NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

Southland Times, Issue 1266, 17 June 1870, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

Messrs Devitt and Hett report : — 7-7. A slightly ijetterfinqhiry haß prevailed for the finest dressed sorts, and one br two small parcels have been sold at full t prices j the demand is, however, very limited^ r and buyei. will not look ,-at; any . hut. the best description. About 2400 T>aTes have been oflered &t auction, the bulk of which (consisting of.badly drpssed). was withdraw^ without bids.' Inferior sorts are almost unsaleable,' : even at £20; per ton. OCG invdiampnd A, 17 hales, per " Damascus," sold at £37 5s ; A, 12*7 hales, per " Excelsior," yat £30 15s ;E, Constable, WMcL, JD, _».,' bought in at £34 to £36, with £26 bid ; 87 bales, sea damaged, per •"Macduff sold at £6 1 to £23;* and ET*l ia "diamond, 14 Tiales," per "Jason,"" at £20. Itis quite, certain that the secret of dressing the fibre • properly has hot yet been discovered ; we, how*? ever, acknowledge it as our firm, conviction thaf there are properties. in. this article which will some day be developed, and will raise it to a veiy high position among . fibres, but in the present • r unsettled state* of aSairs we must recommend shippers to use great-caution, and on no account to Bend. home any but the very best dressed sorts'. Tow realised £11 to £14 per ton. j