MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross Office, Monday Evening.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3820, 16 November 1869, Page 3

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross Office, Monday Evening.

Casfcoms Receipts :— Duties, £814 12a 4d ; light dues, 2s; M.S. fees, £1 4s ; arms fees, 19s; pilotage, £5 Ba. Total, £822 5a 4d. Mr. A. E. Cohen held a trade sale of boots And shoes at his rooms to-day. There was a vary good attendance, bat the bidding was dull. About £1,100 waa realised. The following is a list of the prices obtained : — Men's bluchers, 4a 4d to 4s 7d; men's grain E.S. boota, 6s 7d ; ladies' kid E.S., S.S., M.H,. fa 3d ; Indies*' kid E.S., M.H., 6s 9d ; ladies'

kid E.S., M.TT.,wellg. 5,- P<-i ; nsn'd bhichere, 4« Id to 4s 9J ; 1 'di kid F.S., M.H. pumpa, 6s 6d; ladies' cishmu-e E.S., M.H., 3* 9d; ladies* memel kid 13. 5. M.H., 53 3d; ladieis' all P. cashmere boots, C.H., M.H., 2s Gd ; ladies' all P. cashmere boot 1 ?, C.H. calf, 3a 9J ; ladies* F. cashmere SSP. booti, C.H., seal K.T.S., 3s 6i ; ladieV raemel SSP. boobs, M. H. riveted 4v ; ladies' g\>ve kid SSP. boots, 0.H., M.H., to % 5s 6d ; ladies' labting SS'\ boolp, P. cir. and toe-, 3s 3d ; ladies' F. cashmere SSP., OH., M.H., caK B. pat. fts., s"i ; JMies* F. cash. S'iP.boo -, 0.H.,M.H., calf, 5i 9d ; lade. F. cash. SSI?, boots, C.H.,calf, <s Cd; ladies' F. r^sh SSP. boots, P.M.8., rivd., 4i; children's 613 kid bools, P.M.H,, 4s Id ; Margate s^'ppe", 2* Wooi-washtng. — Mr. f S. rßrowJ,r BrowJ, cf Parnelll, tends the following: — "Si 1 ", — oavi,ig seea various accounts retp-otin^ the prooer method of washing wool both before andjiftor uMppinf, a*d of preparing it fo 11 tte Kngl'sh market, T beg. through the medium of your va'uab'e jor "aal, to submit the following remarks on the above subject, for the guidance of wool-&roweis and exporters. la order then taat the manufactrrer may arrive at a tolerably 1 -ccurate calculation of the proportion of the different qualities "n c eh lot or bale, it is neceswy that wool-growera and exportjis should see that their wool iscarefully classed, otherwice the manufacturer is compelled to leaveagoodmargininhis calculations, io the detr'meut of expovlers. Sim'lar lo ses will occur in the sale o£ wool containing sand, &c ,or wool irp perfectly washed. As there I seems to he a little misapprehend "on respacti ing the proper treatment of wool in the 1 washing process, I would observe that imperfect wa hing of wool damage • Lhe spinning properties of the fibre ; the manufacturer would prefer it unwashed rather than it should be badly washed, These remarks apply both to the wool be f ore ifc is elinped as well as after. Further, it is impossible for j unpractised handsandimpei^ect machine *y to remove the alkrline substances contained j» the eoap from the wool ; ifc produces injurious effects on the spinning properties of the fib a, The flexibility of the fibre of wool is best preserv* d in the grca c. W hen we consider the facilities for washing or Bcourin'' wool in in England, wh : oh can be accomplished at much less tban the cos,t iucurrsd here, and besides being; properly washed, I shonld recommend colonial wool to be shipped in the grease, were it not f or the fact that greasy wool is capable of holding such a large quantity of sand, &c, that it is iiiipo c s : b^e for manufacturers to form a correct estimate of waste previous to the scouring proces; hence the lovr price produced by greasy wool in the English markets. Wool-growers would do well to avo'd the use of t.u 1 a3 much a:> possible, as the substance not only requires clipping off by the sorter, but the part thus clipped is reduced in value, especially if lequired Tor woisted yarn. An imperfectly developed staple not only produces a similar effect to the clipping of the staple by t>e bieakinc; of the staple iv the process of carding, but one part beioe; generally finer than the other, produce^ an uneven yarn. The burr cannot be too much guard< d against, as ifc greatly depieciatcs the value of the wool. Before the hoils can be rid of tbe obnoxious burr they require to be passed through a machine, specially made for the purpose, called a burring machinf, which so breaks the fibres that the manufacturer only applies to it when he has c eparated all the long and clean from that which contains the burrs. The wool icoured in the colonies is usually what manufacturers call hask (w ; iy), having its spinning propeities s>.-eat injmed, and imperfectly washed wool often retains a fctain which rendeis it uufifc for yaru required for delicate colour*. Thoso who wis' to produce a clean and soft and pliable fibre must i>ay attention to the proper pressing o? the wool in the process of washing, and afterwards well shake it out before drying, and avoid the use of cherricals, except such as the soft scan contains With regaid to washing wool before it is clipped, much depends I'pon the circumstances in which stations are placed ; an abundant supply of v ater U indispensable, and cannot be successfully substitixfced by any chemical appliances."