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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2255, 29 July 1908, Page 4

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woolUnitsd I’nUfS Association, Covvukiut LONDON, July 27. Wool: Crossbreds nro weaker, especially faulties. Merinos nro very iirm, (USHORNE PORT RETURNS. Tin! following returns were. laid on tho table nt tho mooting of the Harbor lkmrd on Monday;— Imports.—Timber 402,759 super loot, posts and .strainers SGCS, bricks •to,ooo, lime Ji t tons, eemonl GO casks and GGO bags, coal 070 tons, horses It, coastal wool 51 bales, grass seed It sacks, potatoes 1400 sacks, oats 1817 sacks, oliutf 1223 sacks, wheat 70 sacks, malt JS sacks, bran and pollard 153 sacks, oatmeal 2J tons, flour 154 tons, sugar 45 tons, salt 52 tons, kerosene and benzine 1032 ousee, fruit 35 tons measurement, beer and stout GO hogsheads, 3GG cases, 3 kilderkins and 18 barrels, wines 100-cases and 2 octavos, spirits 1(58 cases, 15 quarter casks.nnd 3 octaves, house blocks 4.130 lineal feet, wire 59 tons, miscellaneous 1463 tons measurement. Exports.— Rutter 72 boxes, mutton 48,278 carouses, lamb 13,308 carcases, meat sundries 457 tons, pelts 82 tons, 7cwt, tallow 217 tons ]2uwt, casings 7 tons 14cwt, hides 1905, sheepskins 2100, manure 112 tons, wool 1133 hales and 7 pockets, sheep 1480, horses 7, barley 19G sacks, chuff 14 sacks, potatoes 5 sacks, honey 4)cwt, miscellaneous 310 tons measurement, bricks 2000. Tho returns for the six months ending June 30, 1908, are; Imports.—Timber 3,033,932 super feet, posts and strainers 33,340, bricks 314,088, lime 230 tons, cement 849 cask-! and 2021 bags, coat 0702 tons, horses and cattle 159, sheep 27J4, coastal wool 5009 bales and 991 pockots, grass seed 2350 sacks, potatoes 4095 sacks, oats 14,499 sacks, chaff 9050 sacks, wheat 402 sacks, malt 830 sacks, bran and pollard 1500 sacks, oatmeal 71 tons, flour 973 tons, sugar 432 tons, salt 308 tons, kerosene and benzine 0430 cases, fruit, 204 tons measurement, beer and stout 488 hogsheads, 2325 cases, 20 kilderkins. 145 barrels, and 4 kegs; wines 017 cases, 19 quarter casks and 27 octaves, spirits 2780 cases, 110 quarter casks and 39 octaves, house blocks 18,524 lineal feet, motor ears 5, wire 408 tons, miscellaneous 8753 tons. Exports.—Butter 3021 boxes, mutton 205,720 carcases, lamb 103,494 carcases, meat sundries 1108 tons 10 cwt, preserved meat 105 cases, pelts 510 tons IScwt, tallow 902 tons, casings 45 tons 9cwt, bides 7593, shoe)) skills 10,380, manure 512 tons, wool 20,555 Imlfc.s and 2870 pockets, sheep 17,841. horses anil cattle 120, grass seed 1753 sacks, maize 3117 sacks, barley 2118 sacks, chalf 244 sacks, potatoes 18 sacks, honey 2 tons 9} cwt. fruit 50 tons measurement, soap 0 boxes, bricks 2000, miscellaneous 2152 tons measurement, motor car;