OPERATIONS IN WOOL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1385, 11 March 1912, Page 8

OPERATIONS IN WOOL.

THE RETURNS FOB FEBURARY. According lo a return compiled by Messrs. Dalgcty and Co. the sales of wool in New Zealand during February totalled 48,563 bales. The detailed figures with the, totals for the eight months to date are as under — W W W M O~t os co *■ © o w ** ~3 n c; "— co "Is wo "to o o £ C* -ll O W *- CO -I O -I is 2 1 -i -j to co -to co w -^- A. M It CO M Oi CO io CI *■*. M 6 *3 c; to o o -i to co o cs w m M to CI It « M W C.W to w co £ to co w Os J to Is to m o rf- -i co w d -h lot M tO CO X 10 — o ~ 5 o'b "m " s ""i "£ "co "io « ?*c-n to ww CO CO £* to CO W « i *-j5- 00 M 5 CO lO CO 00 £x The number of bales exported during February was as given in the following table :- CorresTotal ponding 8 Feb. for months, 1912. 8 months. l'Jll. Invercargill ... 12.608 18,069 13,972 Dunedin 12.502 21,301 20,333 Oamaru 2,519 6,031 0,205 Timaru 8,170 21.511 21,820 Christchurch ... 7,512 52,579 58,205 Blenheim 2,222 9,5fi 9,559 Nelson ;... 118 2,220 2,523 Wellington ... 25.157 75,851 91,779 AVanganui 3,590 8,-105 10,303 Waitara 4,301 5,220 3,890 Napier 19,710 58,12-1 51,005 Gisborno ....... 7,332 35,i)79 30,095 Auckland 5,7-15 20,370 20,923 111,951 339,450 367,708 t The exports of tallow for the months totalled 2020 tons, making 8028 tons for the eight months to date, as against 10,231 tons for the corresponding eight months of last year.