LOCAL WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1691, 6 March 1913, Page 8

LOCAL WOOL SALES.

. ■ ,'A RECORD SBASQJjf.-. The offerings at thp local \ ; wool sales this season totalled 55,770 bales, us against 42,840 for last ■ season. Although there was an increase in the sales tllis 'year, there were c.nly four sales, as against fiye sales last year. The result of the year'sf transactions is an increase, of 12,918 bales in favour'of the present season. The largest sales previously were in 1909-10, when 53,780 baels were sold. MUTTON AND LAMB EXPORTS. A YEAR'S MONTHLY SHIPMENTS. During the course of the sitting of the Empire Trade Commission-at Christchurch Mr. W. Murray,'general manager of the Christchurch Meat Company, gave the fallowing Return of the total shipments of mutton and Jamb from New Zealand to the .United Kingdom during 1912:— Mutton. Lamb. Month. Carcasses. Carcasses. January, 238,345 301.937 February 209,007 274,775 '-March 323,661 519,843 . April:- 1 ' 212,215 357,053 May 453,900 7-10,365 .Tune.: 169,724 290.33R July . 292,338 370,468 August 200,923 16-1,837 September 44,657 40.759 ! October '48,435 17,231 November, ...... 53,398 , 9,063 December 118,156 106,456 Totals ......... 2,364,817 8,193,125 South'-Island 665,212 1,913,621 V ' ' (28.13 p. 0.) (59.92 p.c.)

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