The Wellington Wool Sales.

Manawatu Herald, 11 December 1894, Page 3

The Wellington Wool Sales.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report of the wool sales last Friday : — The first series of local sales opened to the usual attendance of of buyers and comprised in all about 1500 bales, of which our catalogue held 882. Although it was fully expected values would show considerable shrinkage on last year's rates, no one was prepared for the heavy decline indicated by buyers' valuations, which range from f d to l£d down on good to inferior descriptions. There was, however, throughout the sale an evident disinclination to operate on the part of buyers, and fully 80 per cent of the catalogues was bought in. Since the auction, however, we have succeeded in ef feoting further sales at slightly reduced rates; still the results will carry disappointments to a large section of growers : — We append the list of sale prices : Six bags greasy crossbred. 4£d ; 9 bags do, 4|d ; 1 bag washed pieces, 4d ; 2 bags of greasy black, B£d ; 4 bags greasy crossbred, 4|d ; S in D, 1 bale greasy crossbred, sd ; Beaumariß, 1 bale greasy mixed, 6d; Beaumaris, 1 bale dead wool, sd ; JW in diamond, 1 bale greasy crossbred, 6d ; R and S over T, 1 bale mixed 4fd : LM over W, 1 bale greasy mixed pieces, 2£d ; LM over W, 2 bales dead wool, 5Jd ; JK over U over — , 1 bale greasy crossbred hoggets, 6d ; W, 1 bale greasy pieces, 3d ; S in circle, 4 bales greasy crossbred, 6|d ; YC over Takaimaitu, 1 bale greasy pieces, 2d ; WW over W, 4 bales greasy Lincoln, 6fd; TT conjoined, 2 bales greasy Lincoln, 6£d; J. diamond over Stoneycreek, 1 bale greasy crossbred part locks, 4£d ; EJR over Cheltenham, 2 bales greasy locks, l|d ; AA over Woodside, 5 bales greasy crossbred, 6|d ; | EJR over Longburn, 1 bale greasy locks, 2d ; Te Ore Ore, 2 bales greasy crossbred, 7Jd ; R. and S over T, 10 bales greasy locks, lid ; Kin circle, 1 bale greasy crossbred, 6d ; X in circle, 8 bales greasy crossbred hoggets, 6d ; 7 under crescent, 1 bale greasy locks and pieces, 2£d ; JK, 2 bales greasy crossbred, 6|d ; E over Sandy ford, 1 bale greasy crutchings, part dead, 4d ; Kin circle, 6 bales greasy crossbred, 7£d ; ET, 1 dump greasy crossbred, 4£d ; 88, 1 bale greasy pieces, lfd ; J over 000, 4

bales greasy crossbred, 7d ; FV over M, 1 bale greasy locks, 1U ; BB over I, i bale grerisy crdssbrefl, 7*d 5 PC over Takamititu, 1 dump greasy crossbred, Sd ; B$?; dtlmp greasy pieces, 3f d ; Pah Flat; 1 bale Jreasy' locks and pieces, 3d; WEJ ose¥ X, 2 bales greasy pieces, Bid ; JK conjoined, 15 bales greasy crossbred, 7d ; WT over X, 6 bales greasy crossbred, 6|d { Wt oVer X, 1 bale greasy bellies, 4d ; P in circle, 1 bale dea& wool, 4f d ; P in circle, 1 bale greasy croosbred hoggets, sid ; Matakiori, 2 bales greasy crossbred, sd ; MS, 1 bale greasy crossbred, 6fd ; JH under U, 1 bale greasy pieces, 2fd \ R and S over T, 3 bales greasy looks, lfd.