GOLDSBROUGH'S MONTHLY CIRCULAR.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 180, 14 December 1881, Page 2

GOLDSBROUGH'S MONTHLY CIRCULAR.

" Wool—The- season is I now v full operation, and. large. sales Have been h( Id ; duting.tbe month, the quantity catatwgiied rheing 75,55 ft bales of which 56,73& bales..; have been soidfraakirig a total of 62-.6^iJ . ba'ta disposed of since the opening.of the season on the 12th October! . .. -:z: r, \\ ■ r Up to the present, Greasy Wools have. | constituted the great bulk of the offering.*,: and a; large -number : , oft our, . leading Itiverine clips have chanaed hands at prices ranging Trom';iOdj to 13fd per pound, according' to quality and^gnrnf J;,. the latter"price : Being obtained fbr a'cl p of 405 bales froni the Ajlb ; tiry district,, which was of excellent quality, sonncf in' staple, well grown, m liaht conditif{n f .andj vejy. deeply skirted. Superior Western Woolsbave sold from lid to I4d, wJlife. very choice highly-bred Tasmania 1 * clips have realised exceptinnul r|atrß, ift"ljieh as-' 17dl:havfHg -been reached;. r Oroasb-pds are, sul}ing well, "niqre especially ihe-n'Ser-grade's, for which thereis a good Hematjr? f and prices.range for this deßcnptioV'frdm 9cl to lijJ, none small tchp.ice .raniple fetcbingthchigh price of \o\X,' ' ll - Considerable,, quantities cuiitinne. to^ arrive coastwise frpm -* tHe neij>hhdnng"' colonie9<;and jive. are ofterinw'.niany^-largg "New South Wales, South AuMtralian, and Tasmanjan clips m tb!e market. : i ; . . 1 We have* had ample opportunity, since the date of our last circu'jir to-examine a^ wide ranpe*of wools; -and are now able :to confirm the, remarks we then-made onthe conHition of the clip. J On the whole it is. -iBOt m ns good order, or so well growhVaslaßt year; anil,; owing to the unfavorable and consequent scarcity of feed^ many df Our large Sonth Western clips fail to maintain their usaal high sfaridafiarof~excellence, b ing less sightly m appearance and occasionally tender. The fleeces are certainly, much lighter, hot burr is more frequently met with, p*af ticHlar'y* m the Mallet clips.----r Sheepskins.— Thp market^.: has^bwnj Fully supplied th?ori^tyhut|the past month, an 4. pur , catalognea^Bftve >chiefly;Vi6ntjfi L prtsed-Pelts m various stages otgrqMHi fii^wo"ol skins being very, scarceiluco .-? i : .:• £.- Hideß.-^rTb,e, tnoteitim oj^lgst circular has iaot |been ■sostained;^ theT^decline recently reported m the baying bad j^ depressing effect^^^Mces have given way almost a farthing per ib^. but at present TShjprrb^^ij #^^#^" oir lots * There I»a»'Weft*^ business visaing m grain since our kitmonthly ne|>Qrt Hk»k^ mif ht h»v« teen;

anticipated atlbistdTanced period of the season, our sdes list week at aoetibn being close on 2000 bags, whilst privately; we quitted nearly 7000 bags, principally wheat, holders being evidently dcrrous of realising at what they^consider^f; remunerative price before^biifeTO|?^WSto comes forward. Stocts wixafmnaa to a low ebb, and tiiecrofnertoflhe opening prices is favourable^to gr|(werf. During the month .we haWto^Bote^ large business doing m feediaar lram», speculative purchases m both Oats i and i^aiaeJieinj^madeatM^ance.of.|M i ito g Gil per bushel. Barley nas also participated m the rise to the extent of (3djper c bushel, l . ■..Azx^rz^^^^^zsxatmi^'tt^^