COMMERCIAL.
Wool. — Wool is a penny to a penny-halfpenny higher than last closing rates. The fourth series of sales opens on the 14th. The total arrivals •were 131,131 bales, including 36,445 from New Zealand. A further advance of a penny to twopence per lb. is expected. The consumption continues on an augmented scale ; the demand from abroad is Binall, but the home requirements are very large, and high prices are likely to rule throughout next sales at auction. Flax. — f )ne thousand two hundred and fortytwo bales of New Zealand flix were offered for sale, and 950 were sold at dearer rates; from £21 to £30 for superior and well dressed. Tallow — Over 2,000 casks of mutton brought 435. 9d. to 445. Beef, 425. to 435. 3d. The arrivals of foreiga wheat and oats were large. The prices for foreign wheat were one to two shillings higher. Exports to New Zealand show an increase of £65,500.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 258, 1 November 1871, Page 2
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156COMMERCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 258, 1 November 1871, Page 2
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