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Evening Star, Issue 17367, 1 June 1920, Page 8

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DUNEDLN RABBITSKLN .SALE. The Dunedin Stock Agents and Woolbrokers' Association (Stronach, Morris, and Co., Wright, Stephenson, and Co., the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Dalgety and Co., Todd Bros, and Co., the Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association, Donald Reid and Co., and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company) report having offered medium-sized catalogues, which were all cleared at values that showed an advance on the last sale prices. Incoming and autumn sorts advanced 2d to 4d per lb, while lowergrade skins increased id to lid per lb. Quotations: Early winter does to 73d; early winter bucks to 64d; incoming winters to 67d; late autumns to 49|d; autumn to 46d; early autumn to 42d; prime racks to 29|d; light racks to 24^d; summers to 23^d; small to 15d ; winter blacks to 80-id; incoming blacks to 60£ d • autumn blacks to 50d ; summer blacks to 30d; horsehair to 52d. FUR SALES. Mr R. S. Black (who is New Zealand agent for Messrs Funeten Bros, and Co., of St. Louis, U.S.A.) has received the following cable from that firm :—" Russian ponies, Australian opossum, ringtail opossum, beaver, about 30 per cent, lower than February auction sales." THE PRICE OF GOLD. [Psa United Pesss Association, j WELLINGTON, June 1. The Treasury announces that the following information has been received from the High Commissioner, dated London, May 27; The official price of gold to-day is £5 6s 6d per oz. Shipments have been made to India and South Africa.