HOME MARKETS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 863, 6 January 1930, Page 10

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REPORTS FROM LONDON r +< LONDON, Saturday. T , n« weekly quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats are based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or iamb, or of quarters of beef delivered to Smithfleld market and/or ex London stores. They are compiled by the Quotations Committee, Smithfleld. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values one farthing a lb should be deducted from the prices quoted below. Quotations given represent the average for the week and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on offer. New Zealand Sheep—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wetherrs and maiden ewes, 48-561 b, 7d a lb; dlti:o, 57-641 b. 6id; ditto, 65-721 b, 6 3-Bd. North Island crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 48-561 b. 6|d; ditto, 67-641 b. 6 5-8 d; ditto, 65-721 b, 61d. New Zealand ewes, 48-641 b, sd; ditto. 65721 b, 4id. Australian Sheep.—First quality crossbreds and/or Merino wethers, 40-651 b, Bid; ditto, second quality, 80-551 b, 6d; Australian ewes, 30-551 b, 4j|d. Argentine Sheep.—First quality crossbred wethers, 48-641 b, 6ld; ditto, 6f»-721b, 6d; ditto, over 721 b, sid; Argentine ewes, none offering. Patagonian Sheep.—None offering. New Zealand Lambs. Canterbury. 361 b and under, 9d; ditto, 37-421 b, 8 5-8 d: second quality, Canterbury and other South Island brands, none offering; selected North Island brands, 361 b and. under, 10id; ditto, second quality, average, 311 b, 9£d; other North Island brands, first quality, 361 b and under, 10|d; ditto, second quality, 9£d. Australian Lambs. Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 8 3-8 d; ditto, 37 -421 b, 8 3-8 d; other States, first quality, 361 b and under, 8 l-8d; ditto, 37421 b, 8 1-Sd; Victorian, second quality, 361 b and under, 7 5-8 d; other States, second quality, 7id; all States, third qus.lity, 6Jd. Argentine Lambs.—First quality, 361 b end under, 73d: ditto, 37-421 b, 7£d; ditto, 43-501 b, 7Jd. Patagonian Lambs.—First quality, none offering; second quality, average 301 b, 6Jd. New Zealand Frozen Beef. —None offering. Australian Frozen Beef.—Ox crops, und§r 1001 b, 4 7-8 d; ditto, over 1001 b, J>d hinds, under 1601 b, 6Jd; over 1601 b, 6 3-Bd. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, t«0-2201b, 4 7-8 d; hinds, 160-2201 b, , {fid. New Zealand Chilled Beef.—First quality, 60-1001 b, 10Jd; ditto. 101-1201 h, 10d. COTTON, RUBBER AND HEMP {Last week’s prices are given in parentheses.) Cotton.— February delivery, 9.19 d (9.19 d January) a lb. Rubber.—Para, Bid (Bid) a lb; plantation and smoked, 7 5-8 d (7 5-8 d). Jute.—January-February shipments, i£2B 5s (market closed). Hemp.—None offering. Copra. January-February shipments, South Sea, £2l 10s (£2l 10s, December- January) ; plantation, Rabaul, £2l 15s (£22) a ton. Linseed Oil.— £45 (£43) a ton. Turpentine.—43s 6d (42s 3d) a ton.