NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3886, 4 February 1870, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

Messrs. G. and J. A. Noble's circular of December is as follows : — late anivaJs have been small, »nd quality of the i ii "? low Previous imports, some boiug only partially cleaned at the extremity.and the flag apparently only bruised. In this state it is not sui.ablo for workicg ; with Manila hemp, consequently values are materially altered Well cleaned bright parcaU continue in good request at slightly lower rates owing to ft declme of 20s to 40a per ton in Manila hemp Sales since the 4th November «ie as under :— fcx • Hmrkesbury,' November 10 : M & Co (T under), 73 bales, L35 5s to L3fl los per ton for sound ; —..— (TH under*, 1 bale,L40 15s;-.,- (Evans under), 3 bales, £40. Ex • Norfolk, 1 from Sydney. November 11 : BW, 11 bales, 139 lSs ; Mills, 7 bales. L48 15s • (Cow under), Snales, Ll« G». Ex 'Hawkesbury, 1 from Sydney ; B & W, 68 bales L42 to 142 15s ;— „— (Tow ander), 2 bales, L18 6s. Ex ' Percy,' from Auckland November 18 : No mark, 28 bales, LS9 16» per ton for ■ounrt. El' Walter Hood. 5 from Sydney November 9.5 : DA. 8 bales, L32 per ton for sound ; DO 1 bal* 1M ; DS. 7 bales, L52 ; D^Co , 8 bates, t3« ; 1 bale, I*'i2. Ex ' liberator,' f<om Sydney: A. 64 bales 1ST 10*; S, 6 b*le», L32 10s. Sx 'Walter Wood,' from (Sydney, Deoemlievl; BD<fc Co., 82 bales withdrawn *t'40L Ex 'CStr ofPekin,' from Melbourne. Dscei^ber 2: No mark 25 baler, rough, L20 15s, Mear*. EUUand Halo mark »- largo demand and price* obtained reryitifb, mxajvt ©uiiep«mauoijwtur«xinow

using this article. 284 bales in auctions were all di«posed of at high prices, there being a good competition. Fine clean long,L52 ; fair and good, L42 15s to L48 15s ; partly cleaned and brownish and mixed, L32 to L39 153. Tow, £18 5s to Jj 8 6». On November 3 445 bales New Zealand were offered, and sold readily at a. considerable advance ; fair quality rather mixed commencing at L<5 15s and "rising to L48 10a ; better quality at L50 to L51 10s. On November 4. 120 bales New Zealand chiefly sold at L42 5s to 147, inferior L30; 4th to 1st clasi damaged, L32 6s to L48 6a. On November 10, 77 bales New Zealand were sold, middling at L35 6s to L36 15s ; a few bales L40 to L40 15s. On November 11, )00 bale* New Zewland 'old sound at L39,15atoL4815s; tow.LIC 6s to L18 6i. On November IS 21 bales New Zealand sold at L39 15s ; one lot, L42 16s.