WOOL SALES AND EXPORTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 143, 12 March 1919, Page 10

WOOL SALES AND EXPORTS

'RETURNS FOR ■ ; According to a return compiled by Messrs..'.Dalgoty and Co., brokers' sales : of wool in New Zealand during, February wer.e.as under:— • •• .■ ■ ■ : * ■ ' *~* :.:... •. is' 3i ,-S-g • 'a § . ' 3& . 1 9 '?, . -j*% '°K -k§* ■ 'ft' . frS'3 ■ hfS k 3Invercargill 7,809 .15,213. , 29,161 Dunedin 8,352 32,057 48,143 . Oamaru 2,740' 10,350 , 11,026 ~' Timaru 10,055 26.417 (27,887 Ohristchurch 20,378 58,063 8h376 Nelson .;;.... 3,493' 7,067 -7,608 Blenheim' ... G. 895 13,297 -12,560 Wellington :...■ 30,466 ' . 87,936 .' 105,19-1 AVanganui ... XX ' h6,607 30,829 : AVaitara 2,111 6,555 : 2,708 Napier 21,925 !70,222 73,700 Gieborne, Toko- ' ~: ~' ■ , maru Bay, '■' ."■■-' . , Tolofja Bay 16,751 45.-J6O 43,620 Auckland. ... 8,062 34,780 35,741-

r•. ■ Totals'■„.:.. 135.510 427,CH-i i5!),554 j. . -.The exports of wool from New' Zealand J ■■ aunnfr February were:— . ; f.:'-'-' !.•■■■■■ o; ■'■■. :£.. : .ii| ; . ;:• -Si ■-. --<:. s«p i - ,'. .■■■ ■ -^. r l '- -.■ 0.E2 I ;~ Invercarfiiil 3,686 .8,672 ■ -14,306! ' Dunedin .... 23,880' • 3(i,G00 10,950 i i .Oamaru .....'■' — 2,723 . ■ 9,625 j .'. Timaru ....... 2,000 7,520 9,801 ' r Christchurch 3,167. 26.555 . 51,080! i Blenheim ... i- ■ 5,518 ■ 1,850 — .•■ 2,756 :■' 4,279' Wellington ... 29,798 . 92,695 37,9871 ! Wnnßttnul ■"... 3.8G8 . .8,984 19 795 N. Plym'th. ■ - •■■ - 249! ■ Waitara ... —, —■ ■■ . 4,2811 ; 'Napier, ...... 1,466 25,953 57'3551 I Gisborne, Toko-' ■ j • : maru Hny... 2,995 ' H,275 27,307 j ! Auckland .... 1,003 22,191 16,753' I . ■ : j \ : . -Totals ...... 71,869 :254,507 '265,681! », The exports of tallow during February j ( were:. , " I !' ,•"■■■ : . • ' ' ' j , f ' ; --: - ■ ■ '■;'■?■ -i'-Si i , ■■■■'■'■■■ "■■■■■■ ■ --2- '"■=■ S §3 3 ■ * ;, i -\O, ■' - fgj. ..-■ .\,' ...- :<3 2 . \ :X-t.y :--ll'-''Jl' '111 ! Jnvereai'j-ill 2G4 ' 515 ; - f Dunedin :... ■■ 107 ■■ ; .3fi7 -, — ; Oamaru •■ 451 597 '-r-' j '. Timaru ...... 555 • 1,48!.' ' . — ! Chrietchurcb. -476 '2,2!. V . 93 j_' Blenheim -..-. — . . 10 .. — j x.. Nelson '.......:. . 19 27' : " — I Wellington ...' 1,630 .3.283 — i . Wangaiiui ... ■ 60 j',S"B ■' : ''9 f New Plym'th. •■' 8' 'ifl •-' '— - i Waitara '.'—'. ■ — — ! Napier ..::'.'..': GiO^' . ljMs - W ;■ Gisborhe'-■"...■■'■■ ;i»; •' ■■rss" -46 j- . Auckland- ... ' 1,440 ' V|!io ■" ' l.OliS T0ta15..;....' '5,086 : ' Viffl ■• 1,357' ; i The sales of tuilow 'duf-ui , ITfl-niufy I totalled'7o tons. '. .. ' " ."" ;.' XX.: Ijiguree not to'-hii'id ' Will'( be j included in next'inonth's returns. I '-" LONDON MARKETS i . HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLB^ \. ■ ■ , GRAMS: ■'■• : ' The Departmeiit of A;;riculturo, Indus-. ; tries, and Commcrco lips received the subI joined cablegrams from the Hijii. C'omj, missioner !-for New ..Zealand. London, ? . dated rpspectiyely February 22 and Mivvch • ;8- 'Owing to TOutilntion in. tvaii^i«issio:i j of.eov'eral words in the ; cablegnnu of i'. February 22 this .could not be decoded i earlier'for issue: ■ ' i :' ; - ; ; ■ •'"■ f'Feljruary 22,' 1919. ;. . ."Meat, Daily.Produce.—No. change in j price at. prcsent,:,but ,wdnction will bq ; made., in i meat'and cheese iii a. week's ■ : time.Hemp^—Manila niarltet is ([iiietbiit j ' steady; output January. 1-February :8, i -80,000 bales; New Zealand, smnil imsincßs, \ . lias.'been done with shipment to be-in I February. March, or April. Fair grade ) '..£SO; small sales hnvo.taken place. High j ' point fair grade for near sit hand J. hemp. AVheat. offers for account of Go'vi ernment continue email scale; No. 1 i Northern Spring, No; 2 Hard Winter.-No. j 8 Northern Manitoba nt same rate, 80s."

