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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10582, 11 October 1910, Page 2

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WOOL SALES

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.):

Received October 10, at 9.20 p.m. ,: • London, October 10. , The following sales vwere. - made.: "Poparntu" clip, top price-10d,. ay.erage/ 9sd; ' 'Rananai," top - price ayefe age' 9Jd; 12d, avcrage' lljd; "Reto," top price 13Ad, average 12£ d; "Hilos," top. prico 12d, average lO^d.

Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercan-; . tilo Agency Company, Limited, have received the following from their London office:—Wool Sales—lll,ooo bales , of- wool were sold at tlie. wool sales 14,000 bales held over; 42,000 bales fpr- „ Continent. Sales closeu with good competition. As compared with last sales' 'closing rates, prices are abpat o per cent, higher for crossbred slipe, about par to 5 per cent, higher for greasy merino and scoured merino. Average current London value of tho undernoted descriptions of New Zealand greasy wool : Good merino 13-Jd, ■ medium merino 12d, inferior merino lOd, fine crossbred 13Jd,. medium cross- : bred 12d, coarse crossbred (40's) lOd, ccfarse crossbred ,(36's) 9-Jd. DUNEDIN GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows:—We held our usual weekly, auction sale when we offered a medium catalogue to a good attendance' of buyers. Bidding, was keen throughout' the sale, and we cleared everything on offer at the undermentioned rates: — Oats. —-During the. week there has been a better enquiry from shippers, but" their ideas of value are hardly lip to growers, with the consequence tliat ho volume of business is passing. Any lilies comiiig in. are being sold in small lots for local consumption. The seed demand is practically over. Prime milling, Is lid to Is 11-Jd; good, Is 10Jd to Is lid; Inferior to medum, Is 6d to ls lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —There is no change to report in prices. Prime velvet' and Tuscan is enquired for, but medium milling has no enquiry, and is very hard to sell; Fowl feed, of which there is not much offering, is readily saleable. Prim'e'velvet, 3s lOd to 4s osd; milling velvet ear and Tuscan, 3s 7d to 3s 8d; whole fowl feed, 3s Id to 3s 4d; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —During Hie last few days, ' no lines have been ' coming forward, and as all lines in store are now sold; the market is absolutely bare, and prices to-day took a big jump. We quote: Best table sorts, £9 to £10; other sorts, £7 10s to £8 ss; inferior sorts, £5 10s to £7 per ton (sacks in). Chaff. —Medium supplies have been coming to hand and are readily absorbed. All sorts are easily quitted on arrival. Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s 6d; medium to good, £3 15s to £3 i 1 17s 6d; inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s per ton (sacks extra).