FROZEN MEAT PRICES.
The New Zealand and Australian Land Company furnish the following particulars as to the sale of their cargo of frozen meat, per Dunedin :—“ The vessel arrived in London docks on the 21st May, and on the 2nd June about half the cargo had been sold, averaging nearly 6£d per lb. The sheep came out of their bags as bright as new-killed mutton, and were declared by Smithfield salesmen to be simply perfection, and worth 9d per lb if not frozen. Lambs were greatly appreciated, fetching 7d to 7|d per lb. The very heavy sheep shipped by Shand attracted much attention, bat only realised fid per lb. One sheep turned the scale at 1801bs, and Londoners could scarcely be brought to believe that such weights could be attained without artificial feeding. One hundred sheep were sent every night to Glasgow, and realised rather more than in London—about 6J per lb for mutton, and 9£d per lb for lambs ; at the same time, the Scotch butchers complained of the weights as being too heavy. Pigs were considered quite as good as English pigs, and averaged 6|d per lb.”
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Patea Mail, 21 July 1882, Page 3
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189FROZEN MEAT PRICES. Patea Mail, 21 July 1882, Page 3
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