COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1657, 25 January 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

By telegraph. Press Ass’n, Copyright

London, Jan. 23. The fleece portions of the Titi (Wa’piro station) clip realised Is 1 j-d.

(Per Press Association.) Timaru, last night,

The third wool sale of the season was held here this morning, when 5000 ba!es were offered, and nearly all disposed of, Merino being the chief lots passed. The coarser grades wool showed an improve ment of *i to *d, compared with the previous Timaru sale, half-bred about the same, and Merino was disappointing in that it did not fetoh within half a penny of owners’ reserves in a majority of cases. Prioes ran as follows: Superior half bred. ll*d to 12Jfd, medium 101 to ll*d, fine three-quarter bred 10jd to 11 jd, medium 9Jd to 10*3, superior crossbred 9*d to lOd, medium B*d to 9*3, shoddy lots 7*3 to B£d, Merino 10d to lid. pieces halfbred 8d to Bfd, and up to lid for extra choice, three-quarter bred 7*3 to Bd, Merino 9*d to 10*3.

FROZEN MEAT.

Murray, Roberta and Co. forward a I summary of the frozen meat exported J from the different porta in New Zealand 1 for the six months ended December 31st, J 1905 (with a comparison betweeo the ( grand totals for 1904 and 1905).' The table has been compiled by |Dalgety and Co„ Limited, of Christchurch, for the Bhaw, Savill and Albion Company. From it we take the following :

Half year ended June . 80, 1905 61,858,085 60,633,413 12.277^004 Yr 1905 91,768,599 70,184,170 17,160,463 Prev.yr 116,816,613 67,120,036 10,189,763 The following shows the deorease in frozen meat exports from New Zea and since 1903 (the record year): — 1903 243,903,436 1904 202,126 412 jgos 179,063,232 The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following London market cablegram : "Sales proersas firmly. As compared with last saleis olosiog rates, pricss are lower ftom par to 5 per oent. for inferior Merino and coarse greasy crossbred. Market easier for Merino iambs; market farmer for fine greasy crossbred.”

Huttcn Lamb Boef lba lbs lbs Auckland 15,921 952 — Gisborne 2,892,515 2,170,945 181,257 543,324 Napier 641,031 938.054 Waitara — — 597,731 WaDganui Fatea 192,664 9,377 19,111 140,939 Well ngton 10,508,619 1,477,282 2,041,768 Piolon 125.216 114,119 Lyttelton 6,267,280 2,800,815 4,771,142 2,143,535 136717 Timara 21,834 Oamaru 331,051 378,711 — Pt Chaim’s. 1.428,766 612,952 420,066 Blnff 2,205,395 1,140,776 23,915 30,410,514 9,500,757 4,883,459