THE WOOL SALES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21647, 4 December 1935, Page 8

THE WOOL SALES

ROSTER AND ALLOCATIONS The following are the dates of the various wool sales for the Dominion this season and the allocations: — 1935 Date. Sale. Bales. December 7 —Wellington .. 26,000 December 12—Christchurch .. 24,000 December 16 —Timaru .. 20,000 December 20—Dunedin .. 25,000 1936 January 6—Wellington .. 30,000 January 11—Napier .. 30,000 January 16—Wanganui .. 30,000 January 21—Auckland .. 25,000 January 27—Christchurch .. 28,000 January 31—Invercargil .. 26,000 February s—Dunedin . .. 30,000 February 10—Timaru No limit February 15—Wellington .. 30,000 February 20—Napier .. 28,000 February 24—Wanganui .. 30.000 March 3—Christchurch .. 5>3,000 March 6—lnvercargill • No limit March 11—Dunedin J .. 28,000 March 16—Wellington .. 25,000 March 20—Napier . No limit March 24—Auckland No limit March 27—Wanganui No limit March 31—Christchurch No limit April 3—Dunedin No limit April B—Wellington No limit

Interesting Statistics The following are the offerings at New Zealand sales in the last 16 years and the average prices secured a bale:

Av. a bale. Year. Bales. £ s. d. 1919-20 580,093 23 9 10 1920-21 193,641 11 17 7 1921-22 467,381 9 0 0 1922-23 476.966 16 12 7 1923-24 503,896 23 1 5 1924-25 462,795 29 5 0 1925-26 491,582 16 16 2 1926-27 513,461 17 18 8 1927-28 543,712 23 18 4 1928-29 575,632 21 4 6 1929-30 425,902 12 1 0 1930-31 445,196 7 19 10 1931-32 475,135 7 10 4 1932-33 576,224 7 10 3 1933-34 650,688 16 1 3 1934-35 479,797 9 7 0