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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 131, 6 April 1881, Page 2

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. (lOLDSBROUGH'S MONTHLY CIRCULAR. .-^WoOL. — As- we iniimatpd m our last circular, m which, we j.ev'ewed the leading features of the Wool market for the yrar. the season may nov b % nonsWered ac virtually over, although there are still a few .cJiiiß locked up in-the Unper Darli-g dis.tricts, m c^nspquenoe of that rivp.r not being navigable. TJie quantity off-red during Ihem nth his bef-n u- -important the total catalogue! Nt the salfs being 2121 'fraleVoFWitth 1-31 bales -ere -soH. The ! ots offered have chiffl.v been m inferior to avprane condition, and c"-->nsist-'d pri'-ripally of oddments b f cli^s and email parcels of country Rcoui-^ . Th i "r6 has been goodc-im-p-tition for all descriptions, hut prices are ; ''wirMly easier owing to the unfavorable tele'crams "from Erfffland. ,Tiie,n'-st-Berie« of thfr -Londoa- Colonial Wool Sales; we learn by -cablegram op ned on the l. r >h ultimo, and with a fu 1 ! ottendarfce of home and Continental buyers, prices on t'^e a\erage ehowing a decline, of to Id. per pound upon the cl sing rates of-the-Nov -mher silt's: "Later advices, how erer, report that as the sales progress a e'tfr fueling s?.ems prevalent, a"d nlthough th-rn i» no noticeable alteration m quotations, th'*marketismorea'iim.ite 1 .nd competition b-isker. Th* decline has been more markfi-1 m coarse and inf» ior Wools and c-ossbreds gcnornlly, as th^se descriptions are brought into competition w'th KN^li^h Wool^ which, for some time past, have b°en much depri?s=ei. The arrivals, including the "Id Wool held over from last sales, am 'unted to 310 000 baY, offrhich an' ut-31T.00P -bales "werfesent to the mnnnfaciurers for immediate use. This hnng / the larrre^t q-iantity ever placed onjh.e^jnat ket^gtjhe, February salserieTw'ill not doubt'to. some extent account iQjthe decline m v<«luei at the opfningr s.^les The next s ries will, we understand on the I Oth of- May, and the number of bales to be catalogued is fixed at 350 000. ._,.■- - Tbc season con'intes on the who^, fa*.yoraTsl|"throM(ihpnt: the greater portion of *th# colonies, feed and water bei-g still nbnndant. over^a Var.?e area"; but more ram 'is'aiS'ou ly l.bpi; e(i for s• ' as to ensure a freßh spri tig pfithe grass for the lambing seasm. Theilatefct adyid'P to hand irport a change m the weather, with prospects of further dpwnpbn'r. consequently we may look for a favorable autnmn an^l winter for our wool grower*. The stoolc continue m excellent condition.

