THE WOOL SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 8

THE WOOL SEASON.

> T OTES and jottings I^omi'i present indications there will; be; -a'.' ; yery;.satisfactory.;.; offering at tho 'next; Wellington ' wool ,'salo on.- February 15J. Thouga.entiies ; yb! : iibt close for'about'a week it is estimated that,between 10,000 ' and-J2,000 'bates«wiltfbe At !the";sales'on .?l J ebrnaty'2o'-bf "•ISst'year 13,000 bales wore offered....

' i Tho extraordinary,..difference. between the valua' of itlTe' wool exported', from the port of Wellington in January 1910 and 1909,, as -disclosed^invtho;table; printed in . The DoliintoV on - Tuesday, . :has.' given; rise to some comment.' -In January 1909 the.fijuro was «£198,9-t7,-while this year it stood at £559,969,: an increase of about £360,000. Higher prices, of conrse, ac,count for a fair .proportion of tho. differ-' ;encci;;but' tberc i .a're;'a':number' ofV'coutributory causes. For one thing the Clip is^dciidedly/'!biggor' : ,and:; has come forward much, earlier this, year, than last, and,.the groweis liayo also been hurrying their"consignments' in "to 'catcli'a 'iavourable ;'market.''.:.The;salcs. were earlier, and then again, the facilities for prompt shipment are now much greater than was the cose • a year- ago, and .wool is this season afloat that under/the conditions of. past years might ■ havo been on the wharves right-.up, until; February. 'That the heavier shipment' is not .due ,to;. any carry forward from - December' may be judged from .the fact that, tho" December export from'-Wellington;,, last year was 22,426 bales, I 'vrbcrei i ß'iiii'l9lß ; -i§, was .only 17,701 bales'.-'''T'' '. i ,who.,hai;o; been,: in Hawke s Bav'.tlus' season -are-almostniinanimous 'in dccla^rinp'-tliat. they havo -never seen, such a 'magnificent clip, both for quantity, and condition,'' as' that 'VBich ' the' North Island's great pastoral province has produccd'this r , , • The, "Feildiiig Star." reports that there has been a big increase in 'the wool clip in . the Kaikelte block, Main:. Triink ; ' line, and already over 400 bales of wool have been consigned from the ItauTimu station.' ...Considering how .recently ,this land, has beeri Topened ,up • th'evprbduct-;is txcellentr and "there is ■■every, probability .of its being doubled / in-,' aJ- very ■■■ short'