480 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Junr, 1902. 
New Zealand Frozen Beef. 
Ox, fores (100 lb. to 2001b.) ... 42d. 44d. 
Ox, hinds (180 Ib. to 200 Ib.) ... 534d. 53d. 
Australian Frozen Beef. 
(Fair Average Quality.) 
Ox, fores (1001b. to 2001b.) ... None offer- — 
Ox, hinds (180 1b. to 200 1b.) ... ing. — 
These 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 twenty-five 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. 
Eeas.—French, 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d.; Danish, 6s. to 7s. 9d. per 120. 
Bacoy.—Irish, 60s. to 63s.; American, 45s., 4Ss. to 54s.; Canadian, 548. to 
58s. per cwt. 
Hams.—Irish, 86s. to 92s.; American, 44s. to 52s. per cwt. 
HipEs.—Queensland heavy ox, 53d. per lb.; light ox, 4¢d.; cow, 43d. 
New South Wales heavy ox, 43d.; light ox, 48d:; cow, 44d. Latest quotations 
show an advance of Od. per Ib. 
Tatiow.—Beef, fine, £34 10s. ; medium, £31 10s. ; mutton, fine, £37 9s.; 
medium, £32 10s. per ton. 
Marsvprat Skins iv tHe Lonpon Marxer.—It may be of interest to 
kangaroo-shooters and other dealers in marsupial skins generally to compare 
the values of such skins in the British market with those ruling here. There 
is usually a strong demand for Australian marsupial skins. For good parcels 
of Sydney the demand is especially keen, and they sell relatively better than 
the commoner descriptions. Fister ane and Tasmanians also realise high prices, 
The best lots of silver bearskins now sell at the highest prices that have 
been touched for many years, while the commoner selections are also con- 
siderably dearer. Furriers’ kangaroo also sell to advantage. At one sale 
the number of skins offered was :—Opossum, 934,675; bear, 31,687 ; 
wallaby, &c., 166,746; kangaroo, &c., 3,066; fox, 6,394; emu, 319; total, 
1,142,887 skins. Sold.—Opossum, 934,675; bear, 31,687 ; wallaby, &c., 166,746 ; 
kangaroo, &c., 3,066 ; fox, 6,394; emu, 319; total, 1,142,887 skins. The prices 
realised are as follow:—First extra large blue, 1s. 4d. to 1s. 10d. per skin ; 
second ditto, 10$d. to 1s. 2d.; first blue, 104d. to 1s. 44d.; second blue, 83d. 
to 1s.; small ditto, 73d. to 103d.; first extra large red, 1s. 1d. to 1s. 84d.; 
second ditto, 83d. to 1s. 34d.; first red, 93d. to 1s. O2d.; second red, 63d. to 
93d.; small red, 5$d to 84d.; thirds, 3d. to 7d.; first Victorian, 2s. 9d. to 
8s. 7d.; second and small Victorian, 1s. 1d. to 2s. 5d.; third Victorian, 9d. to 
Is.; grey Tasmanian, 1s. 4d. to 3s.; black Tasmanian, 2s. 11d. to 6s. 9d.; bear, 
silver, large, 11d. to 1s. 11d.; ditto, red, large, 8d. to 1s. 8d.; ditto, small, 33d. 
to 4¢d.; swamp wallaby, large, 1s. 1d. to 2s. 7d.; ditto, middling, 8d. to 2s.1d.; 
ditto, small, 8d. to 1s. 9d.; rock wallaby, 13d. to 63d.; Tasmanian wallaby, 2d. 
to 2s. 3d.; kangaroo, 63d. to 1s. 7d.; ringtails, 1d. to 4d.; native cat, 4d. to 
1s. 2d.; house cat, 2d. to 8d.; wallaby, 1d. to 83d.; emu, 1s. 7d. to 3s. 6d. ; 
fox, 6d. to 3s. 6d. 
