430 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 May, 1900: 
MonassEs.—5s. to 6s. per ewt.; Queensland, none. 
Rice.—Patna, 12s. 6d. to 18s. ; Java, 15s. to 17s. per cwt. 
Correr.—Finest Coorg peaberry, 65s. to 89s. per ewt.; Ceylon planta- 
tion, 103s. to 108s. per ewt.; bold blue, 103s. to 108s.; Santos, 38s. 6d. to 418: 
Long berry Mocha, 106s. 
? Arrowroor.—63d. to 73d. per lb.; Bermuda, 1s. 9d. to 2s. per Ib. Dull 
of sale. 
Wueat.—28s. 6d. to 30s. per quarter; 38s. 7d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel. 
Quiet sales at full prices. Victorian, 31s. 
GincEr.— Calicut, rough, 26s. to 34s. per ewt.; Medium new crop, 70s. to: 
90s. Jamaica: Ordinary, 51s. to 58s. ; 
Topacco.—Prices for pipe tobacco on 1st February, 1900—Pipe tobacco:~ = | 
Kentucky Leaf: Common to fair, 23d. to 53d.; coloury, good to fine, 7d. to 
Kentucky Strips: Common to good, 33d. to 73d.; fine, 8d. to 11d. Virgima 
Leaf: Common to fair, 23d. to 6d.; coloury, good to fine, 8d. to 11d. Virgmi# 
Strips: Common to good, 4d. to 8d.; fine, 8d. to 12d. Cigar—Sumatra, 7d. to: 
5s.; Manila, 4d. to 4s.; Havana, 8d. to 5s.. 
Wine.—Fair red wine (Australian claret type) in bond, 2s. to 2s. 6d. poe | 
gallon ; fine old quality, 4s. 6d. per gallon; ordinary London port, £10 pe 
pipe of 110 gallons; Marsala, £12 per pipe of 96 gallons. 
Green Frurr—Apples: Tasmanian, 11s. to 13s. 6d.; Victorian, 11s. t 
13s. 6d. per case, Pears, 8s. to 12s. per case. Pineapples, 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. each. 
Oranges: 10s. to 18s. ; selected, 16s. to 28s.; others, 16s. to 28s. per box ; price® 
advancing. Grapes: Almeria, 20s. per barrel; English, 2s. per lb.; rising. 
Eeas.—Australian, 9s.'6d. to 10s. per 120; Irish, 11s. to 12s. per 120}, 
Danish, none offering, 11s. 6d. to 13s. per 120; French, 9s. to 10s. 
Hoyry.—British, 45s. per ewt.; colonial, 380s. per ewt. 
Oxtve O1n.—£33 to £36 10s. per tun (252 gallons). Eating Oil, 508. to- 
65s. 
Trwer.—Kauri pine is selling steadily at late rates. Fair business 
cedar logs. General advance in values, except for New Zealand white pm 
which is in moderate demand. 
Stsat Hemp.—£18 to £30 per ton. 
Woor.—The New Zealand Loan and Mereantile Agency Company report a 
The sales progress firmly. The American demand has increased. Crossb 
market firmer. For superior greasy merino the prices are now on a level w! 
closing rates of last sales. 
Frozen Mrar.—The latest quotations to the 12th April for the various 
descriptions of frozen meat are :—New Zealand mutton (crossbred wethers an 
maiden ewes): Canterbury, 33d.; Dunedin and Southland, 33d.; North Islan 
3$d. Australian mutton (crossbred and merino wethers): Heavy (over 50 1D. if 
33d.; light (under 50 Ib.), 83d. River Plate mutton (crossbred and met? 
wethers): Heavy, 3$d.; light, 83d. New Zealand lambs: Prime Canterbi'y 
(82 Ib. to 42 lb.), 4gd.; fair average, 48d. Australian lambs: Prime, Aras 
fairayerage, 33d. Australian frozen beef: Fair average quality ox forequarters 
(160 Ib. to 200 Ib.), 2Zd.; hindquarters, 83d. New Zealand frozen beef: a 
average quality ox forequarters (160 lb. to 200 lb.), 22d. ; hindquarters (180 fe 
to 220 Ib.), 33d. The above prices are the official quotations furnished by t 
Frozen Meat Trade Association. The basis of quotations is sales of lines © ae a 
less than 100 carcasses of mutton or lamb, or 25 quarters of beef. Allt 
