TOTAL IMPORTATION OF COLONIAL WOOL INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1582, 18 March 1882, Page 15

TOTAL IMPORTATION OF COLONIAL WOOL INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.

1881. 1890. : ' ■ . Bales. (Bales. New South Wales and Queens- ' land . .. 248,089 226 236 Victorian .. .. 353,370, 305,401 ■Tasmanian ... .. 23.476 v . 25,5a5 South Australian.. .. 112,393 109,898 West Australian .« > .. -.; -ai,040 9,i>25 New Zealand x ' ' .. .. ■* 183,240 189,406 Capo , and, 2s»tal ... , ", •• I? 4 . 2 *? . J93,458- * Total bales 1 \. '..* 1,126,750 Ui,057,2U i,057,25 J9J 9 Mr DONAMi Strokaou (on behalf of the Ne\v Zealand Loan andMejfcantllerAgenoy Company* Limited) report* for 'the .week .ending 16th March 'as follows I.—1 .— ' .' » . 'i<"'i^ '.f" J ; Fat Cattle.'— Owing to the short supply the 'demand was better," '&nd-,piicfcß show an improvement equal to about 2s Gd per 1001b. 117 head were yarded, anjl sold as follows: -Bullocks, £5 2s Gd to £10 7s6d!; and cows, £4 to £7 12s fld-Wqual to 'about 22s 6d p^r 1001b. '' ' Fat Calves.— Thirty yarded, and sold at from 5s 8d to 40s per head. , Fat, Sheep.— Only 1047 were penned,, about 800 being stores. In consequence of the restricted supply 'the wade demand resultedih an advance of 2s r to" ?s 6d pec fiead. Crossbred* realised from lls 6d to 18s 3d. We sold drafts on uccounr. of Messrs F. Wayne, J G. Grey, and James Macandrew. We quote prime ' crossbred 2fd per lb. Fat Lambs - 807 were deposed of at from 8s 9d to 103 9d. We sold some pens on account of Mr William Shand, ' . ' Fat .Pigs.— lßß cleared, at from 6s to 37b eacb. Store Sheep.- Orossbreda of all ages and young merinos are in good inquiry, but the supply of the ' former is quite unequal to the demand. ' ' Wool.— Telegrams from London report an average improvomenfc of-£d,to ld'.per lb on'thb opening priced, Bcoured and fine crojrabred* showing the greatest ad,vance, whila ioferipr descriptions remain about earn* as last sales.' •' - ' ' ' SheepskiDs.t-At our usual auction on Monday w,e sold under good -competition -a catalogue at prices fully supporting previous rates. 1 Full-woolkd akins, of which a good many of the lots cons'tnted, fetched from 4s 6d. to 5s 9d tot crossbred, and 3a 4d to 4s 6d for merind; other descriptions, Is lid to 2s ldt; lambskins, Is 2d to "2s Id; pelts, lOd to 2s each; 1 greasy Bkins; in bales, 3Jd to 6d per lb. Hides.— We have cleared all parcels to hand at last prices, s^y fro")n 8d W 3Jdfor inffliipr t^nd Jight, up to 4d for heavy hides in good condition and well trimnied. , t \ \ ' Tallow.— Competition at our auction on Monday «as fairly active, but; prices showed no improvement., Medium good Boli'tSr from 26s to 28s 6d, and iuferior toordinary 20s to 25s ; .butchers', xough fat fetched' from 10s 1 od to 19s 3d— equal to a decline of 6d to Is perewt. ' ■ Grain.— Wheat : The new crop is arriving but. slowly, and. consequently transactions , ar,e .limited, borne sale* are" reported of '.parcels', 'theb'ulk of which has not come to* hanoyat' prices which fully support,' or even show an improvement on our last quotations. The market is now getting bare pf qld, stock, but' I 1 'sbrts could' do readily "at '4s 6d. For, mtdium quality '4rf to ; '4s 4d may be obtained, and for inferior and fowl feed Is 6d to 3s 4d per bUßheu Oats : Purchases both for local consumption and fir shipment are now on a more restricted scale, -but seveial transactions' pf a speculative character have taken place, and small : "parcels -have changed 'hands' to pansing wants (pending'arrival pf new crop) at an advance Da» oilr .last quotations. Holders are firm at the following prtaes:-Good bright feed, 2s 6d to 2o 8d ; inferior, in' proportion. Barley : nothing to report., ,'>. t •,-, "\ Ryegrass SeaA ;• We quote 8s 6d to 6s, according to Bample, at whioho the 'market is firm. •

