COMMERCIAL Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE. (Anglo New Zealander, November 7.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1943, 18 December 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE. (Anglo New Zealander, November 7.)

(Anglo Thk supplies of fnuon mo.it are by no means excessive, and are confined to New Zealand shipments. The Tontrariro and lonic cargoes have been soiling at from <>}d to (J^d per IT) for mutton*, and the choice beef ex Ttfngariro Ims fetched as high »•< 7^d per lb. It has transpired th.it the low price of htock in Poland and South-Western Russia has encouraged English capitalists to send an agent out to try and arrange for a regular dead meat trade with England. If arrangements can be made with the dealers, special railway waggons, furnished with refrigerators will be constructed to convey meat across the continent. It could bo dohvorcd in London on the thud or fourth day aftor being despatched, according to th'u locihty from which it w:>,s sent. The present moment is said to bo favourable for such a scheme, owing to the want of foddct. For instance, bullocks fetch from £L to £5 pi>r head, and cows, which woic retailed at £o a head last year, now sell for £2 100. But should this design be carried out, the meat inspectors in Eng land will have to be on the alert for cattle disease, which is endemic throughout Southern Russia. The East and West India Dock Company have opened a third store for fiw.en me it in then South Dock. Since July 12, 1882, when their first stoic, the Sea Witch, came into use, the company have stored 143,845 sheep and l.ril'J quarters of beef, and have delis ered to vans direct from import vessels lying m the docks 50,570 sheep and 24 quaiteis of beef. The present stock (Nov. 3) is 12,594 carcases from New Zealand, and 7,583 fi om the River Plate— total, 20,177 carcases ; but the Wetford is due with 11,000 carcases fiom the River Plate.