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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17632, 8 December 1922, Page 13

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R^?i«« > .^ S Ubll oAß»ociatioa;) 0 AB»ociatioa ; ) consider the F»KLi«* et '? e HifCins that the RhjftSd for handling an amond ° ent \v Wp* ' l TuT^ sal( f nroduction had almost B>«* r iSr thanks' B? Sled output of cane K>!iemed inclined to BPf!,«rv sugar tax, but he ■PP'SI at the last moment. MP •« tified on the ground that |K Sue would be largely ■Kneaiu of increased conKjfONTHS' IMPORTS. RsSfiNTIAL DECREASE. Kj/jnto New Zealand durKifh ° f oataleT amounte J Ri4tß#>7 as compared with WKtobe, * 921 > an increase K*g For the ten months endWBJgM, 1922. the imports wer& KJ £28,539,037* ■* ag^ llß * Knr in the corresponding terra K£ 0 decrease- of £9,352,500, K$ per cent. The figures Kfiheien months of the ciirE* ampared with those for the Hpag months of last year are ■n* 3,020,145 6,664,574 K' " 2 786.694 • 4,339,268 B"/ 3032,476 4,65=1,660 ■L' 2536479 5,337,700 K''Z' m, C .»2,325 09p 3,447,623 MK 3m089 2,732,169 ■p-.;, Kpj od imports for each of the Hp**{f|lus year show as under: |m "£ Sports. Imports. |5f%253,278 #,020,145. Km 4962,462 2,786,694 K 2,946,890 3,032,476 WS&tf 6,808,109 2,53*6,471) ■fm 4,685,633 2,487,583 mSSSt 4,836,154 2,326,095 We&M 3 728J565 2,£04,622 Wng.\ 1053,903 3,353,987 K. 2,470,961 3,515,089' Hft *">sss<& 28,539,037 Bp^cportß^oya l Imports of tho imbut they mmgitmame, again, and-in MSjJtc*Ja(ih/4)ctober this year M&»'T<ut»dat £12.350,565, mm'p&M'ttofilO in the HKpif%onths of 1921. In and October I 'the the three, food H|£§i|t;, ** compared with ■^^^« 'figure <1492), and Hll|§P<'P er cent, as com* WHlfefcJgfr. 19r4 (states of Statistics" points in the K^sH 16 mainly to a rise in several group a fall of H&Hteftrecorded. Most remained staOf Inllk in HD^^gith^, cause' of the MHfilpfW^' has Been refor the statistics H«K|gP^. : !c(rd as shown in HGk%%. 1922 H l6 MBsmmmng-,' im si ■K:#, 1922 84 ■llllif A %> 1822 132 H8H' 1922 189 HKl^g., 1 1922 277 BBtM 1,005 MBM|I^ B; ' >1&22 ' 9,646 vNSBDBD. B&^E|^rk'should le it is not ■■^^^ '"not receive mSgmsss® be necestrade. efforts of the 1 888R 1 * Whin . HHR^e«ilßriS **te many . HHKN'for hams ' ■Hfflp&Aft; fcerohants II Will Er • f * i - u *- - - Wliltiirn '"T 1 " «b e BHPa **" Hffi|^^ v »ildied and

| CHRISTCHURCH STOCK j EXCHANGE. | YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Sales reported—Crown Brewery, £1 ISs Cd. Sales on 'Change—X.Z. Govt. 54 per cent! Boixls, 1023, £'loo. LATEST QUOTATIONS.

