WOOL SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2391, 28 December 1899, Page 31

WOOL SALES.

Donald Reid and- Co. report a,s follows: —We held our fir3t wool sale of the season at the Agricultural Hall, Cunedin, on Thursday, the 21st December, 1839, when there was a very full gathering of buyers in attendance. English, foreign, and colonial manufacturers, as well as the Mosgiel, Roslyn, Oainaru, and Bruce factories, -were all represented, there was also a fair gathering of wool growers, farmers, and other 3 who were interested in the proceedings. The recent showery weather having retarded shearing operations, only 4375 bales were catalogued, by the various brokers for this sale. The great bulk .of.the clips forward have opened out nice and clean this season, and the wool appears bright, well-grown, and sound in staple. For fine and half-bred merino and fine wools of all kinds there was very animated competition, the finer wools of this class established an advance of from 3Jd to 4d per lb on the prices of last year's opening sales. The coarser wools, including Leicester, Lincoln, Komney, and coarse crossbreds met rather a dragging sale, nevertheless even coarse wools, well got up, show an advance of from ljd to 2d on last year's opening salea. Clean light'merino'and halfbred pieces and locks evoked" very' spirited competition, and j realised very rull values. I Altogether prices made at these sales must i be considered very satisfactory, and should ' help to give courage to' our pastoral friends to 1 hold on to and increase their flocks, and at the j same time imorove the class of woo l.. We submitted a catalogue of 513 bales almost entirely made ap- of farmers' clips of greasy wools, our entire catalogue meeting very good competition. We subjoin list of wools sold, and prices realised. The following table shows the range of cur- | rent prices: —

