Wool Market

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 77, 29 December 1891, Page 2

Wool Market

The Wellington branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on the produce markets for the week ending Wednesday, 2.3rd December, a's follows : — , . : j Wool— Sinie last writing the sales in London have closed, and in connection therewith our London manager cables as follows :— -Since close of .last sales superior scoured merino has declined .Id; per lb. Greasy and washed merino, medium andjaaferior- are Jd -to=ld ( per'lß;lower, Medium . ; and ■< inferior scoured ' have declined: Ids to IJd per.lt). jFine, wash edj scoured and medium greasy crossbred are _ at. par to ger lb higher. Medium washed and scoured crossbred, coarse greasy, w,ashed and scoured crossbred are at par to id per lb higher. Memum and inferior merino 'lambs have declined £d per 2b. Other descriptions unchanged. . Total quantity sold during sales 188,000 bales, of which 111,000 bales have been taken for the Continent^ and 9000 bales for America; It is estimated that 5000 bales have been held over for future disposal.

(PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION). ; Wellington, December 26. The New Zealand Loan aad Mercantile Agency Company held their wool sales to-day, the prices being fully maintained.