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1 Junz, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 519 
Orive Orn.—£33 to £36 10s. per tun (252 gallons). Eating Oil, 50s. to 
‘65s. Linseed Oil, 3s. per gallon. 
Srsan Heme.—£18 to £30 per ton. 
Woor.-—The May series of London wool sales opened on the 8th ultimo. 
Best sorts experienced a fall of 10 per cent. as compared with prices at the 
March sales. Medium and inferior wools were 5 to 8 per cent. lower. Later 
advices state that the market is firmer. 
Frozen Mrar.—the latest quotations to the 12th May for the various 
descriptions of frozen meat are :—New Zealand mutton (crossbred wethers and 
maiden ewes): Canterbury, 4¢d.; Dunedin and Southland, 4¢d.; North Island, 
4d. Australian mutton (crossbred and merino wethers): Heavy (over 50 lb.), 
3id.; light (under 50 Ib.), 32d. River Plate mutton (crossbred and merino 
wethers): Heavy, 4d.; light, 4d. New Zealand lambs: Prime Canterbury 
(32 lb. to 42 1b.), 53d.; fair average, 5d. Australian lambs: No-~ quota- 
tion. Australian frozen beef: Fair average quality ox forequarters (160 
Ib. to 200 Ib.), 28d.; hindquarters, 34d. New Zealand frozen beef: Fair 
average quality ox forequarters (160 Ib. to 200 Ib.), 24d. ; hindquarters (180 Ib. 
to 220 lb.), 83d. The above prices are the official quotations furnished by the 
Frozen Meat Trade Association. The basis of quotations is sales of lines of not 
less than 100 carcasses of mutton or lamb, or 25 quarters of beef. All the 
quotations for mutton are for average quality. Quotations for New Zealand 
and Australian lambs do not include sales of small lambs, or heavies, or inferior 
quality. 1 
Bacon.—59s. to 60s. per ewt. for lean sizeable; fat stout, 55s. to 57s. 
per cwt. 
Hams.-Canadian, 40s. to 50s. per ewt. Irish (smoked) : Special brands, 
76s. to 84s.; fine, 74s. to 86s. 
HrpEs.— Queensland bullock, heavy (522 Ib.), 53d. to 6d. per lb. Messrs. 
Dalgety and Co. report that Queensland and New South Wales hides, ordinary 
quality, were virtually unsaleable on 14th May, except at lower prices. 
Sxins.—Sheep: Fine Tasmanian, 11d. per lb.; Melbourne, 11d. per Ib. ; 
Adelaide, 103d. per 1b. ; short and shorn, 45d. to 83d. per lb. 
Furrep Sxrxs.—Kangaroo, 1s. to 1s. 4d. per lb. Opossum, 5d. to 1s. 
12d.; Tasmanian, 8s. 6d. to 6s. 9d. per dozen. Wallaroo, 1s. 9d. per lb. 
Wallaby, 1s. 3d. to 1s. 8d. per lb. Bear, 2s. to 9s. 6d. per dozen. 
Tarnow.—On 10th May, mutton tallow, fine, brought 30s. 6d. per cwt.; 
medium, 29s. 6d.; beef, fine, 29s. 3d. to 30s. ; medium, 26s. per cwt. Prices on 
16th May were: Mutton, fine, 29s.; beef, good, 27s. 3d. 
“Horws.—Extra large, 60s. to 75s.; large, 47s. 6d. to 55s.; medium, 1ds. 
to 42s. 6d.; small, 12s. 6d. to 20s. per 100. 
Bonrs.—Shanks, round, £6 15s. to £7 12s. 6d.; flat, £4 to £4 2s. 6d; 
mixed, £4 to £4 17s. 6d. per ton; inferior, £3 12s. 6d. to £3 15s. 
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