WOOL SALES & EXPORTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2741, 8 April 1916, Page 8

WOOL SALES & EXPORTS

TOTALS FOR MARCH. ' : ; Sales of wool in New Zealand-(hiring , March, according •to returns compiled i; by Messrs.- Dalgoty and Co., were as • Tinder:— ;;' March; 1916. ,T'l for, 9 m'ths. ■ Bales; Bales. ' I Towns. "Offd. Sold. Offd. Sold. ■ Invercargill >.' — — 18;710 >13,294 •Dunodin — 43.535 42,068 ' Timaru :.V. ' 335 . 335 20,034 19,724 Ch'ch; 8,348 7,014 59,471 55,724 i Wellington 1,462 1,422 81,072 ' 7-i,SGS ; Napier • ... 976 v 975 63,889 60,678 [i:- Gisboriie;.. - 960 960 20,210 20,210 ■ 'Auckland 13,521 11,787. 27,347 25,334 25,600 22,493 329,318 311,987 ; . For the corresponding nino months of ; last year 326,628 bales ivere offered, and 307,029 sold. • ' Tho' exports of wool during March VTotal ' Corres- £}•- }■?:' : ./ for ponding' ■ MarchV : 'nine . 9 m'ths, |' •! . 1916; months. 1915. i; Bales. Bales. Bales. | invercargill 2j900 20,792 .20,722 ! Diinedin : 4,631 .31,081 40,767 I Oamaru . 1,196 ■ . 6,401 6,193 | Timaru 49 20,670 28,587 ;' Christchurch 1,859 . 63,820 71,619 | Blenheim 2,648 6,804 I 'Kelson 2,159 . 3,884 Wellington . 21,377 111,456 :132,882 I . Wanganui _ 2,802 >11,903 14,151 [fWaitara v..- ■ 73 4,123 . 5,693 f...'Napier- ...... 8,414. : 65,863 " 75,994 | '•. Gisborne ... 2,487 ' 44,240 51,362 'Auckland' ... 2,592 30,624 . 33,939 j'' .. .48,435 ' 415,780 .492,597. [ , HONEY CROP PROSPECTS J , - -The Director of . the ; Horticulture j '-. 'Drnsion has received from the Apiary ' ; • lifstructors the following .reports conI.;' ceriiing honey' crop prospects:— • 1 r Auckland.—Prices aro. high; with' /-'prospects of rise, beekeepers obtaining !■• 13s. 6d. per dozen for 21b. tins of first" j v; and\second* grade, and the Supply not | equalling the demand. ' Wellington;—Ma.ny r.beekeepers have ! harvested, some/Teturns being good anil i others up,;to average. Prices show a ! considerablo advance over former years, •'. and many/ merchants ' have inquired t " whore honey is procurable. Average b- lines have sold up to 5Jd. in bulk;: t beeswax Is. 6d. per lb. i .it/ Ghristchuro'h. —It is generally ; admitf:ytsdi that this.has been:the'worst season 1 fS: : expeiienced/ 1 ' ■'Very: little''extracting--is'' ' i 'being done." "Wo lave to feed,instead r of ■ extract," 'is comment; ; . • .consequently 'the market is very bare [ ';bf ;: extracted. .honey, and .'sectioiis. are: ; 1. > unprocurable'. Prices in Chrisicliurcli ' f:v;."aro,.fully,>ld.-per'lb.--in advance of last (j. . Honey tas'been advancing stead- ' k oily in. pries .for -the last four years, at- I j:. ~tributable to the' export trade, couplcd,

with' two consecutive bad _ seasons. Trices aro fully 75 per cent, higher thai: in 1912.' Inquiries for choice "table honey liavo been received. Dunedin.—A 'phenomenal' late flow from catsear and thistles in many districts has obviated the necessity ol . feeding.' .Extracting is practically over, i and operations are confined to putting 1 bees into .winter quarters. There is o marked improvement in the marketing of honey. Producers aro realising the advantages of putting their crop in a good marketable form, unsightly seconds liaiid ' packages being dispensed with. A -few small bulk lines sold readily at advanced rates. Sections are scarcc and in'strong demand. Price? are firm. Bulk honey ad. to for choice lots. Pat' honey is coming forward steadily, realising 65., to 6s. 6d. per dozen.. Sec-, tions are quoted at Bs. Inquiries have been made for consignments of dark honey; rank flavoured. This is exceptional, as:.previously auctioneers have experienced difficulty in quitting such lines,