Rhe^pskiss. — On reviewing 1 onr salep of tie pa=t month we find that. a. fall, supply h an* bTenl sab tatted to- pui>l : c competition, and the p neral tnr.e of the market has been s'ea;lv. As iVnsual at thi" season of the year,-the chief item m our catalogue has b«en "GTreeh Pelfs, m various stages of c owMvsupplird.hy 'the local bnfch<>'"9 < and for the^e 'priors have advanced fairly m pr 'portion to thfMnereased growth of. W^ol; T)-y I'c't?, m hales and bundles, were m Rhort snppiy nntU quite' recently, ann" the demand has nofrbeon active ; but a better facing has been apparent, of late, and all offering haTeibeen readily placed at qno^a-j "tionsr "T)rv v "Ptms are very scarce, bntj wh^n offered find-fenda buyers. We qnote : — Butchers' Green Pelts, superior, 2* to 23'Mflrai-jf ; ffa»^o;do,**sßrajre.-'rr6d to 2r '•ac^i ;*^o t)rf do^nTPraec to superior, is to 2s 2d rnoh : Dry and Pel s. i» bale 1 ? a^d bundles^ ryperior, from 6d .to 7d per Ib : aver JjjeTfrom-3 1 1 V CA pe : lb: rTiDBS.-T-Hea.vv oatalpgyes hnye b^en aubmitted.'wlifch have been'fearlilv cleared off. 'he market inopro^'n? a.^ the clos •. Our q^lep hnvc f-e-n cnnnno-i mostly to local produce. but-a-f>?w NTew Zealand and Pon'b /wisiralian "ptiTjiments have been' placed •=atififacto- ily. -For the former-, wn rrp^rt a ke^TiT inqniry^ afid^g'iprj-i'Sr piroe'n fin a rcsfldy m»r>«t at an a3vatice on bUe ritte 1 ; ; w-> have pffr-cted salei of ihis-fclasa cf Hidf>f» m pood conditioTi^a»G"a£rinEr from 50 to 53. Ii per hide, at from 4Ad to.4|q per lb, and; ?n i^ior lot§ of iieav^iYerghts 1 .wrinl'd r«l« prbp->r»WTnit«ly H? ?het'J- The present t ne! -'■••if..- t.his-hi'ar''ct :i is^flrm. : and m 'tnost' cases ■ Ihi». flide"? oil '?rini? are^in very sond b ilrab'ei -co dition. b.einqFwell salted; dean,. and ffeei fro**- off'a 1 . ijt-be tpshU. of wV'-h is + hat huv^rs have operated with more confidence and vigor. The present bareness of the mark'-texitesac'ivp competition for .hoice 'ot*. Current quotations arp ;-Ge™ Ox avi»raj?e siz^s fr^nx 18s to 2^s each ; Orpp.n Cow, do.. f.'Om 14s. to 17s. etch ; Victorian M't»d, snp'Hor, 4^. to 4^ '.p"rlb. ; average to gi>(uC3Jl. 'to 4d. per lb inferior lo aver age. 2$ to 3Jd-p-r JbjK'p. 2fd. to R}d per lb < Calfs f ur.s,~3J-d: i to fi • per lb ; Kt^w Zealand—average,-^ to 4^-d ; snperior, 4Ji to. 5-]-d porlt>7 ""' - - - - - KANGAROO _ p KINS, *O. — Bn<sinfiPß has been very limited . throughout the month. and we do not expert a reviv -1 of activity before next winter : very few gor»d Pkins are obtainable at this season of the year. I r-r\* most con.«nV«ments offering have l >een [ moye or !esa dftoftogod by weevil*, Few

buyers are operating, and th market is almost. Hormmt RabMt Skins have met with more favor of la'e. but good a'e obtainable m limited quantities <mly. Op ssum Skins unless of superior quality, are neg^cted and the low prices ruling h;*ve tended to shorten supplies. We quote :— Kangaroo Skins, large, and freeh, 8iJ;o 12d per lb ; Wallaby Skin*, lnrsre and fresh 1 - -5d to 8d per lh ; Op >epum skins, <ve.ll ftinod Is 6d to 3s per dozen ; Rabbit Bkins well fared. (51 t>t 14d per dozen. TALLOW. — The iinprovpd prosppct 1 " rej ported m our last circular have not bern sustained, for m a dition to the scarcity «n increased rates of freight the • on -on -marked has gradually given -way. and shippers have more of less curtailed their operations nurins the month. Heavy su^plie^ have "gradually ac^hmnlvted." and b~simr now mor'p th^suffi'ient to meet the "demands of the local manufacturers prices hive had a downward tendon "y. At pcs ntth^tone of the market is depressed, and sales a^e effected with difficulty, brands even beins some what nepleclrd. Our sales 'have comprised 944 oa=ks and packasres. boinsr considerably less t- an the nxvmber' s I'd durinsr the rifprious mo th. T?usin< sa bavin 0 - b ra en very limiter! of lite we cannot with confidence eirp qnota'ions of r-uripnt valnev Vit the fallowing may >ie taken a« 'fairly approximate, viz' :^-^h'p pinor parcel* : Be-t-Mut.ton. f.o b., from 28s to 28-* 10.1 per t-n ; do. Beef, f.0.b., from £26 to £26 5s pert^n. For 'ocal consumption :. Mut on. ex store, to £27 per ton ; Beef do., from £25 11s to £26 per ton ; Mixed, from £22 t ••> £25 1 0s per ton. .

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