earlier ior issue: | • ; ■ "February 22,' 19151. "Meat, Daily .Produce— No. change in price at. present, , but ,redn'etion will bq | made., in i meat'and cheese in a. week's i time.-Henip:—Manila'market is quiet bnt | steady; output January. l-February :8, ! • 80,000 bales; New Zealand, small business i lias been done with' shipment to be- in | February. March, or April. Fair grade ( ' «£SO; small sales hnvo.taken, place. High | point fair, grade JISG for near at hand j hemp. Wheat, offers for account of Gov- | ernment continue small scale; No. 1 Northern Spring, No; 2 Hard Winter.-No. 8 Northern Manitoba at same rate, 80s." . VMarch 8, iillO. Wholesale .price reduced. Fores,' hinds, American, ; Canadian,'' 10|tl., Is. 15d.; African, 'British Central Africa, lfljd.. Is. 13d.'; other countries. loJd v Is. %■&,; riliitton, Is. ljd.; veal, IOJd.; pork, Is; 4d. All retail prices reduced 2d. per lb.' from .March 3. Hemp— Government issue, prices Manila, reduced as from March G; grades J. K. L: M. \£G2. ,€6o', JSS. It is" reported Government control Manila, hemp trade as far as shipment conccrned Will be abolished not later, than end of March, . New Zealand, spot demand is good;. : shipment AprilJune offered Government have can- . celled New Zealand hemn maximum prico orders." FIXED WHEAT PRICES ANXIETY OF GROAVEKS. It appears as if the situation with; regard to the sale and delivery of the present wheat crop is Mcely .to ho acui'i before very long (says an exchange). The financing and storage of (lie crop at a fixed price, with growers wanting to sell as soon Vis they thrash, and with millers seeing no necessity to lock up ' capital in a large quantity of wheat, or to pay storage upoj) grain they will not l-fqniro for some\ little time to come, was bound to haye but cne result. The millers, having laid in are now /holding off buying, and as the harvest is now practically completed in North Canterbury, and thrashing is going on, there is a lar?e o.nd ii,creasing quantity of grain available, which growers «re anxious to dispose of. The brokers canvnot deal with" the wheat until they receive purchase warrants from the millers, and these are apparently not now forthcoming. Another difficulty has cropped up, though it may not be a serious one. Brokers who have purchased wheat for North Island mills have just been informed that' they cannot ship it without a permit. This is no doubt a precautionary measure to conserve shipping space, but it adds ono more detnil to the complicated method*. of handling the wheat crop. j