r-»»; i, (>i !( : c ; Messrs Wright, Strphenson, and Co. report for the week ending 15th March »8 follows :-( j ( ;' j Fat Cattle.— The supply to hand was' a'very small one, only 117 head-bwng.'yardod, f NotmithstandU g the paucity of the entry, the demand was" slack, aijd, last week'B prlcea wer,e not sustained, ft reductionpf nearly 2s 6d per ibOlb halving ' to Be submitted, to. \fe sold 68 head as follows :— On account of Mr Ge»>. M'Donald, 25 bullocks* at from' £B 16&'t$}£10 7s 6( ; on account of Mr T. Ayson (Birchwooa"), 16 cows ■it from ,£4 16S'to £O!d7BiCd; on ;acoounii,ofrMr Andrew Frew (Saddle Hill), 4 heifers at from £6158 to £7 7s J 6d; on account of Messrs Mcc brothers (Brighton),^ bullocks at from £5 7s Gd to fill 7a 6d; on account bf Mr W. A. Todd (Mflsgiel), .4 cattle, at from £3 10s to £6 10s ; and on account of Messrs John Holmes, R. 3. Howard, and others, 11 head cows ,at, from £4 2s jjd to £5 128 6d. We quote prime beef at 20s per lOOlb* Fat Calves.— Thirty penned. We sold Batfrom-6s Cdto4os. .'<•"' = Fat Sheep.— the total number penped was 104?, of which 300 were .little better than stores.' The fact !pf the trade having killed off almost all their previous purchiibes, together with the-Bmallness of the supply forward, caused prices to make an enormous advance. At least 39 a head more than last week's quotations was obtained ; but this advance can only j?e looked up m as temporary, aa a. full market next w^ek would at once have the effect of reducing prices to their former level! We sold 696 as follows : On account of James Gow; Esq. (Invermay), 85 crossbred wethera at from 18a to 18fl 3d ; on account of Mr John Wilson, 301 crossbred wethers at (from 15s to 15s 3d ; on account of Mr Patrick Ryan, 15 crossbreds at I4s 9d ; on account of Mr Thomas Finnic (Saddle Hill), 99 ; merino ewes at 9s ; on account of Mr Donald M'D.Jnald (Goodwood), 86 merino ewes at 8s 6d. We quote prime mutton at fully 2Jd per lb. ' 1 Fat Lambs.— Bo7 penned, and sold at prices showing an advance on last week's. We sold 190 as .follows :■— On account of James Allan, Esq. (Hopehiil), 50 ;at from 8s 9d to 9a 3d ; *on account of Mi; Donald M'Do'nald (Goodwood), 51 at from 9s 3d to'9s"6d, atd 34 at 8s ; on, account of Mr Jfoseph Culling (Hillgrove), 42 at 10s; and on account of Mr P. Ryan, 11 [at lft?9d- . • . ' p,,g 8> _138 penned. For well-grown stores there w.is a good demand, and better prices were obtained t x these tbo.n have "been ruling for Borne time pait. We sold 74 .as if'ollows:— Bacon .pigs at 34,8 to 395; porkerß, 26s to 30s 6d ; stores, from 18s to, 24s 6d j Buckera, at from 4s 6d to 9s. -<> . j Store Cattle.— ln the southern part of the province therß irs- fai^'.inquiry f.or .this.description. of ■, stock, 'but lo'cally'there is'but little demand.' At'the Pound Yards, Outram, on Frida,ylaßt we disposed of 202 head as, follqws :— Three-year-old steers fetched from £4* 17s 6d to' £s 12a 6d; mixed two and three years old steers, from £3 10s to £4 5.4 ; 18 months, and two yeora old steers and heifers, £2 jes ; and (mixed yearlings, £1 15s ;" cows and heiter-s, at £3 per head. • Store Sheep,— Mnoe, our- last report we have 00 ohange either in demand or valueß to note. The numbers offering, however, continue far short of demand.' Privately, during the week, we have gold 1000 crossbred ewes (full-moutheii) and 200 two-tooth merino wethers. On Tuesday, 21st inflt., at the Pound Yards, Outram, we shall offqr 1500. g00d fiylmouth,merino,ewes. • Hors&s.—We hid a largo entry for last Saturday's sale, which ovas well attended, 'and a considerable amount of business was transacted at our quotations. Good useful young 'draughts vweio in demand, as were also first-class hacks and light-harness horses. We quote first- class draughts at from £30 to £38; medium, £20 to £26 ; good hacks and light-harness i horaes, £l« to £25 ; medium, £10 to £12 ; light and 1 inferior, £3 to £7. j Wool.— Cablegrams from London continue to be of the most favourable character. The latent, .under date 13th inßt., reads as follows : "A* the auction to-day 10,900 bales were offered, and, therewasVgopd ijemand. Prices for, medium, to fine greasy wool ruled id to Id higher than at lost sale; for washed, fleece about Id higher, : top scoured also about 2d higher : WMotfroftipedßila'tQ M'WgtW tb»B \wi}sWi' ! '

