REVIEW OF WOOL SEASON
Almost a Total Clearance For N.Z. DOMINION SHIPMENTS i The final wool saies h'eld during April resulted in hearly 100 per. cent. clearance, 82,217 bales. being offered and 82,000 sold, a, "good ending to. a wonderful season.' According to' returns compiled . by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., the total offerings for the 10- months of the 1936-37 season ended April 30 were 686,160 bales, of which 681,248 bales, or 99.8 per cen.t. were sold, as against 784,685 bales offered and 752,254 bales, or 95 86 per cent. sold, during the corresponding period of 1935-36. DetaiL of offerings and saies for the 10 inonths of the two seasons comnu_r/x fla -fnllmvK ?- — -
Total 686,150 681,348 784,685 752,254 Skipments 6f wool from New. Zealand last month totalled 123,160 bales, of wliicb 108,841 bales Were greasy and 14,319 scoured and slipe. Exports of w.ool for the 10 months ended April 28 totalled 716,141 bales, -as against 821,583 for tbe corresponding period of last. season. Wellington aqd Napier are the leading wool shipJiihg centres, as is shown in tbe folowfhg comparison of exports for the 10 inonths: — -
1936-37 1935-36 Bales Bales Bales Bales Offered Sold Offered Sold Inverct-rgill 45,023 44,830 51,294 50,599 Dttaedm . 103,635 102,948 118,318 114,253 Timaru • . 42,047 41,871 ,43,329 40,702 Christchurch 101,925 100,700 99,599 " 96,511' Blenheim ' ' 182 • 180 i49 148 Wellington 126,085 124,396 155,409 145,130. Napier 112,116 111,804 130,903 126,635 Wanganui 70,704r ..70,548 92,610 89,425 Gisborne 5,300 .5,174 -2.350 2,156 Auckland ' 79,133 78,797 90,624 86,695
1936-37 1935-38 Bales Bales Invercargill 46,109 64,065 Dunedin . 88,326 97,287 Oamaru 2,027 2,047 'Timaru 40,687 46,627 Christchurch 98,553 96,718 Blenheim 4,616 4,776 Nelson . 487 1,118 Wellington 132,947 168,328 Wanganui .' 66,906 76,940 New Plymouth 1,879 2,271 Napier-Waikokopu 122,079 131,614 Gisborne-Tokomaru Bay .... 29,985 33,814 Auckland-Opua 81,540 95,978 Total 716,141 821,583
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 19
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