during the same period were as follows: —Mutton,. 920 tons, frozen beef 8,132 tons.

DAIRY PRODUCE Messrs Samuel Page and Son report under date of 15th instant:— Butter.—Market quiet. Danish 128 s to 130 s (140 sto 1425); New Zealand finest salted 113 s to 116 s (116 s to 118 s); Australian finest unsalted 112 s to 116 s (114 s to 116 s), salted 108 s to 112 s (112 s to 115 s), g.a.q. 106 sto 108 s (106 sto 110 s). Cheese'.—Market quiet. New Zealand white 56s to 58s (59s to 60s), coloured 56s to 58s (57s to 595); spot price for Canadian white 72s to 78s (74s to 78s), coloured 72s to 78s (74s to 78s). (Last week’s quotations shown in parenthesis.) FROZEN MEAT Dalgely and Company report under date. London, 15th inst. : Lamb (new season’s) —New Zealand prime North Island lamb. 28/361bs 8/d, 36/42 8/d, 2nd quality 7/d. Market for New Zealand lamb weaker; demand limited. Mutton (last season’s) —New Zealand prime North Island mutton. 48/56, 4/d, 56/64 4/d, 64/72 4/d/, ewes 48/64 3/d/. Market for New Zealand mutton weak; demand poor. Australian Lamb (new season’s) — G.a.q. Australian lamb, 28/36 7/d, 36/42 7j[d, f.a.q. 28/36 6/d, 3rd Australian 5-/■ Market for Australian lamb weaker. Demand poor. Australian mutton (last season’s) — G.a.q. Australian mutton 40/60 3§d, f.a.q. 30/55 3/d, Australian ewes 3/d..' Market for Australian mutton weak; demand limited. Beef.—New Zealand prime ox beef hinds 4£d, fores 3|d; Argentine chilled hinds 6/d, fores 4d. Market for New Zealand beef weaker; demand limited. Pork—English porkers, • 80/100, 9d ; New Zealand porkers 80/100 6/d, 100/120 5/d. Market for New Zealand pork weaker; demand less. LONDON RABBITSKIN SALES

Market depressed. Hatters 25 per cent, lower; furriers 10 per cent, lower when sold.