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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1839, 6 December 1869, Page 4

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Ni:w Zealand Hi:i:'.'..n Oi'i'iCß, fti'juvi'.ny afternoon. CYSTOUS .Ol'xics, £4S!I 0s lid; light dues, i'l.'i 3s Sil : arms fees, 6s ; pilotage, .til Ss 10d ; port el'-v.-ges, :C3 5s (>d.— Total, £318 13s Gd. Messrs C. Aril/ur mid Son re])ort a good attendance af 'Yieii- war.' on Sal urdar, when the following \mc.os were realised :—Fowls, 2s to 2s Od e:ich ; ducks, Is (id (o Is !)d each ; rabbits, Is each ; peas, Is to Is 3d per peck; onions. 3id per lb.; potatoes, 4s to 'Is. 9d ; bacon, Sid to 8d? ; bams, Sd to BJd ; eggs, Is ;>M per dozen; Hour, Cl 3 per ton; rice, 1 , l d per lb.; furniture at good prices. GUMS. Messrs. Ellis & ILu.e's Report :— lvaitri Gum.—l,3Bo cases offered in all, including the GOO cases referred to in our last, the portion

sold (about one-linlf), reiiliscd full prices. One case clean scraped fine selected gum, 101s; a few cases of clean scraped amber gum, 70s ; good fair scraped picked gum, a little mixed, 6'Os ; half scraped good bold medium and soft gum, 55s to 57s Gd ; partly scraped, rather coated and dusty, 50s to's3s ; garblings, chiefly solt gums and dust y, 4Gs to 40s ; of the late arrivals per Maori about 000 packages for sale on October S. No imports. Deliveries in September, 203 tons ; for the year to September 30, 1300 tons, 1,52G tons. Stock, G73 tons, against 1,200 tons, not including all the Maori. NEW ZEALAND WOOL. New Zealand wool generally shows an improvemeut iu breed and getting up. Some lloeka deserve special notice. Still we are of opinion thai several liofc-witer washed {locks liavc been overdone, as the feel is harsh, and the etnple appears dried up. It is, we think, not unlikely that there may be some ingredient made use of in washing which has produced this result, and, if so, it should be abandoned, as well as the use. of soda, which injures the fibre of the wool. That much labour and attention has been paid is evident; but, owing to the defect mentioned, prices obtained cannot but cause much disappointment to growers in the colony.