New Zealand Hemp.

Manawatu Herald, 21 July 1892, Page 2

New Zealand Hemp.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. Company report under date London, 11th June ; — The public auctions. ''flunnjJ; * Ijhs past four weeks included' lSS^biaSles^. of which 1100 bales were cleared' at* and after the sales. On the^th^ ultimo 700 bales were sold.tpri'a^^' : '-\. cline of 10s per, ton tfn' pre'c^rig-^ sales prices, but on the 26thC ;> idflif6f' when 742 bales were^offered, and buyers endeavoured to" ' lower ! prices still further, holders were jjrm, and generally succeeded in 'securing the currency ol the proceeding week. There was a. steady ieeling on the Ist instant, and, since that date there have been, no' auctions of New Zealand. There has been some c.i.f. enquiry, sales being reported of 100 tons good Wellington kt,£l9 to £19 5s per ton c.i.f., and 20' tops Auckland at £20 10s c.i.f. Manilla has sold more treely at the recent decline, and at the close fair ourrerifc ,ia quoted at £25 .5i.-o.ii. tb'arttve. Sisal continues slow of sale, alteration in price, being still quoted ? at £21 10s per ton ex quay Liverpool. "We quote : — Superior ;sofk ; ■ bright hemp, £21 15s to £22 15s per ton ; good medium, well dressed, £20 10s to £21 10s ; fair to medium, £19 5s to £20; fair to medium, slightly strawy, £19 to £19. 55 ; common, coarse and strawyy £&B to sff* 10s ; hackled tow, £17 to £l8 ; taw; £5 to £6. ■/■'■ riryTr