THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 411, 16 October 1889, Page 2

THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

It is extremely pleasant to notice that the frozen meat trade continues to "^ rise"" and bliows si<*ns of flourishing exceedingly. • According to latest returns the business for the la^t two months must have been exceedingly profitable to shippers. Owing to. the short supplies in England, the prices* ranged between 3s sd, and 4s per stone of 81b, which, taking all things into consideration, Cfltttiofc be grumbled at --as a bad price.. The gi;ente«t benefit will of course go to the Now Zealand farmers, for duringthe past year the «hipments from Australia have fallen off f pom 37,588 lust year to 14 f 6l&fclu<». The shipments from Melbournehave, in fact, ceased entirely, and only about one consignment per month arrive* from Sydney. Tho reason for the falling off is "(sited »o be that the nnmber "boiled down" is gnMter than heretofore. In Now Zealand mutton and' l»u»b the increase of carcases distributed is something wander* fill, and makes one believe tlmt th>e silEy prejudice against it ia gradually wearing 1 off. The increase for the first h»lf-ye«r was, so a great trader says, 32,298 j 550,400 being the exact number of carcase* imported. The price for frozen in«*ttoa (lamb neoms orer) at the tiuje o$ writing is 3s 5d per stone, or about 5d * pound* This should leave s very good profit to all concerned ; but there is,, unfortim-ately, a fear that these prices cannot be- lHainrtained during the eupuiiv? montlu Goingon the record of the past, it has always, been found that dnrißjr October and; Noveniber.the shipments increase tr. a very large extent, and prices have heretoforefallen considerably during the autumn. As lo.v a8 2s 8d has been reached duringthe two months stated. Still, if the reports received from some of tho big stations* saving that there is a decided sjiortage of, suitable shi»en» be tru*, the suppliis wi.l lot be uny way near so lii'.ivv, and i nuua' I pjo-paot of remmuT.itive winter prii*> ■< ! m y be heltl out to th'«se intcivstod. httll, ! if tiiPiO aro Power she*«p to send, it is but i ! ftunix *(!.' a pi<^c« of tho tail to phee on I ilk- si. nn'tl — -t t'.oubtfnl bene'it. — L iidou ! o>Tf s ')AM '„ • Dnnedin S^■u•.