The undermentioned brands made the highest prices iv our catalogue sold to-dsy :— W M, 1 bale greasy halfbted, 13£ d ; SB, 2 do merino, 13Jd ; 54,2 do 13Jd ; 31, 2 do, 13d ; Eemi-circle over G, Ido halfbred, 13d ; inverted B and J conjoined, 1 do merino and halfbred, 13Jd; Triangle, 8 do halfbiccd, 12Jd; I V, 1 do, 12d ; Monte Christo, 9do Shropshire, 12d ; "\V2, 2 do quarlerbred, 113 d; T inverted over T, 1 do merino, HJd ; . . over JJ, 2do halfbred; lljd ; WD, Ido merino, lljd ; Keith Hall, 8 do halfbied, ll£d ; NI, 2 do, 11-Jd; S5, 3 do, lljd; B diamond, 1 dp, Hid; Monte Christo, 1 do, ll£d ; Vertical line in circle, 3 do, lid ; do, 3 do, crossbred. 10* d; do, 5 do haifbied, 10£d;WA, G do, lid; SK, 1 do, lid; WT over AP, 2 do, lid; GO, 1 do, lOJd ; X 2, 1 do, lOJd; SK, 4 do, 10|d; WM, 2 do crossbred, 10"* d; CB conjoined, 2 do halfbred, 10* d; AS, 3 do, lOJd; AO 5 do, lOld ; 3- inverted J conjoined, 3 do, lOid; T inverted over T, 2 "do, lOJd; WD, 1 do ciossbred, 10d; HR conjoined over shears, 1 do halfbred, lOrt ; H triangle, 1 do, lOd; AP, 1 do, lOd; Triangle, 7 do crossbred, lOd; — ow Bfi,2 do, lOd. WHS, 1 bale greasy crossbred 9Jd ; GO, 1 half bred lOjd, 1 mixed fleece SJcV 1 crossbred 8d; Si, 1 bellies and pieces ?d, 2 merino 13id; JR over — , 2 halfbred 9|d, 2 crossbred hogget 7jd, 1 pieces and 14 fleeces sld; AM, 1 crossbred Sd ; AS, 3 halfbred lOAd. 3 crossbred H 7d, 2 pieces 4£d ; v inverted over S, 5 quarterback 0?d, 7 (1 crossbred hog-get, 6 crossbred ewe) 9\d, 3 (1 crossbred hogget, 2 crossbred ewe) Sd, 3 pieoes 6-^d ; X 2, 3 crossbred S*d, 1 halfbred lOJd, 1 pieces and looks bid ; P, 2 crossbred 7d, 1 Leicester 7Jcl, 1 pieces s£d ; — thiough M, 5 crossbred O^d ; semicircle over JK conjoined, 3 crossbred (No. 3 part merino) '. |J .d; VI, 2 crossbied Gd ; EC, 1 halfbred Old; UG over U, 3 (1 H, crossbred 2 E) Cid, I bellies and pieces (part black fleece; sd; S, 4 ciossbrnd hogget 9d. 2 ciossbred ev.-'J lOd, 1 crossbred (pait pieces) 74d ; O o\er semicircle, 3 haifbred (No. 3 part crossbied) 9d, 3 cios.sbred BJd. 1 matted 7d, 1 bellies 5Jd ; J. H. Allan, 1 merino lid, 3 Leicester 7?d, 1 pieces s?d; PR, 2 halfbred OJd, 1 crossbved 7d, 1 first and second pieces and bellies Gd; RG, 5 crossbred Bd, 1 rams (part ewe) 7d, 1 bellies s^'d; AO, halfb.-ed E l'JJd, 2 crossbred (1 E 1 H) Bid, 1 bellies and pieces okl, WWI, i hf.ifbred 13^d, 2 crossbied 102 d; J through S, 3 crossbred (2 E, 1 H) 3id ; Lake Hayes, 1 crossbred 7d, 1 halfbred 6Jd, 1 first and second pieces sjd; G in diamond, 5 crossbred E 7id, 1 bellies and pieces &\i] : + over C, 3 Koninev 7|d, 1 pieces 5Jd ; Monte Christo, 1 halfbred lljd, 9 Shropshire (8 E, 1 H) li2a, I Slirop-inre rams lO^d, I first pieces OJd, 1 bailies tHd, 1 second pieces, and locks 6Jd; -Keith Hall, 8 halfbred lljd, G crossbred B£d, -3 Lincoln 7Ad, 1 mntted and pieces 51d, 1 bellies and pieces sid, 1 locks and dead 3£d ; Vertical line in circle, 7 crossbred hogget 9Jd, 5 halfbred 10id, 3 ctosfbrcd ewe lOJd, 3 halfbred lid, 4 crossbred &1,. 2 oieces and belhes 7d, 1 second pieces 3J,d; S'JR, 2 merino (1 H, 1 E) 13U1, 1 bailies (part fleece) 3d; 31, 2 merino 13d, 1 rro»Vcd fM i bellies and fleecoe (part crossbred fleece) 5Jd; . semi-circle over G, 1 halfbied XSd ; U i-, ■> uo 7Jd, 2 three-quarterbred 7id, 1 Leicester 7td, 1 bellies, piecps, and matted 5Jd; 2L over Tahora, 2 A halfbred H 9Jd, 6 A- crossbred H B£d, 2 B crossbred H (No. 10 part hah'brcd) 7Jd, 1 bellies and pieces Gd, 1 A pieces Gjd ; "W A, 6 halfbred E lid, 1 crossbred H, 7Jd, 1 crossbred E and Leicester rams 7Jd ; IV, 1 halfbred 12d; JB, 1 halfbred 9Jd; HL conjoined, 1 halfbred BJd; D over — , 2 crossbred BJd ; 3 F, 2 crossbred E 7Jd ; W2, 1 crossbred 7d ; "WT conjoined, 4 crossbred 9£d, 1 do 7d ; WO, 1 merino lljd, 1 crossbred E 30d; Hit conjoined over shears, 5 A halfbred H 10d, 4 B halfbred H 9Jd, 3 B halfbred W B|d, 3 bellies (No. 32, part pieces) 7id; SK, 4 halfbred E 10|d, 1 crossbred 7Jd, 1 merino and halfbred lid, 1 bellies and dead 6d; M\V, 3 crossbred B\d ; CB conjoined, 2 halfbred lOJd, 1 crossbred 7Jd; inverted T over T, 6 halfbred H 9id, 2 [I E, halfbred 1 W) lOJd, 2 crossbred 7*d, 1 merinc lljd, 1 bellies, double fleece, and second pieces 62d, 1 double fleece Bid, 1 first pieces GJd ; NI, 2 halfbred lljd, 2 crossbred E BJd; diagonal bar in square, 3 three-quarter-bred E 7-Sd, 1 bellies and dingy fleece 6}d ; V 2, 2 crossbred Bid, 1 crossbred fleece and matted 7d; IU, 1 crossbred 8d; CZ, 4 crossbred 7£d, 1 halfbred Sid, 1 crossbred G^d, 1 bellies and pieces 5Jd ; WT over V (inverted) P, 2 halfbred lid, 1 crossbred BJd, 1 belHes and pieces oijcl ; two half-moons over JJ, 1 halfbred 7d; W2, 2 quarterbred H lljd, 3 crossbred "W 9d, 6 crosabred H 82d, 1 pieces 7Jd, 2 bellies (No. 14, part pieces) 5Jd, 1 pieces and locks 3^d ; OZ, 1 crossbred 8d ; two J's reversed, 3 halfbred lOJd, 1 halfbred fleeces, part bellies GJd; reversed B and J horizontal conjoined, 1 crossbred BJd, 1 merino and halfbred 12jd, 1 bellies, pieces, and 20 fleeces 7Jd ; AX, 3 crossbred CJd, 1 bellies and dead 6d ; H and triangle conjoined, 1 halfbred lOd; J7, 1 halfbred 9d ; TO, 7 crossbred E Bj|d, 1 pieces 6id; O, 1 crossbred 9Jd; J over — , 1 crossbred 7?d; AP, 6 halfbred 9J3, 1 halfbred, merino, and necks lOd, 1 crossbred sd, 1 first pieces G J .d, 1 bellies 6|d; GAS over T, 4 pieces isd, 4 bellies 6}d; .TG over MTDA, 1 crossbred E Sid; Triangle, 1

bellies 7Jd, 1 pieces 4Jd, 8 halfbred (No. 15 part, crossbred) 12id, 7 crossbred lOd, 2 (1 Tains and crossbred, 1 rains and matted) 7Jd, JJ, 2 halfbred 9id; .. over JJ. 1 halfbred llgd ; S5, 3 haifbred (No. 4, part merino) Hid, 1 crossbred Sid ; — over BE, 2 crossbred lOd ; JL, '1 crossbred SJd ; C reversed beside C, 3 crossbred 9d ; CML, 2 halfbred 7id, 1 crossbred 7id, 1 uieces skl ; B diamond, 1 halfbred E lljd; CH, 3 halfbred 9.£ d, 1 belhes and pieces 6§d.

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