In this market business is now restricted to a few odd lots of Btogirlenf wool. On Monday we sold about 40 bales, at from BJd to lOgd for greasy orossbro i, and from 7i<i to 10-^ for merino. „ , Sheepakiud.— We held our weekly sale on Monday lasi. as usual. There was a good attendance of buyers, and pricea obtained showed a little improvement on the previous week's. Country skins, fuil-woolled, fetched from 3s 7d to 53 Cd ; pelts, from 8d to 2j 2d ; lambskins, from Is 3d to 23 2d. Hides. -We sold all to hand on Monday at up to 4d per lb for sound wet-salted. Tallow.— We did not offer any this week. Grain. Wheat : The market continues firm ; values are, however, without change since last week. The demand for exj ort ia hardly so brisk at the moment, but millarsr, on the other hand, are purchasing more freely. Our transactions for the past week have been -<52,600 bushels at quotations, which are as follow : From 4s 5d to 4s Cd for prime samples, and for ordinary from 4s 3d to 4s 4d; fowls' wheat, from 2s Gd ro 3a 4ri. Oats : We have to report a largo export demand, and prices aro in consequence hardening. We quote prin.e feed and milling at from 2s 8d to 2a 9d ; inferior and discoloured, 2s 6d to 2a 7d. At these quotations we have sold 7000 bushels. Barley : There are no samples of the new crop'ofifering, but we have inquiries for prime malting. Ryegrassseed is in fair request. During the wo< k we have sold 6000 bushels at from 4s 3d to 6a per bushel, according to sample.

