COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 141, 17 June 1913, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

RABBITSKIN SALE.

Balgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following advices from their Dunedin office:—We held our usual sale on Monday, 9th instant, when we offered a large catalogue to a full attendance of buyers. Bidding throughout was very keen, with the result that we have to report a highly satisfactory sale. In almost every lot prices realised were in advance of our valuations from Jd to £d per Ib, winch clearly shows that at present the market is very firm. Included in our catalogue were a few lines of winters, which elicited animated competition. Selected does brought up to 32Jd per Ib, selected bucks to 21 Jd, and winter blacks realised up to 29§d per lb, fawns to 19Jd. Following was the range of prices realised:—Runners iand suckers 8d to 9Jd, light racks to 12£ d, prime racks to 12Jd, sum-

}roers to 12-£ d, springs to 13d, early t autumns to 153 d, autumns to 17|d, incoming winters to 19£-d, mixed, broken and hawk torn to lOd, summers black to Hid, autumn blacks to 21d, winter blacks to 29£ d, winter bucks to 21|d, winter does'to 32id