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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16217, 21 May 1918, Page 8

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(By Cable.—Preas Association.—copyright.) (Australian and N.Z Cable Association.) EXPOKTS AND IMPORTS. LONDON, May 18. The value of the imports into Great Britain during April increased by £20,300,606, and the export* by £',27.,000. Import® do cic'.scd by £6,348,442. The lffld imports last month were 2«,Gj3 tons, and the exporfs 165 tor.a. MISCELLANEOUS. Rubber —Fine hard Para, Ss; plantation, 2s 3.'.d: emoked. 2s 3ld. ■ Hc'nii) i 3 in f-.iir demand, 129 bales of aana~ei incw Zealand being auctioned, and bringing £C 3 to £96. * THE 1917-18 WOOL CLIP. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TK!TT-R*M.l WET LINGTON, May 20. The neir Zea'and clip of 1917-13 may bo said to be practically disposed of, in so far aa pr-nsv wool is concerned. Ihere are etui crutchings to come in. but for all practica. purposes the wool year has ended. Tho quantities valued at the various centres are as follows: — Value

The total number of bales is 503,123, and the average price £22 14s 3d. The average weight per bale was 367J1b- Eo.ghly tne average per pound is a. fraction over la 2]3. The nuantitiea of wool delivered to .ocal mills amount to 19,750 bales, distributed from the following ccntres:— Wellington 31a bales xJlenheim 283, papier 900, AuckJan l 454, Chmtchurch 6755, liroaru 2481, Oamaru 9221, Dunedin 7C71, InvercargU o£2. CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Salt* reported :-X.Z. Befugcratin-, £1 18s 6d. Snlcs on 'Change—Drug Co. (Ipaid}, £2 _