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a close, large supplies continue to come forward, and a peculiar interest, 

 which does not, perhaps, quite appear on the surface, attaches to the 

 trade. Prices per lb. have slightly declined when compared with those 

 of July, the averages being 8fd. and Sd. per lb. for first and second 

 quality against g\d. and S^d., but it must be remembered that another 

 month's growth has added considerably to the average weight of the 

 animals. The fact is that there has been a better demand for the 

 bigger lambs, although the price per lb. has been somewhat lower. 

 They are now being largely taken by butchers to sell as small mutton 

 in order to satisfy the demand of their customers for small joints. 



Fat Pigs. — The advance in the value of fat pigs, which took place 

 at the end of July, was well maintained through August, and the 

 average price of bacon pigs in about thirty British markets was Ss. i\d. 

 per 14 lb. stone for first, and ys. y\d. for second quality. 



Carcass Beef — British. — Supplies of British beef to the London 

 Central Market were on a very moderate scale, and prices were remark- 

 ably steady. The quality of the English on offer left much to be 

 •desired, and quotations were low in relation to other classes of beef. 

 With slight variations from week to week, the general averages for 

 the month were slightly lower than for July. - Scotch long sides 

 averaged j^d. and yd., and English 6fd. and 6\d. per lb. for first and 

 second quality. 



Port-killed Beef. — Town-killed beef appears to be a steadily diminish- 

 ing quantity. Much of that received in August was of poor quality, 

 and, consequently, the London average was slightly lower on the 

 month. First quality realised 6|d., and second 6\d. per lb. 



Chilled Beef. — Argentine chilled was well supplied, but American 

 was again very short. Best Argentine hindquarters averaged 5§d., and 

 best forequarters 3fd., while that that from the United States made 

 6|d. and 4fd. per lb. respectively. 



Frozen Beef. — Frozen beef continued plentiful, and averaged 3|d. 

 per lb. for best hindquarters, and 2fd. for fores. 



Carcass Mutton — Fresh Killed. — Scotch mutton was again in 

 moderate supply, and sold slowly in London at about y%d. per lb., 

 while West Country English made from 6d. to 6\d. Dutch averaged 

 about 6\d. per lb. for best quality. 



Frozen Mutton. — Supplies appeared to be unlimited, and prices 

 ranged from 3§d. for prime New Zealand down to less than 3d. for 

 large quantities of Australian. 



Carcass Lamb. — The demand for British lamb was very limited, 

 and the best Scotch scarcely exceeded jhd. per lb. Prime New Zealand 

 remained steady at $\d., and a good deal of Dutch fetched as much as 

 the British. 



Veal. — Veal became scarcer after the first week, and some prime 

 Dutch made fancy prices. The averages at Smithfield for first qualitv 

 were Sd. per lb. for Dutch and 7fd. for English. Large quantities of 

 Dutch were sold at 6d. per lb. 



Pork. — The trade was extremely limited in character, but prices 

 were slightly higher than in July. The price of English was 6\d. to 

 fid., and of Dutch 6±d. to jd. per lb. 



