FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 2656, Issue 2656, 20 July 1889, Page 2

FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

The Zealand Loan ami Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, London, under ddo olst May. report as follows Frozen moat : A aVady demand has on the whole prevailed for fr.izp.ii mutton during the past fortnight, and with the _oxc('l>ti»n of a temporary depression mainly owing to weather influences towards the close (it J.ist wwsk, values have been well maintained. Tin: dumam! tor lambs both in Smithlield ami in the |.rr vincos has continiu'd to expand, and wo have consequently bin-.11 enabled to make more rapid pi than of late with oms'.(;nments. Values have recently exhibited a hardening t' ndency. We regret wo cannot report_any improvement in the position of New /oaland beef, the demand for wliicb bar, been dull throughout, consequent upon the continued lie ivy supplies of Aineriein. Values of tlio lal ter have ruled low, Is -Id per £ lbs having recently been acce|ited for prime meat in order to effect a clearance. Under these circumstances we Ii im; been able te make but little with e-»n-ijjnments, lint no op|i't''lll''y h is been h" slip of oil smi id printities piactio.iM... With a View of the country j r; ]rlv• ■ I we rec rally forwai-'led a small pne-l a-' a simple f 'V -ale in the. provinces, |!|.. iwi!i win not s'ii:li as rendered it ,|, ,i,havip- regard to the lluctnatinß (•:, ,r I : : t'T of the. demand, to ri-dc making a i ; i:;;j,■ it■ I. Values have ruled somewhat

e.-i-ier MIIK.J the sale in question was cliv.cled. Tonjxuriro (s). Discharge completed, for the most part in satisfactory condition. A few carcases, however, have b: on condemned by the .Medical Olliccr of Health, while others were found to be slightly spotted. There was a considerable quantity of snow in the chambers, and as this ra'iirlly thawed during thi discharge it is probable th it some of the carcases maylie found to be discoloured when marketed. Claim in respect to tho carcases condemned will be preferred against underwriters in regular C'Uisi;,