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United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 10. At the wool sales, fine-haired, shafty and scoured merinos closed 5 per cent, and fine and medium ci-oss-breds 5 to 7i per cent above the closing rates of the November series; faulty and inferior grades about the November level. During the series 95,000 bales were sold for the Continent, 145,000 bales for the Home market, and 5000 bales for .America, and 95,000 bales were held over. Yesterday's sales included Totara 6|d. . Frozen Mutton.—River Plate, heavy 4 l-16d, light 3|d; New Zealand mutton, lamb and beef are unchanged. (Last week's quotations were: —Frozen mutton. —Cross-bred wethers and maiden; ewes—Canterbury Dunedin a,nd Southland 4gd, Nortb'lsland 4-£d. New Zealand beef—lßoib to 2201 b per quarter, fair average quality, ox fore quarters hindquarters 4d. River 1 Plate mutton, heavy 4£d, light old.) Hides.—Queensland ox s,|jd to cow sd; New South Wales ox 4-.|d to 4|d, cow 4 l-16d; New Zealand, basils Is, leather unchanged. Silver, 2s 4 3-16 d. Linseed oil, 26^d. British imports in January increased by £1,451,600, and exports show an increase of £1,169,850, as compared with January of . last year. Trade with Australia now figures separately under the 'headings "Australia" and "New Zealand," owing to*the establishment of the Commonwealth. [Pee, Piikss Association.] WELLINGTON, Feb. 11. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cable message from thii Agent-General, dated Feb. 9:—The average price of choicest butter is 108 s per cwi. There is a, good demand, chiefly for Scotland and North of Br.giard. There is no alteration iu the cheese market since last week. The hemp market is very firm; good cuijent Manila. £3O I.os ; the* auction sales last week closed with » good demand ; reports from Manila indicate signs of improvement in the hem]) market. Cocksfoot is unsatisfactory at 335.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12423, 12 February 1901, Page 5
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