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134 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Fss., 1900. | 
Tonacco.—London prices for pipe tobacco, on 1st December, 1899— 
Kentucky Leaf: Common to fair, 24d. to 53d.; coloury, good to fine, 74d. 0 
93d. Virginia Leaf: Common to fair, 23d. to 6d.; coloury, good to fine, 43d. tO 
1s. ld. Kentucky Strips: Common to fair, 33d. to 74d; good to fine, sd. 10 | 
11d. Virginia Strips: Common to fair, 4d. to 8d.; good, fine, and coloury, 8t 
to Is. 3d. London prices for cigar tobaccos—Sumatra, 7d. to 5s.; Manilla } 
. 4d. to 4s.; Havana, 8d. to 5s. 
Wine.—Fair red wine (Australian claret type) in bond, 2s. to 2s. 6d. pa 
gallon; fine old quality, 4s. 6d. per gallon; Bassett’s chablis, 12s. to 15s. pe 
dozen quarts (probably duty paid) ; Kircher’s port, £10 per pipe of 108 gallons 
equal to about 2s. per gallon; ordinary London port, £10 per pipe of 1 
gallons; Marsala, £12 per pipe of 96 gallons. 
Green Frurr.—Apples, 10s. to 18s. per case; pineapples, 2s. 6d. to 6 : 
each ; oranges, 8s. to 16s. per box; grapes (selected), 20s. to 24s. 
Eae@s.—lIrish, 15s. per 120; Danish, 18s. 6d. to 16s. per 120. 
Honry.—28s. per cwt. 
Ontve O1n.—£32 10s. to £35 per tun (252 gallons). 
Woor.—At the sixth series for 1899 of London sales of colonial woll 
there was a very large attendance of both home and foreign buyers, and kee) 
competition. Prices, as compared with the closing rates of last series, showe | 
for Australian merino wool an average rise of 15, for crossbred of 15 to 20 pe | 
cent. Cape grease ruled 10 to 15 per cent., scoured 5 to 10 per cent. hight 
Deducting what has been forwarded direct, but adding the wools held over 
from last series, the total available amounts to 107,0C0 bales. The Australi’ 
wools include about 50,000 bales of the new clip. First series for 1900 open 
with a slight decline on 16th January. Buyers operated hesitatingly, and pric® 
realised were from par to a decline of 5 per cent. compared with the closin 
rates of the last series. 
Frozen Mear.—The latest quotations to 13th January for the various 
descriptions of frozen meat are :—New Zealand mutton (crossbred wethers # 
maiden ewes): Canterbury, 37;d.; Dunedin and Southland, 214d.; N orth | 
Tsland, 224d. Australian mutton (crossbred and merino-wethers) : Heavy (om 
50 Ib.), 23d.; light (under 50 Ib.), 23d.; River Plate mutton (crossbred af 
merino wethers): Heavy, 214d.; light, 212d. New Zealand lambs: Prim? 
Canterbury (32 1b. to 42 1b.), 43d.; fair average, 4d. Australian lambs: Prim 
4d; fair average, 33d. Australian frozen meat: Prime ox, forequarters, 34% ‘ 
prime ox, hindquarters, 3¢d.; secondary, forequarters, 3d.; secondary, bi! ; 
quarters, 33d. The above prices are the official quotations furnished by ie 
Frozen Meat Trade Association, The basis of quotations is sales of lines of A, 
less than LOO carcasses of mutton or Jamb or 25 quarters of beef. All th 
quotations for mutton are for average quality. Quotations for New Zale 
and Australian lambs do not include sales of small lambs or heavies or infer! 
quality. 
Bacoy.—44s. to 47s. to 50s. per ewt. 
Hams.—56s. to 60s. per cwt. 
Hipes.—Bullock, 43d. to 74d. per lb.; horse, 7s. 3d. to 9s. each. 
Skins —Sheep, from 7d. to 103d. per lb. ; lamb, from 1s. to 5s. each. 
Tattow.—The price realised on 2nd December for mutton tallow, fine, We | 
27s. to 28s. 6d. per ewt.; mutton, medium, 23s. ; beef, fine, 27s.; beef, medium | 
25s. to 25s. 6d. 
Horns.—Extra large, 52s. to 60s. ; large, 40s. to 47s. 6d. ; medium, 2054 
to 35s.; small, 12s. 6d. to 20s. per 100. F 
Bones.—Shanks, round, £5 to £5 10s.; flat, £3 10s. to £3 15s.; mB 
£3 5s. to £3 15s. per ton. 
