RATES OF EXCHANGE.
LONDON, Dec. 9. The following rates on foreign exchanges were current io-day, as compared with
•Nominal. LAMBS DECREASE. SMALLER EWE FLOCK. Owing 1 to a decrease in the ewe flock, a drop is recorded in the estimated number of lambs for the Dominion for the present season, according to figures supplied by the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. C. E. Macmillan. The estimated proportion of lambs to breeding owes for the season is. however, higher than it has been for some years. The following taolos give the Dominion figures and the totals for each island for the last six seasons: North Island.
par : — Dec. 10. Par. Now York, dol. to £1 ... 3.25* 4.866 Montreal, dol. to £1 . .... 3.78| 4.866 Paris, francs to £1 ... 83 5-i6 124.21 Brussels, bel. to £1 . Genova, francs to £1 . .... 25.475 35.00 .... 16.92 25.225 Amsterdam, florins to £1 8.095 12.107 Milan, liro to £1 Berlin, marks to £1 . .... 63.50 92.46 .... 13.675 20.43 Stockholm, knr. to £1 ... 18.325 18.159 Copenhagen, knr. to £1 19 9-32 18.159 Oslo, knr. to £1 .... 19.40 18.159 Vienna, schgs. to £1 ... *27.50 34.585 Prague, knr. to £1 .... .... 109.75 154.25 Helsingsfors, inks, to £1 ... 228 193.23 Madrid, pes. to £1 ... 39 15-16 25.226 Lisbon, esc. to £1 .... .... 107.50 110 Athens, drach. to £1 ... 595 375 Bclgrado, din. to £1 . — 276.31 Bucharest, lei to £1 . .... 550 813.60 Warsaw, zloty to £1 . — 43.38 Pio do J., p. to mil. ... *5* 16.70 B. Airos. p. to peso . . . * 47.62 M. Video, p. to peso ... *30 51 Calcutta, p. to rup. .. .... 18 3-16 18 Shanghai, p. to tael . .... 2015-16 — IIong-Kong, p. to dol. ... 161-16 — Yokohama, p. to yon ... 15 5-16 24.582 Batavia, gl. to £1 .... .... 8.12 12.10/
Average Estimate No. of percentage No. breeding of of ewes. lambing. lambs. 1927 ... 7,905,432 87.28 6,899,861 1928 ... 8,211.878 84.61 6,948,380 1929 ... 8,820,536 87.56 7,723,523 1930»... 9,312,461 83.19 7,747,274 1931 ... 9,247,005 86.39 7,998,247 1932 ... 9,170,996 89.16 8,177,657 South Island. 1927 ... 6,926,298 86.17 5,968,979 1928 ... 7,322.173 87.74 6,424,887 1929 ... 7,787,619 89.87 6,998,691 1930 ... 8,251,714 84.43 6.967,041 1931 ... 8,361,724 87.13 7,285,914 1932 ... 7,892,064 88.42 6,978,494 Dominion. 1927 ... 14,831,730 86.76 12,863,840 1928 ... 15,534,051 86.09 13,373,267 1929 ... 16,603,155 88.65 14,722,214 1930 ... 17,564,175 83.77 14,714,315 1931 ... 17,608,729 86.79 15,284,161 1932 ... 17,036,260 88,82 15,156,151 The following table gives the estimated number of lambs for the several sheep districts : — Estimated average Estimated percentage. No. of lambing. of lambs. Auckland ... 86.77 1.568,700 NapierGisborne ... 89.31 3,426,156 Wgtn.-West Coast .. 90.23 3,182,792 Marlborough-Nelson, Westland ... 77.40 602,256 Canterbury-Kaikou ra 92.75 3,150,632 Otago-Southland ... 86.77 3,225,606
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 13, 13 December 1932, Page 5
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412RATES OF EXCHANGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 13, 13 December 1932, Page 5
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