WOOL SALES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1909, Page 8

WOOL SALES.

♦ AMERICANS OPERATING FREELY. By T«lerraph.— Frew Association.— Copyright. (Received May 11, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, 10th May. At the wool sales prices showed a (hardening tendency. Americans are operating very largely. EXPORTS FOR APRIL A NOTABLE INCREASE. The Industries and Commerce Depart- . meat has issued a statement of exports tior the month of April, and tho total •'value of the chief items of exports amounts to £1,552,755, an increase of ' foyer £400;000 for the month, compared with April of 1908. The values of- the principal' products exported from NewZealand as a whole, compared' -vftifib.. the figures for April, 1908, are as foliovr: —

There are fallings off in hemp of from £34,222 to £23,518, and in tow from. £2514 to £1179. Poultry and rabbits ymake no appearance in the returns this month. Potatoes make a showing of £122, whereas the export for April, 1908, was ! £129 — practically no difference. All j i other staple products show, as seen ! above, satisfactory increases. The exports of butter are as follow : — i -New Plymouth, £44,045; Auckland, £21,660; Wellington, £19,335. 'Cheese: Patea, £43,857; rnvercargill, £36,806; New Plymouth, £22,098;" Wellington, £19,335. Beef: Napier, £7105; Waitara, £5700; Wellington, £4885. Mutton: Gisborne, £41,592; Lyttelton, £38,069 ; 'Wellington, £28,577. Lamb : Lyttelton, £97,985; Timaru, £87,806; Napier, £38,736; Wellington, £21,627. Hemp: Wellington. £11.153; Auckland, £7600; 'Invercargill, £2062. Skins: Lyttelton, £19,197; Wellington, £9803; Gisbome, £8329. Hides: Wellington, £4534 ; Dunedin, £1926 ; Napier, £1335. Tallow: Wellington, £13,363; Napier, £6159; Lyttelton, £5977; Auckland, £5804. Wool: Wellington, £101,599; Lyttelton, £88,341; Timaru, £60,585; Oamaru, £56,731 ; Gisborne, £35,034 ; Napier, £27,984. Auckland dispatched £77,956 in gold ; Greymouth, £19,040 ; and Dunedin, £14,101.

£ Butter ..- ... 115,416 Cheese- ... .... 344,823 Beef 26,191 ■Mutton ... .... 152,840 ■Lamb 309,033 Wheat .... ... 2,461 Oats 8,785 Kauri Gum ... 30.259 •Hops 627 Grain and pulse ... 6,540 Skins .., ... 62,458 Hides ,12,562 Tallow ... ... 47,990 Timber .... .... 18,239 Wool 478,570 Gold .., ... 111,097 £ 31,411 86,162 42,546 108/980 245,644 35 2,888 25,956.. 125 400 43,900 12,119 45,926 18,119 339,754" 109,759