ENGLISH MARKETS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1546, 29 January 1887, Page 4

ENGLISH MARKETS.

I'■ London, Jan. 25. ,/ THe January, and ( February series, of /colonial wool sales opened to-day. ! The attendance of Home and foreign buyers ityas large. The competition for all lots was animated ;, 7100, bales .were offered. I Greasy wools were generally |d/, higher, •than at the (close of lust sales,, scoured wools beih'g from Id to IJd higher. The present series of wool, sales close on February'l7th. . , :i , ■ '.Jan. 26., At the oolonial wool sales to-d ay 12,200. (bales werd offered. The market, is firm. J f The cargoes of : wooJ by the Delcomyn,. ,])q^e;of Devonshire; and Northern Heps,burgh have been,. ; admitted to the wool sales, making the,' total;,number of bales .powavailable 268,0(30. , , , / “"-•The-’NeW-riZeehind Mer-, cantile Agency • ■(Limited) |h3fd]jnst received the following: cablegram ‘ from Lorlllbn, dated' 25? h Jan., >jBB7 lyoola—The sales opened ,at an averge ildVptbe of abputi)7A percept. on,, last sales* closing fates. , Competition by both Home and foreign buyers is active, and attendance of n both igopd,; The j opening, catalogue contained ; ( ».8 not a representative qne.,. The sales comprise abhut223,ooo bales; 45,000 bales have been aCntdo .the manufacturing,' fiis-., 4Hcti direct. :)i it >.■ u-xunn ’/‘ Tallow—Arrivals ■ not)iequal -too bade I requireibisntß. ii J Good mutton • and beef ■tallows ate worth, respectively, 28s and >24*l6d per cwt. The prospect; of. the market are good. i ?'i!« ‘.. !o ■ :.i. .. ■Frqzep: ; Meati-Market h quiet.,. . New. Zealand,/mutton, weighing per carcase 601bs to 651bs, is worth : 4fd per Ib. -