CLEARANCE OF WOOL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 112, 13 April 1936, Page 5

CLEARANCE OF WOOL.

NINE MONTHS' FIGURES. SALES AND EXPORTS. A clearance of nearly 700,000 bales of wool for a total realisation of about £10,000,000 makes the 1935-36 season an outstanding one in recent years. Prices have been well in advance of those of last year, and there has been little variation during the sale. The carry-over of wool into next season will be a small one. A clearance of 97.27 per cent of the wool offered was made at the March sales (not including that at . Christchurch on March 31-). The total quantity oflered during the month to March 28. wag 197,406 bales, of which 192,049 were sold. The figures cover soven roster sales. ' During the nine nioilths of the 193536 season to March 28, of wool throughout New Zealand totalled 698,124 bales, of which 670,706 bales, or more than 96 per cent., were sold, compared with 477,428 bales offered and 423,077 bales sold during the corresponding period of the 1934-35 season. This season's offerings to March 28. exceeded those for the corresponding period of last season by 220.696 bales, while the actual sales were greater by 247,629 bales. The following table gives a detailed comparison of the figures which have been compiled by Dalgety and Co., Ltd.

Shipments of wool from the Dominion last month again were heavy, comprising 135,858 bales of greasy and 18,841 bales of slipe and scoured, a totill of 154,699 bales, compared • with 189,287 bales in February and 120,370 bales in January. For the nine months ended March 31, exports of wool totalled 646,554 bales, compared with 426,079 bales for the corresponding period of last season, an increase of 220,475 bales, or approximately 66 per cent. The .detailed figures compare as follow :

• 9 Months to March 28. 1935-36. 1934-35. Offered. Sold. Offered. Sold. Bales. Bales Bales. Ba.es. Invercargill .. 51,294 £0,599 38,575 33,882 Dunedin .... 91,948 89.094 67,510 63,957 Tim a ru 40,846 38.896 31.154 29,444Christchurch 82,321 79/932 70,585 64,954 Blenheim .... 113 112 54 54 Wellington ...127,660 119,520 92,463 80,532 Wanganui 92,596 89,411 41,294 35,045 Napier 119,151 115.274 88,462 78,724 Gisborne 2,068 1,900 1,764 1,493 Auckland 90,127 86,198 45,567 34,992 Totals 698,124 670,706 477,428 423,077

9 months to Mar* 31 1935-36 1934-35 Bales. Bales. 53,579 32,773 64,242 39,700 1,982 2.692 43,099 23.562 Christchurch 80,280 68,299 4,059 1,898 1.118 832 129,399 82,431 Wanganui 61,870 36,056 New Plymouth 1,632 1,742 Napier, Waikokopu 102,859 67,548 Gisborne, Tokoniaru Bay 33,144 25,391 Auckland, Opua 69,291 43,155 Totals 646,554 426,079