COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1982, 18 January 1907, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

THE WOOL SALES. " - ~ ~ . „ LONDON, Jan. 16. At the tallow sales 909 casks were a i 1 i d I]S sold - Beof: Medium Jos 6d, other sorts unchanged Wool: 10,804 bales were offered. I bore was a large attendance and actne competition m all sections of '.v 1° T, I’- 1 ’-” 2 ' Americans operated V,®?'T' Merm ° s "’ere in good demand, ; rLs H " nc J lan e? d from, the closing puces at last series. Crossbreds, a fAun selection, realised the highost December rates. Tbe sales arc animated and tin-', firm- All. sections are operannvVnrr+i Al , uerioa “ buyers are not pajing the extreme December rate. ~ MELBOURNE, Jan. 17. leotim, sa l os an excellent scc?mi -)' ;aS ofl £ rcd - There was keen cm petition. Greasy merino touched l- 2 d, crossbreds 10-id, scoured 24 2-3 d. Press Association. ’ qu r , . . NAPIER, yesterday. J bo Colonial Consignment and DisInbutung Company, London, cable tue following report on the frozen meat market: Mutton and beef are depressed. To-day’s quotations are: Napier Wellington, and North IsUnd, 41 d; lamb, now season’s, Ojd; -icoi, hinds, J -.1-8(1; fores, 3d. ELLINGTON, yesterday. J He High Commissioner in London cables: The .wool sales have begun with keen competition. Tlio Americans are buying largely. The market is firm. Prices show an upward tendenev for all classes. Iho value of the agricultural exports of the colony for December are as follows: —Butter £245,527, as against £282,895 last year; cheese £69,278, as against £16,392; beef £35,801 —£1260; mutton, £58,749 £24,195; lamb £6674—£2261 ; wheat £27—370; oats £4219—£5651; potatoes £26 —nil; hemp £61,694 £52,945,