NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1125, 8 February 1870, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

j>rom jaessrs. v. ana j. xsowes circular or lie* Cr-mber we take the Wllbwink:— On November 3, 445 bated New Zealand were of* fered, and sold readily, at a considerable advance ; fair quality r.ttherinixed commencing ac £45 158. and riMiuK to £48 10s. : better quality at £51) to £61 10s. On November 4, 120 Ukles SKew Zealand chiefly sold at £42 5-. to £47 ; inferior £30; 4th to Ist class damaged; £82 s*. to £48 fla. O.i November io, 77 baits New Zealand were sold, middling at £35 sj. to £36' 155. ; a few bales £40 to £40 155;. On November 11, 100 bales New Zealand sold sound at £39" 15*. 'to £4S 155. ; tow, £10 fia. to £18 6s. On November 18, ■21 bales New Zealand sola at £39 155.' : cue lot, £42 * 15S. ■; . -. ;:■••...,-. ■.•:■--' \ The follo«finK cirVular,*dat<'d London, December A 3, .1869, appears in the Southern Cross: — ■ ; ...iFiax: Tni-t ariicltt is abjui> susiamed, but owing to depreciation m price in Manila hemp, whicti is u.M'd ii-gotlifr wiih-ic, 9(>me< perti»us make a fall slightly in value I ,' hub we attribute »»y dulnesi in • value rattier tv thefacc of late iiuports boing rather below the. previous ones inequality; mewe of the Sfimplea naving the appearance vi* cleaving only at the extremitirin, wall the £U# only beatou and bru si*d. vv«il-j>repared parcels continue m good diuiand, and aru l»k<)y alwa>s to s^ll pn-ntrtply, Tiansactiin> have bieii cl.iSj-d from £18 ss. for tow, up to £52 (7 bales DE) per ton for sound.— J. L. Lindon Davis. .• . .