191 1.] Live and Dead Meat Trade in August. 529 



averaged a fraction more in August for first quality than in July; 

 second quality advanced ^d., and ewes were unchanged. Longwools 

 averaged Id. more for all qualities. The general averages were : — 

 Downs, yld. (with a fraction over) for first, 6\d. for second, and 5|d. 

 for third quality; and Longwools, 6fd., 6d., and 4fd. per lb. As an 

 example of the difference in markets it may be noted that in the third 

 week Downs fetched Sd. per lb. at Norwich, Salford, and Wakefield, 

 which was just id. per lb. more than they were worth at Hereford 

 and York. 



Fat Lambs. — The average price of fat lambs in about forty British 

 markets was decidedly lower than in July. Best quality averaged 

 nearly 8fd., and second y%d. per lb. — a decline of \d. per lb. on the 

 month. 



Fat Pigs. — The trade for bacon pigs was fairly steady, with a very 

 slight improvement towards the end of the month. The average price 

 in British markets was 6s. 3f<2. for prime small, and 55. gd. for 

 larger pigs. 



Carcass Beef — British. — The value of Scotch beef in the London 

 Central Market was, during August, a very uncertain quantity, owing 

 first to the carmen's and afterwards to the railway strikes. In the 

 second week it went up over id. per lb. for a few days but soon 

 returned to the normal level. The average price of short sides was 

 y\d. per lb., and of long sides 6\d. English sides averaged 6d. and 

 5fd. for first and second quality. 



Port-killed Beef. — Deptford-killed American beef was steady in value 

 at 5f<2. for the best quality all the month, except in the strike week, 

 when it rose to yd. per lb. 



Chilled Beef. — As in the second week no chilled beef could be got 

 into the London market, the average price for the month was not 

 affected by the strike. There was a small quantity of chilled States 

 beef on offer, and its average price may be placed at 6d. per lb. for 

 hinds and at 3§d. for fores. Argentine chilled was very plentiful, and 

 hind quarters averaged about 3§<2. per lb. and fores 2d. It is not 

 publicly known what quantity was destroyed during the strike. 



Frozen Beef .—For once the frozen beef was found useful, as for 

 a short time it was almost the only beef available. It was promptly 

 doubled in price during the strike of the carmen. Its average price for 

 the month at Smithfield works out at about 3§d. per lb. for hind 

 quarters, and 2%d. for fore quarters. 



Carcass Mutton — Fresh Killed. — Mutton was very little affected by 

 the strike, and prices were about normal. The average price of prime 

 small Scotch in London was yd. per lb. ; of best English on offer, 6\d. ; 

 and of Dutch, about 6d. per lb. 



Carcass Lamb. — The best British lamb stood at y^d. per lb. all the 

 month, except in the second week, when it made S^d. Fine Dutch lamb 

 made yd. per lb., and New Zealand ^d. 



Frozen Mutton. — There is less frozen mutton and lamb in the 

 London storage at the present moment than there has been for a very 

 long time past, stocks being cleared out during the strike, and this 

 has since given firmness to the trade. Frozen mutton advanced about 

 §d. per lb. during the strike. The best Canterbury averaged ^d., and 

 Hie best Australian -fed. per lb. 