Messrs Maclean and Co. report for the week ending 15th March as follows : -

Fat Cattle.— There was a moderate supply of 117 head forward at Burnside, consisting principally of ordinary quality, with about 30 head prime. Owm* to the bare market thcrewas a brisk* demand," and the quotations of last week were sustained to-day. Prime bullocks brought from £8 10s to £W ss ; ordinary, £5 5« to £7 12s 6d ; cows, from £4 to £7 10s. We sold 7 head cows on account o! Messrs Bryce Bros. (Loveli'u Flat), at from £5 12s 0d to £7'2s6d; on account of Mr John Bruce (Brighton), W head bullocks at from £7 5s to £7 42s 6d ; on account of Mr J. Andrews (Green Island), Mr A. Kerr, and Mr O. Samson, 10 hpadatur>to£7lss. We quote prime beefrlully 22s fldperidOlb. " , '• tiM. UU.IVC3.— Thi-tv-one'were yarded, and sold at frotnVs 6d to 34-. We sold 20 on account of Mr A.. Murray, at from lls to 345. Fat Sheep.— A email supply of 1047 came forward for to-day's market, and owing to this limited number prices advanced considerably : . crossbreds brought from lls 6d to 16s On account of the bareness ol the market, a few pens at the olose of tho sale brought up to 18s 3d. We sold on account ot Jamea Rutherford, Esq. (Summerhitl), 68 crossbred wether* at )5s 6d ; on aocouot of 1 Walter Miller, Eiq. (Glenore), 75 do v at 15s to 15s 9d. We quote prime mutton, 2}d to 8d per lb. • Fat Lambs —307 were penned, and sold at from 8s 9d to 10s 9d. We sold 52 on account of Jos. Macandrew, Esq., at 0a od. ,Fat Pigs.'-— l3B were yarded, price.* ranging from 6s ,to 445. We sold 39 svt from 6s to 225. • Store Sheep —Young stock are' inquired for, and both crossbredß and merinos are readily placed. We have to draw attention to our sale of store aheap, &c, under country sales. At Burnside to-day we sold 100 merino ewes at satisfactory prices. Country Sales.— We have to call attention to our sale atWaipahl Station, in conjunction with Megß-s *D. Reid and 00., of 4500 crossbred and merino sheeji, 100 Romney and merino rams, mixed cattle, &c, to take place on Friday,- the 24th March ; also to our sal" at Waipori, on account of Mr R Robinson, of ab'.ut 40 Clydesdale mares aud geldings, light colts and fillies, b0 head fat and store cattle, implements, &c, on Thursday, the 80th March ; and two sections of land in the Clarendon district, containing 212 aores. (Seb advertisement.) Wool.— Latest cablegrams from the Home market uhow an advance of from id to Id per lb as compared > with the opening of the nates. Sheepskins.- -We held our usual skin sale on Monday 'ast, when there was a full attendance of the trade, ani with good competition prices showed an improvement on last week. Crosubreds brought up to 5s Id ; morinos, 4a lid ; butchers' pelts, Is 5d to 1b 9d ; lambskins; Is lid to 2s Id. Hides.— Last week's values aro maintained, and .well-conditioned lota are placed at 4d per lb. ,' Tallow.— We have uo transactions to report. . Grain.— Wheat : There is very little of the new crop ' yet to hand, but transactions have taken place at prices up to 4s 6d per bushel for prime, and 4s to 4* 4dfor medium ; fowl feed, 2s Od to 3s 3d. Oats : The demand continues good. We quote for good milling and bright feed, 2s 8d to 2s Od ; and during ,the week we have placed several parcels at tho latter figure. Barley shows an improved demand, ana we have cleared last season's lots on hand at 3s 2d to 3d 3d. We have no transactions in the new crop to report.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report for the week ending 15th March aa f ollowa :—

Fat Cafctle. 117 yarded ; exce .tfsome 40 head prime, these wero mostly medium quality. There was bri-k»r demand and higher prices for bent puns, other Mints) reading fully last woek's quotations. Bullocks Bold at £6 16s to £10 7b Gd ; comb, £4 2s (id to £8 17s 6d— or equal to 20a to 22s Od per 1001b for prime beef. We yarded 25 ho id, an! sold on account of Malcolm Carmichael, Esq. (ttiverside), 12 cows up to £7 2a 6d ; on account of Jno. Bruce, Esq. (Brighton), 6 steers, £61756 d ;on account ( of Messrs Hocton, Holland, and others, 7 head, up to £5 17a 6d. Privately we sold 57 head.

Fat Thirty yarded. These proved more than enough, and prices were low. We sold 4at 10s to 22s each.

