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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2102, 30 January 1908, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

The following; cablegram -has been received by the .New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company from their London house: —‘'The sales gain firmness as they progress. Since opening of the sales prices -are higher by Id for good and medium greasy merino. Since close of last sales prices are lower by. par to id for medium and coarse greasy crossbred, unless suitable for the American market.” TRACK OK THK pout.

HARBOR BOARD RETURIsS. The following returns oi imports and exports for November and December last were presented at Tuesday’s meeting of the Harbor Board : IMPORTS. •November: Timber 681,012 sup. feet, posts and strainers 1382 feet, bricks 41,500. lime 31 i tons, cement 125 casks and 118 bags, coal 1287 J tons, horses and cattle 11, sheep 306, coastal wool 2,917 bales, grass-seed 912 sacks, potatoes 1142 sacks', oats 12519, olialf 140 sacks, wheat 40 sacks, malt 120 sacks, bran and pollard 140 sacks, oatmeal 6i tons, Hour 83, tons, sugar, 721 tons, salt 231 tons, kerosene and benzine 1100 cases, fruit 55J tons, beer and stout 74 hogsheads, 190 cases, 15 barrels, 1 keg, wines 265 cases, 2 quartercasks, 1 octave, spirits 407 cases, 42 quarter-casks, house-blocks 1946 wire 32J tons, miscellaneous 1611 tons. December: Timber 575,<12 sup. feet, posts and strainers 120, bricks 21,000, lime 451 tons, cement 18 casks and 517 bags, coal 11211 tons, horses and cattle 14, sheep 151, coastal wool 1302 bales, grass-seed 237 sacks, potatoes 391 sacks, oats 652 sacks, chaff 140 sacks, malt 210 sacks, bran and pollard 92 sacks, oatmeal 8J tons, Hour 47 tons, sugar 75 tons, salt 28 tons, kerosene and benzine 537 cases, fruit 61 tons, beer 60 hogsheads, GB9 cases, 2 kilderkins 22 barrels, 1 keg, wines 120 cases, 2 quarter-casks, spirts 501 cases, ti quarter-casks, 8 octaves, liouse-blocks 3528, motor-cars 3, wire 55 J tons, miscellaneous 1423 tons. EXPORTS.

November: Butter 1469 boxes, mutton 10,921 carcases, lamb 151 careases, meat sundries 29 tons I9cwt, preserved moats 50 cases, pelts 1 cask, casings 13 kegs, hides 186, sheepskins 16,560, wool 5339 hales, cattle and horses 4, grass-seed 46 sacks, maize 322 sacks, chaff 289 sacks, fruit 7} tons, miscellaneous 341 1-5 tons. December: Butter 1100 boxes, mutton 11,472 carcases, lamb 1277 earcases, meat sundries 250 tons oewt, preserved meat 99 cases, pelts 36 sacks, tallow 323 casks, hides 1508, sheepskins 3029, manure 30i tons, wool 6662 bales and 87 pockets, sheep 1, cattle and horses 14, grass-seed 620 sacks, .maize 780 sacks, chaff 15 sacks, potatoes 5 sacks, fruit- 81, tons, motor-car 1, miscellaneous 370 1-20 tons.

LONDON AVOOL SALES,

United Press Association —Copyright (Received Jan. 29, 4.54. p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 28. At the wool sales there was a fair market, and all sorts were unchanged. The American buyers were operating well.