WOOL REPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 72, 5 February 1864, Page 4

WOOL REPORT.

The last wool sales commended on the sth j November. Total catalogued, 69,000 bales. | The sales commenced -with advance of one j penny to three half-pence per lb., chiefly on i stapled wool and middles. For Sydney wool I prices ruled very irregularly, although marj kets were steady and animated the sales j closed with a considerable decline. j EXPORTS. j The total exports to Australia during the : month were £75,000 in excess to i and Geelong. The exports for the month increase £30,111. Tobacco.—Shipments extensive, j "WiXES-have gone freely. lower. : Bulic Beer increased. To Adelaide shipments have decreased To Tasmania exports have liicrfeascd |£i 5,583. . ' To New Zealand shipments increased ' £6351. ; PRODUCE MARKETS. i HrriKS aud Skins. —Austrian, sold rcad- ! ily at advanced prices. ■ j "Leathkk.—Australian, in good demand i at 9fd, per lb. j Bark. —Mimosa in request, at increased 1 1 )1 '' <ICS - Tfl j Tai.i.OW Marlceis dull: prices lower, PTC : -12s. Gd. Australian lower, stock on hand, < 13,000 casks in excess of last year. i Oii.S. —All descriptions lower: large buai- : ness in colonial sperm at reduced prices. i Metals. —Good demand for Burra copper ; at £100, Kapnnda £102. I Spirits.—Extensive demand for rum at '! 3d. per gallon advance. j BiC'K.—Advanced Gcl.per cwt. _ . ! In Brc.an much speculation exists, and ss. \ dearer. There are ready buyer 3 for edffe'e, ! which has given way 3s. LATEST rOIiEI-G-X NEWS. (From Sytlncy JferaUFs Melbourne Correspondent.) j By Electric Telegraph. ; MAURITIUS. fly the Formosa, I'rom Mauritius, advices have been received in Melbourne to "20th December. . Sugar was still iiriu, with little available. : MEXICO. ' Intelligence lias been received of an attack ami surprise on the French garrison in tlic city of Tasco ; by Genrr.il ])ias. 'l'lio city -was taken by assault on tlie 2L)th October. A large number ot' prisoners were taken, and stores and munitions of war. Guerilla nurture threatens discomfiture aud defeat to the scattered French army. Black vomit prevails to an alarming extent. The French entert.iin great distrust of their Mexican allies. CALIFORNIA. L ' November 17. The Trieste was loading at Sau Francisda for ' Melbourne, with wheat and cats. - A fearful storm had raged over Pan Francisco oil Saturday and Sunday previous to the sailing of the Santiago. Much damage was caused bv it- to house property. The Aciniilla foundered in the port after ft eolli- ' siou with the ilritish ship Izs. The Acquilia hud on - i board the ironclad monitor Comanche, intended for j the defence of the harbour of San Francisco.