NEW ZEALAND'S WOOL BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 9 May 1911, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND'S WOOL BUSINESS.

j TEN MONTHS* I'IGUKES. ;■ ,Both the sales of wool in New Zealand i and tho exports of wool from tlio Dominion have been less in tho ten months ended April 30 than they were in the jorrespondiiig months of 1909-10. All jho.- centres show decreases in the sales for the period, and only Auckland and I' invercargill show increased offerings. ; During April last 1051, hales were offered and 1015 sold. Theie was no offer- ■ ing at Invercargill; .-t Dunedin 105 bales were offered and ti'i sold; at Timaru 44 bales were offered and 39 sold; Christ- ; , church disposed of the 226 bales offered; at Wellington 262 bales was the quantity I . offered and'23(3 bains the'quantit)'sold; ! ' the highest offerings and sales were at Napier, whore the respective quantities wero 274 and 269 bales; Gisborne made I no offering; and at Auckland 140 bales were brought forward and disposed of. i The offerings during the ten months have been 250,723 bales. Of that quan- | city 216,458 have been sold., lii tho pre- . vious ten months the offerings were 81,375 bales greater, and tho sales 40,912 - bales more. So far thisscason the largest offering has been made in Christchurch, whereas last year Wellington • headed ths list. Following are detailed particulars of tho quantities sent forward for sale, tho figures in parentheses refei' to the earlier of the two periods:— i , Invercargill, 20,518-bales (19,573 bales); Dunedin, -11,101 (44,147); Timaru, 23,063 (26,750); G'hristchurch, 54,984 (55,725); Wel- ; lington, 51,387 (60,075); Napier, 39,287 I- (52,597); Gisborne, 2941 (6755); and Auckland,' 17,-442 (16.393); totals, 250.723 (282,198). The following tabic, compiled from figures prepared by Messrs. Dalgety and.Co., gives details of the sales in the - two periods: 1911. 1910. Centre. Period. Period. i Invercargill 17,445 ' 18,372 Dunedin 35,761 40,974 Timaru 20,230 24,857 ' -"Christchurch -48,878 52,368 .Wellington ..... 40,850 54,478 Napier 35,252" 49,539 Gisborne 2,053 0,667 Auckland 15,389 15,085 . Totals 21G.45S 263,400 ! The decrease in tho exports to date ! amounts to 25,245 bales, which represents about 6 per cent. ; Tho April exports were:—lnvercargill, 1857 bales; Dunedin, 1121 bales; Oamnra, ' 1506; Timaru.' 4357; Christchurch, 7040; Blenheim, 1343; Nelson. 25; Wellington, ' 2883; Wanganui; 1632; Waitara, 979; Na- : i pier, 2169; Gisborne, 1193; and Auckland, ' ■ • s-ii. : . < ; Figures show .that alt half a dozen of : ■ tho ports the exports were greater than ' i tho first ten months of last season, but > I the decreases were at the ports handling ' !. the large-quantities, and the latter con- :• siderably outweigh tho former. Tho fol- ] ;. lowing comparison table shows tho posi- '■ i tion:— i 1911.' 1910. ' Port. Period. Period. ' Invercargill , 21,032 27,022 ' ;.' Dunedin .' 33,593 37|448 ! Oamaru 7,801 7,492 1 Timafii 31,236 30,632 ' Jhristchurch 74,481 83,038 ' Blenheim 13,183 8,511 ! • Nelson 3,088. 3,684 Wellington 110,312 117,415 Wanganui .' 21,529 19,250 Waitara ......„.-. 0,706 - 4.ISG Napier .". 60,107 75,630 gisborne ; 39,696 40,231 ! Auckland 23,653 23,213 I ' Totals ; 449,507 477,572 -