WOOL SALE.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2128, 16 February 1897, Page 2

WOOL SALE.

The last wool sole of thia arson's eeriee w»s lull on Fiiday moroiog at tbe Oddfellows' Hall, LjclfMd Klreit when there was W Rood ft'fendanoo of bnyera. There were ! oi;ly eotne 2775 bales offered, oomprieing a" few etniion clips,. several of which wore passed ; aud' a large number of odd iotp. Whan the quality of the wool β-ild ie. taken into account. lh« prices oittiioed miy be fI»W t<> be oboofc on a level with llioee recorded »t the previous Rale. Cfoeabred iubo* from 61 to 7£d, half-bred 6 J to 7|<l, up to 7-|<i, weiino s<\ to lambswocl 5d to piece« 2£d to 4|d, lock« I>d to 3£<l. Tho following was tbe quantity of wool offered and nod :~N«w Znalsnd Lo»n nr>d Mercantile Agency offered 799. sold 404 ; Pyne and Co.'offered 338. sold 240 ; son end Go. uffitred 334, sold 265 ; F. C. Tnbiifc off.red 283, m\A 261 ; NiW Zealand Farmer. , Co-operativfl Aseociation ofinred 447, e«-ld 336; and Uo. offered 574, cold 458. Totul offered, 2775 ; sold 1964!

The New Zealand Loan and MeucanTitiE Agency Company. Ltd , lepon tbnt at their »alj (Vjq fomtb. of: tlte season) held on Fiiday, 12th February, ibere wns a f«ir ettnofhnecr of buyors but competition was less aninootert . than wns the cane ot tbo January sale. Piices all round lied a weaker tendency, eapediliy for merinos wbich showed » declioo of fully |i por lh. The following wo'oh on account of Peninsula clien'e wore eclr! : — EI 2 (conjoined)— 3 balea oroadtire.'l leinbe 6fd. L i:i circle over Akaua—3 bftlsa croae*bred lambs 6^« ; 1 bala flseoe 6^l. over bZ— 1 baio orouabrtd latnbß over Akaroa—l6 ba'ee greasy oroaebred InnaU 6:H j 1 b»le M-»ck a&d mixed sd, 1 ba"le croaabred A Hooured ; 2 bales crossbred matted 1 bkla croHsbrcl 8 bales l«it crossbred pieo?s 9,}-l ; 1 bale crossbred-locki and pirioee 7f K.