WOOL STATISTICS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8365, 27 February 1913, Page 4

WOOL STATISTICS

ndtJEES FOR THE TEAR. Frees Association, ‘ CIEEISTCnUIIGH, February 28. ■ln the course of his quarterly address to the Chamber of Commerce to-day, the president said: “The wool sales Imvie resulted in good prices, showing a consider-.' ably larger aggregate sum than that of the year 1911-12, In this connection the following figures, for which 1 am Indebted to one of our merchants, and which are approximately correct, will be Of interest: “Total number of bales exported from July Ist, 1911, to June 3Uth, 1912, 517,820; 1 estimated quantity sold to local mills. 20,000, estimated production for yea: ended Juno 30th, 1912, say 537,320 ;aproximate value, say 358,800,000; er mated exports for year ending June 30‘ 1813, say (bales) 910,000 J estimated qU; tity sold to IbChl .mills {bales), 20,0 estimated total production for year er Ing June 30th; 1913, hay 330,000; apnitr mate value, say X"7,500.000. ‘“The number of bales ouered in New Zealand from July Ist, 1911, to June 30th, 1912,_ is 238.859; number of Ijoles offered m Jfew .Zealand f rom July Ist. 19|* to January 30th, 1913, 221,738; nuinWr of sales held up to January 31st, 19X3 15 • number of sales to be held after Janui - j ; total .sales for this