THE LONDON WOOL MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2248, 4 December 1886, Page 2

THE LONDON WOOL MARKET.

\vvn x.z r,. an'd :.j a. Co., limited. London, November 30.— Wool : TUe fifth series of salos opened to-day at an average decline of 3 per cent, on last sales' closing iat;es. The piincipal decline has been in tho medium and inferior greasy and scoured sorts. Wools of a faulty character are neglected. The market for coarso crossbreds is unchanged. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers is good, but competition by them was dull. Theie ia much iriejfularity in the bidding. The opening catalogue contained 10,000 balea. The sales comprise about 124,000 bales* besides which 0000 bales have been sent to tho minuf.ictunng di^tiicts direct. Lu.vdov, December 1. — Consols have advance i,d. aihl ate ag.iin at 102. K»«" Zealand .securitiHi and tates of disc-mint are unchanged. Colonial breadstuffs have in.pnned sixpence a qunrter. Adelaide wheat ox store, i>- to day 37-^ ; New Zealand ditto, '£~>* to 30-> GJ, acconiinj? to quality ; Adelaide flour ex store 25s o'd ; tallow (Austt.Uian) a\ey.>f»o quality; beef, 2(is tid ; mutton, 30-:. The stock of tallow in London to-day is 10,500 cisks. At tod »y\ wool s.ilos 12,500 balw were c^'-.l , <- _ u .•shlly improved tendency was minify tori.