Pat Sheep.— lo47 penned, consisting of, say, 300 mormoa, little bettor than stores, and 747 crossbrods ; most of those were ijoo<l useful quality. The bareness , of the .market caused a rise of from 2s to 25,6 d a head on last week's prices. (Jh'OHsbreds sold at 12s to 18s 3d (the latter price was given for a very prime lot) ; merinos, 8s to 93 3d. We sold on account of General Fulton, Outraiu, a drift of. cvossbreds at 18a 9d. We quote prime mutton 2Jd to 3d per lb. Fat Lambs.— 3o7 penned. The whole of these were good quality, and owintj to the short supply they brought fully last week's rates. Best sold at 8s &l to 10s ; others, 7a 3d to 8s 6d. We sold lor Mr Hugh Fraser (Waihemo), 30 crosabreds at 7s 6d j 20 merinos, Ss9d.

Fat Pip.— l 34 yarded, half ot which were stores and suck ers ; these were duj), at low rate.*. Porkers' sold at 22j to 42*. We sold 10 at quotations.

Store Sheep.— We have 4000 very superior four and six-toot^, merino ewes for sale from Messrs Cargill and Anderson's well-known Tevlot flock— a really prime lot.' We have also a a few lots of half-bred ewes and lambs, and some really prime pure Leicester ewe lambs for sale. We disposed of lOfll mer^io flock rams at a satisfaitory price; and w$ have a number of merino and long-woolled $ims for sale from some of the best breeders in th,e province.

Store Ca,ttle,— The demand is not so active, and prices are easier; qiu'et well-bred cattle still find buyers, however,, q.b fair prices. Wool. -At Monday's Bale we submitted a fair catalogue. Owing to the recent favourable accounts from the London sales, there was brisker demand and better prices. The following lot* weije sold :— LF, 1 bag greasy mer;no, BJd; 1 do do pieces, 6Jd; -f in circle, 2do do merino, B|d' ; G over D, 2do do pieces, 3|d; Me, 2 ba^es do. crossbred, 7fd; S, 1 bag locks, 3.5 ; B, 3, do greasy pieces, s|d ; Edodo locks, 3Jd ; heart, Ido do pieces, 6|d ; Ido do. locks, 3Jd; <\ oyer S, 1 bale do crossbjfed, 9Jd ; Din red, 2 do. do merino, Bjd ; Ido do crossbred and merino, 7 |d,; heart, 2do do crofsbred,BJd; 8,3d0 do merino, Dd; 2 and 22 in red, 3do do dio, 8d ; 222 in red, Ido do crossbred and merino y 9Jd ; JD conjoined, 1 bag locks, 2£d; RT, 2 feales greasy mixed, 7Jd; ST, 1 bag do look.B, 23d; RB, 1 bale do pieces, 4d; Q in red, 11 do do .crossbred, OJd ; Mataura, Ido scoured do, £0d ; Ido do pieces, 16|d ; N, Ido do blk and pieces, lOd ; 2 do do locks, 10} d. Sheepskins.— At our usual weekly sale we offered a medium catalogue, consisting chiefly of butchers' green lots. The trade, which was well represented, competed keenly, causing prices to improve. Butchers' pelts sold at Is 5d to 2s ; do lambskins, Is 8d to 2a Id ; country crossbreds, 2a Id to 6a 4d ; do merino. Is lid to 4s 9d ; station skins ia bales, ssd to 6d per lb. Hides.— The improvement noted in our last report has been well established. Prices for extra hoftv^ lota are firm, with an upward tendency. ,We quote heavy (free from cheeks and eavs), 4& to' 4£d; ordinary, 4d ; inferior and slippery^ 3d to 3|d ; calfskins, B|i to 4d. On Monday we 8o)d 247, at quotations.

