Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 586, 24 February 1882, Page 2

Commercial.

CANTKKBUUY WOOL

Messrs 11. Matson and Co. held thei fourth sale of the soiison, lit the Canterbury Wool Stores on Tuesduy, when ihej cntnloiiued -l(J0 bales of cross-bred, nu-rim and lanibn' wool. Competition wmh brisl throughout the Miction, and values 0 , . mined on a par with last sale, only t\v> lines in our lists wcr« passed in itneoli: these being over.oad d with reserves.

Robert. Wilkin and Co. leport that they held their fourth Male of the Heiisun at iheir Wool Stores, on Tuesday. 21st February, when ().''(.! bales, including bins, were o;it<ilogued. There was a lull attend.nice t>! buyers, with the u.-iial spirited bidding. Tho highest prices obtai ed wore, i\>i cro-ssbied, i). J ,d ; for merino, 10d ; scoured, :1s 6d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on its fourth auction saie of wool for tbe sen son as follows:—On Wednesday, februan 22, we held our fourth am tion sale of wool »t the Christcbuich Wool and Grain Warehouses, when a numerous attendance of

was pivsetif. We submitted a catalogue of "'M lules of wool, chiefly station clips, for which competition was animated, and very satisfactory ruti'H were •obtained for fill .sold. We placed at aucton and iiiKiiei'iiitely after t'm H.ile 613 bales at pii eh ntngin ■ from Is 2d to Is si}fl for •scoured, B : *d to !)£d for crosubied and B}d to 10£ d for merino, the latter figure Icing •obuiincd for U>7 biilew of th- St Jamej* clip, find '12 bales of the Mount White brand.