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LiysEep O11r.—£30 to £30 10s. per ton. 
LinsEED Or Caxre.—£&7 11s. to £7 15s. per ton. 
Manitra Hume. £25 to £380 per ton. 
New Zreatanp Hemp.—£383 10s. per ton. 
_ Woor.—Prices practically unchanged since previous wool sales. 
Frozen Muar.—The following are the latest quotations for the various 
descriptions of frozen meat mentioned (last week’s prices being also given for 
comparison ):— 
New Zealand Mutton. 
(Crossbred Wethers and Merino Ewes.) 
Aug. 30. Sept. 6. 
Canterbury ~0 ae w. ocd. 32d. 
Dunedin and Shatitiiad 5, to  Grath o3ttdi 
North Island... en .. ditd 3d. 
_, Australian Mutton. 
(Crossbred and Merino Wethers.) 
Heavy (over 50 lb.) 43) .. 934d. 38d. 
Light (under 50 Ib.) ... a. 35d. 32d. 
River Plate Mutton. 
(Crossbred and Merino Wethers.) 
Heavy ... ox an we Oygd. 355d. 
334d 
Light eee ove tee eee é 5 . pad ° 
New Zealand Lambs. 
Prime Canterbury (821b. to 421b.) 42d. 413d, 
Fair average rks m0 we §=Adtd, 43d. 
Australian Lambs. 
Prime (82 lb. to 40 lb.) ... ... None offer- — 
Fair average an ces oxy ing. — 
New Zealand Frozen Beef. 
Ox, fores (100 lb. to 200 Ib.) ... 4d. 37d. 
Ox, hinds (180 lb. to 200 lb.) ... 4d. 42d. 
Australian Frozen Beef. 
(Fair Average EMA ) 
Ox, fores (1001b. to 200 1b.) ... 34d. 
Ox, hinds (180 lb. to 2001lb.) 2... — 5id. 
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 of Australian and. 
New Zealand lambs do not include sales of small lambs or heavies or inferior 
quality. 
Eeas.—French, 8s. 6d. to 9s.; Danish, 6s. to 8s. 9d. per 120. 
Bacon.—Irish, 64s. to Tes, American, 56s. to 58s.; Canadian, 60s. to 
628. per cwt. 
Hams.—Irish, 88s. to 94s.; American, 61s. to 66s. per ewt. 
Tartow.—Beef, fine, £33 10s.; medium, £30 10s,; mutton, fine, £38; 
medium, £33 10s. per ton. 