Tallow.— We did. Nat offor any rendered tallow this week. Some small lots butchers' rough fat sold at £18 to £1$ 10a per \<m, which we give as market value. Freehold Property.— We report having held a .sale "at the Green island DrlUphect on Saturday last, w.neri we submitted, on account of M. Hume, Esq. • 36 sections in the township of Brooklyn. There was a 1 fair attendance, aud bidding was rather slow,. 16 sections' were' sold all prices ranging from mtom^&w^maM mi k block I. m each, 'fy Ux J t orHvo| 10, block \i m, to'-Wr J, S,

Kennedy ; 11 and 12, block I, £22 each, to "Mr J, S. Kennedy; 9, block I, £19, to Mr D. Burnett; 7 and 8, block I, £12 each, to Mr J. Foulds; 6, bloc* 1, £17, to Mr T. Wilson ; 1, block I, £24, to Mr D. Milis; 2, block I, £24, to Mr D. Mills; 3, block' l, £23, to Mr M'Leod ; 6 and 7, block 11, £13 each, io Mr Forbes ; 2 and S, block ill, £22 each, to Mr J. Uoberts; 4r and 5. block 111, £22 oaeh, to Mr J. Roberts; 7, block 111, £17, to Mr J. Robert,; 8, bl.u-l. 111, £27, to Mr J. Koberte. The unsold sections »ro now for sale privately. We also offered on account of Mr V>. M'o»be two sections in the township of Green Island, with buildings thereon. After some tlow bidding they were passed in at £300.

Grain. Wheat: There is active demand for all prime milling lots. As yot few have arrived. Prices are firm at last week's quotations. We sold 2500 baga. Fowl's feed is scarce, and commands high rates. Ab auction we sold IS9 bags at 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Oats, which are coming to hand slowly (scarcely enough to nieot the local demand), still continue to harden in price. At our auction sale held on Thursday lapt, prices ranged from 2s 6d to 2$ 8d for good feed. Durinvf the wefk, privately and at auction, we spjd 3U7 baga. Barley ia very scarce, and new erop'in malti'-g condition has been placed at 4,-i, Milling and feed, none offering. Potatoes are in full supply, and prices low. To clear off some old lots 39s 6d has beea accepted, but for fresh-dug parcels £2 10a is obtainable. We quote prime milling wheat (new), 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; medium. 4•. to 4s 4d; inferior and fowl's, 8s to 3s lOd. Oats : Milling, 2s 9d ; best heavy feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; others, ' 2s tid. Barley : Bright malting, 3s 3d to 4s ; milling and feed, 2s 0d to 3p. Potatoes : £2 to £2 10s per ton, sacks extra.

Messrs Stbphbnson and Co., 39 Bond street, report for the week ending 16th March as follows :—

Fat Cattle.— ll7 yarded this day at Burnside, and, owing to such a small supply, showed an improvement of about 2s Gd per 1001b. ' Bullocks sold at from £5 2s 6d to £10 7s 6d, and cows at from £i to £7 123 Gd— equal to 22s 6d per 1001b. We sold on account of Mr Wm. Lindsay at from £5 5s to £7 Is. Fat Calvea.— Thirty yarded. Sold at from 5s Cd to 408. ' ' ' "< ■ fat Sheep.— lo47 wer,e penned, 300 being, ptorefl. Supply not being equal to demand resulted ia'ke.en competition for supply of tra le, and an increase of from itt to 2s fid per head. Crobsbreds realised from Us Cl to 18s 3d. We quote primu crossbredsjafc 2jd per lb. ' Fat Lambs.— Bo7 penned. Sold at from Ss 9d to lOstfd. "

Store Sheep. —Crossbreds of all ages and young merinos in good demand, aupply of former being quite unequal to inquiry. Pigts. Ibß cleared at from 5s to 37b per head. . ■■ Wool.— London telegrams report an imp'rovemenfc of id to Id per lb on Oreuing prices. Grain. -Wheat : New. crop arriving slowly, no sales of any bulk being reported. Small lots, show aa upward tendency. Good old wheat can be readily sold at 4s tid ; medium quality, 4a to 4s 1 4d j inferior and fowla' feed, Is (id to 3s 4d. Oats : Firm at 2j 6d to 2a 8d for prime milling and bright feed.

Ryegrass seed, its (3d to ss, according to temples ; market firm at pi ices.