OTHER EXCHANGES. , (press association teusgrams.) AUCKLAND, December 7. Sales:—Auckland Gas, 255; Northern Steam, IS# Bd. Kauri Oils, 8s; Moanataian, 3b 7<l; "Waihi, 345. DTJNEDIN, December 7. Sales on 'Chang®■—\Yestport .Coal, 33s 3d; Dominion Bubber, 20a 6di, 29s Dd (three); "Waihi, 33a 9d; Mount Lyell, 21s 2d. Sales reported' Soldiers' Bonds, 1933, £100; Huddart-PArker (ord.), 63s (tyro); Mosgiftl 'Woollen, £6 8s; Postal, 6 per cent. Inscribed, 1927, £96 16s. WHEAT AND OATS. Returns of actual threshings received to date (November 18th) from threshing-mill-owners show that so far, 9,992,455 lyus/ieis of wheat and 6,376,511 bushels of oats have beon tHreeh'ed out. The iweraga .yields per acrein oases where particulars of areas were furnished. (covering 99 per cent." of .total threshings)..'work out at 30.78 bushels for whoat and 41.31 bushels for cats. The follonHnEr 'tabU 'shows, l by land districts, the quantity of'frlieat and' outs threshed and the yield ■ per aoro in each .■ case, \Januery-Oc-tober, ;1922: "V- "Wheat. Oats. , .. r$ , •» ' *3 ' b. • • <R-v- . -o 2 ■&'B fS : '■§ l 'H •P ; ' 'M" * 8 J.l J63 <p. . .a? 3 a, i LandDietriat. Bush. .Bush. fiush. Pwli. i Auckkndv-i 3,563 21.tG 670 22.60. Mawke's Bay 43,761 31.04 93,99& 38.51 : Taranald 4,546 28.60 3,685 28.25AVfellifigtoii 238,292 37*14 151i740 40.60 , Nolsoh 30,750 21.50 •19j818 27.06 ; Marlborough 111,136 32.72 48,545 85.91 Canterbury ' 29.69- 2,414,601" 35.03 ; Otago ' 1,966,665 34.36 1,843,184 46.56 , Southland 280,746 34.62 1,301,178 43.21 ' Totals 9,982,465 30.78 6,376,611 41.31 COTTOMT-OROWING IN QUEENSLAND. ' ' ~ ■ BRISBANE, DeSiinlWr 7. ; 1 The JProSnier annouhcea that the Gdifetn* tansnt will odvalico 8d a pound on Bitooh cotton, and will etora crops for growers Ufttil ,a mfitket is foundi . - ,i [Jlr Comfeton W6od, of the British Cottoft Delegation, at Rockfaampton, roceiiUy warhkfl the cotton-growere that eighty per cfctlt. Of last year's bushes werd lait in the feWtifid tb pH«itic6 the RAtoon crop for thie yeah ftatDon' «&ttt>n is /inferior feiid iifeAW. Mr "Wood declares that if thi practice coil-, tinues, and Atiatmlift disregards the methods of-: the teat of - the world in planting Jiresh j annually, .she will not fill the: plaoiopen tfo ker as the produofer of the finest oottoh.) GOODS t&iX&L SHSI tVTL^ttIRE. An auction eal6.of Salvaged- go&ls tllia AteaffiSt 'WllteMte w&fe haldiA Aticklafid <>a Monday. Dr&pefy, ginghafnß, v fla,faiielßtte, ehfeetiilgs, afld WWollißifeM?er6 sold at pficfes fety favourable to tha buytOT. Very retsmtiable prices wert also obtained-, fcrr wire, netting, leather belting, and miscellanfebUi lines. Bargaihg wero eecuredi for 86vt>raJ lots of chink and crockery, which sold at i fraction of their original valud. , s Eletitrd-piated ar- j tielea, Stainleba : ItfaiveS,' forks, Sid . fepfsons, bold cheaiily. dOld at M ' aild' £4 10s, while tbilet ftfe of beautiful patterns i-ealisStf 35# ft Set. Hind- . kßrchibfa Wld at lh a doifen. ( WHEAt (By Cable—Press Association—Cofjyiijjfit.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December 7th) 8.85 p-.ta.) LONDONj Dedbmbter 6. "Wheat—-Cargoes oi« - neglected and occasionally siipchco lower. J?arcel& are in fair fequeflt at throepanoe down. i .. I

Buyers. Sellers, £ s. d. £ a. d. DEBENTURES— S.Z. Oovt. 4J per cent. Inscribed, 1938 96 7 e 96 10 0 1 N.Z. Govt, per cent. I Inscribed, 1 j33 99 15 0 100 0 0 | Booth 3iitcdona:d 7 J per 1 com., 19S1 100 0 0 i Gis'oornc Sheep, 7£ por 'i cent., 1931' 100 0 0 _ BANKS— Commercial of Aust. — 1 13 9 Commercial of Aust. (4 per cent. cum. pref.] — 6 12 6 National of N.Z. 6 10 G 0 15 0 i New Zealand — 2 16 6 Hoys] (£1 paid) — 6 14 0 Union, of Australia 13 8 6 13 10 0 1 INS'IIANCE— Now Zealand 1 8 0 Standard 1 13 0 — LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgsty and Co. 11 5 0 GoltUbrougi/ llort 2 a 0 2 2 9 National Mortgage 3 9 0 3 15 0 , N.Z. Loah, and Merc. ! ford. stlc., cum. div.) 79 0 0 — , SHIPPING— , Huddart-Parker 2 12 0 2 12 9 ! Union . (o| per cent. | cum. pref.) 1 0 0 jFROZEN MEAT— ! Canterbury (cum. div.) . —' 15 10 0 Canterbury (6 per cent. cum. pref. cum dev.) 5 2 0 — N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) — 1 7 G N.Z. Refrigerating (10s paid) — 0 14 0 Wellington (£5 paid) .. 4 11 0 — "Wellington (£3 12s Cd paid) 3 0 0 — COAL— Westport 1 12 6 — "WcstporW-Stookton — 0 4 0 WOOLLENSBruce 1 12 e — Kaiapoi (£1 paid) — 1 5 G Kaiapoi (10s paid) — 0 13 0 GAS— Chxistehurcli — 7 IT 0 BREWERIES— Manning .. i.. 3 7 e 3 12 6 Ward 1 3 0 1 4 G MISCELLANEOUS— Beath Schiess 0 17 e — D.I.C. (6 per e«nt. cum. pref.) — a o 9 Mason, Strutters (£1 0 paid) — 1 5 Maeon, Struthers (14a paid) — 0 is 0 Mason, Struthers (is • paid) 0 4 2 — N.Z. Drug Co. 2 14 9 — N.Z. Paper Mills '— 1 3 0 Wlntcombe and Tombs 3 6 6 1 8 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) — 0 MINING— 1 0 Mt. Lyell (cum. dir.) .. e 1 1 0 Waihi «1 18 9 1 15 6 Waiki Grand Junction 0 10 0