Frozen Meat, Etc. I called yesterday at the offices of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Com pany, and had an interview with Mr Paul, the manager. He informed me that the prices of frozen mutton are at present rang ing very low— as low in some cases as 2a 10s per stone of 81bs — a gfact which is due (1) to the large quantity of mutton in the market, and (2) to the comparatively email demand this hot season, when people, as a rule, eat less meat, and many ordinary consumers go away for a holiday. The next quarter, however, he expects to be a good one; it is always good, and in called "the butchers' quarter." He is still certain of the ultimate success of the trade, especially with the gradual adoption, as opportunity arises, of the new "Chamber's" freezing apparatus, and with the more careful con signment (or "focussing," as Mr Paul said) of the supplies to fewer hands, so that supply in the market might work more evenly with demand. Other produce, he said, is also low. It is worth attention from butter-makers that the " home taste " is more and more inclined to butter with little or no salt.
