THE WOOL CLIP

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 133, 22 February 1918, Page 8

THE WOOL CLIP

\TWENTY AND A HALF MILLIONS PAID.

The '.total "number ,of •: bales. of wool valued under the requisition scheme for the Imperial Government since December 1 1, 1916, to February 16, 1918. is 905j914, of which 861,503 have been paid for, representing- a value of £20,591,641. This amount, has been distributed amongst growers in the undermentioned provincial districts:— North Island: Auckland, £1,422,906 :Bs.; Poverty Bay,- £1;8'83,320 os. 5d.; Hawke's Bay, £3,380,966 9s. 2d.; Tara•liaki, £288,834 8?'- '4d'.; AVanganui, £1,202,658 13s. lOd.; AVellington, £4,897.273 3s. 2d.; total, £13,075,959 Ss. lid.

" South Island: Nelson, £249,036 17s. "Id.; Marlborough, £416,337 165.. 6d.; .Canterbury, £3,017,261 7s. 9d.; Otago, :, £1,711,310 13s. 7d.; Southland, £986,■665 Is. Bd.; total, £6,380,511 16s. 7d.; ■ plus charges, £1,135,170 17s. 9d. :' Grand total, £20,591,641 17s. 3d. ".''- The total quantities of wool in bale Valued so far dealt with at the -undermentioned valuing centres is as under: '.'. [Auckland, 65,623; Tokomaru Bay, 8382; Tolago Bay,| 7555; Gisborne, 65,335; iNapier, 146,816; New Plymouth, 11,951; AVanganui, 52,161; Wellington', • 204,635; Nelson, 11,938; Blenheim, 19,109; Christchurch, 93,767; Timaru, '44,009; Oainaru, 17,294; Dunedin, ' "63,137; ' Invercargill; 49,786; total, '861,503 hales. .' Of the 1917-18 clip 408,000 bales . have, already been valued,' and it is an- . tioipated that by the end of March the hulk of that clip will have been valued • and paid for. Shipments of wool to "Bate total 462,855 bales. Of this quantity 8865 have been Jost in transit as »,. result of , the ■ enemy's- submarine •»' -The Imperial Supplies Department, ••'which has handled all this "big business" in wool, has, in addition, ar- •" ranged details for the advance of '"£1,401,871 against 58,246 bales, of' ' freezing companies' slipe wool. Of the of bales of this wool mentioned ,49,761 have been already shipped. •-' The total amount ,paid to date in reaspect of wool. and sheepskins is - - £22,672,064. It is estimated that further payments to the end of March will 'absorb approximately £3,500,000, mak"ing the total payment for- wool under "the scheme approximately well over ~£26,000,008. , - , -.- The largest individual valuation by >any one broker,represented 5588 'bales, '•Valued at £138,799, ' was submitted ''by the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-oper-'ative Association, Ltd. The largest valuation at- any one centre ■was held at Napier, and represented .3.2,970 bales, valued at £321,063. The -•largest amount remitted iu any one day -■by the Department of Imperial Supplies "on account of wool was £558,133, on •December 28,'1917.- .

StoTO cowa, £5 6s, to £6j potter bulls, £8 10s. to £17. Pigs: Porkers, £2, £2 25., £2 6«.._£2 7s„ £2 10s., £2 12s. 6d., to £2 16b.; maiden sow, £4.