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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13208, 15 February 1905, Page 4

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Daily Times Office. Tuesday evening. The amount of revenue collected at the Dnucriin Cimloin Douse liiflnv. on L'uotlg cleared for consumption was £857 Os 2d. directors of the Silvcrtori Tramway Company have declared an interim dividend of Is .per share and a bonus of Gd per share, payable on Friday, March 10. The Nelson Colonist is informed on '•ood authority that the hops, taken all round,°will be a short crop. The recent rain lias done good in filling out the hop, but the bines are dwarfed, and it is too late now for the bine to grow. On the other hand, the hops are in good condition, Heavy, arid clean, so that the want of bulk will in some measure be made ; *P' 0n the whole, it is estimated thai in built the crop will be about 20 per cent, less than the average. Growers are dteclarin" that they expect Is 3d per lb this year. ■ -c SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY. February It. The weekly wool sales closed for the present season firm. Greasy sold up to lljA scoured to Is 9Jd. - —«e»- :—■ NAPIEB WOOL SALES. (Per Uxiteu Phhss Association.) m . ■• NAPIER, February 14. The last of this season's wool sales took placo this afternoon. There was a large atlendanco of buyers. In sympathy with the further decline in London, prices as complied with tins January sn.'.e were from Jd to Id lower for coarse crossbreds, 3d lower lot medium crossbreds, and {d lower for fine crossbreds. Lambs' wool was in poor demand and showed a decline of ldl Sheepskins were 3d. lower than January rates. Prices were as follow:—Coarse crossbreds, 8d to BJd; medium crossbreds, BJd to Od; fine crossbred.?, fid 10. 9Ad; fair lambs', 8d; faulty, GJd to 7d; sheepskins— full-woolled medium and coarse crossbreds GAd to 7Jd, hoggets Gid. GORE STOCK. SALES. GORE, February 14. There, was a fair attendance at to-day's sale, when about 2600 sheep were offered. The sale was good, and nil classes of sheep brought high prices. Young ewes and lambs were in great demand. Fat wethers (small) brought 17s. 6d; small fat owes, 13s Cd; two-tooth ewes, from 19s to 21s Id; four, six, and eighttooth ewes, guaranteed, from 17s Id to 19s 3d; full-mouthed owes, from 8s 7d to 15s; tivotooth wethers, from 15s to 17s; sound-mouthed ewes and lambs, all counted, up to 15s 7d; two-tooth ewes and wethers, mixed, 17s sd; lambs,.from 12s to 12s 9d. Cattle: About GO head were yarded, for which there was practically no sale.