THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3163, 1 October 1892, Page 3

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED.

Tim .Vew /'aland Loan mid Mercantile Aj,tiii:v Oo'iipanv. linvo j'i<t issued their iHual sireubir fur the approichi ■•* wool seas-in i.f ISI2-P:{. 'l'lii-s is in the form of a near littlo br.ielinro. which, in n Idition to tli-'ir .innnuncmcnts, contains ii sod 1 deal <,f iiifoniiatii.n that should provn interestinsr t.n our farming friomls. A-; illu-'.ratiriir the s(e:hlily increasing iuiii:»i-t.!ition (if X-'W Zealand wool into London, tables urn s/ivrn, which show lli-it from the year ISSt!, when 19-1.102 lj-ih's were rcer-vrd, (!i,. imputations hi ve ris-n until 18!' l. when a total of 31.V0.15 bal.s nv-in iv.ieh-d. of wlii-li r)i:!intil,V til" coMipuiy iinpni-tc:!' no les< than (!■"),, Sj" hair's. 'Hut. if »i! till.-.- tlm firm's total operations in colonial woidj, thiso coinpriso, for the yom- .-iwlintr ISO 2. sliipiin-iits to fi'U'lon, 12l.!ilil : Miles in thr. ml.Miies. 1 :!■_>,.-.'JJ: in-.kinir a grind tntiil of -lUT.is:! bale- : whi-h v.-iff. quantity justly cntitlp- the X'.;w Z■viland L".in and 'Mere.iulilo to c! lim (lie dis tinelion of b.'ing the largest, wool hr.use in the worlj.

Coming to the OoTvirianv's operations in run- own provineiii] rlislriet, an interesting table is iippenilpd. giving a summary of the prii-rs roali-'i-d doriiiLT the |;.i<t; yr-ir at the firm's Auckland unctions. This shows that values rani_ r el fnmi ii.Vl for coarse r-ro-bi-il, and lonsrwonl np'to Dd, for line lialf bred, Meiino mnuing from (iyil to 7 : ' d. Soni" valnahle liir.ti are given in respect to pivpumiir the wool for market, ii point npmi which, by-thi-way, so mueli frequently depends. Cominir to that most intere-ting ([ue-tion, as to probaUe prii:--s dinintr tin- innonunsr season, we give the Company's remark? in full. I'RICK.--. Wr are, of cvir.-e, alfosretherunalile at this early si : ige to judfr- , how tlin colonial wool markets will open for tlm forthcoining M-nson, so imieh dt-pending upon values rulinir at. the time in London — (])/■> world's great m'u'ket centre. It is intcrr-tinu' to notiee in this e.onnpction, however, that the riiantity oll'cred at the ,1 line-.)ulv s'virs of [ymdon sales was :;52.000 bdes. of which New Zealand contributed no 1, ssthan 1."0,00(1 hales—by far tho largest contribution of any individual colony : Xew South Wales ranked Monud wish' .'jl,(l(lii la!>s, anil (lie other (Colonies far beliind. t'lporiiiir down to small fiL'ures. [t will he ;it once seen, therefor.', that Xew Z-abind -rrowers jukl Sjire-iiit'ir-. li.'hl ,-i yrent sfnko in tlii.serii.", and as the lii.lilinif was irreiruliir. they walelr-d the flintuations with some eoueeru. Tlie s il->s closed with a moderately firm ton", but we reirrei; that liricc" for c!o~-!.:.d wools weiv n-t maii>-tain-'d. TluMpl-mlity oil'ercd wns ,';i'.,ooo bales more than at the corre-poudiiiir S'.-rie.- of I::- , y--ir. and it is antieipatvl. Ihei-.-forc, tint tlii-r." will lo a r.'lativc n-dnetion in the r.tl'ci-ings at the salrs 1.np.;ii "ii tli- , T-"- *11 >'• -ptenihi-i , ; wiih.it is hoped a sitisfv.iorv miirl:ct. for cur main gn'wths, (!:,' trad" h.-ivi-i- .-il.-eatly.. ■ib-:-i-hcd tlie year's nilural iin-veas". 'I !,,. ]~-,:. ! .;i »-':iin s (if S.-pfi-nib.. r and Xovemb'r will l-.e hji-ki.'l for with fircat interest, they v.-i'l mainly gov-Tii the ili'tenniu'iti'':: i-f e ,!oni:il buyers, and Ihoivf->:e )-r i-r-.illv doiniiuiL,! our <ipe ■ i,,- r.it..-. Th" kf.v-'.ote then struck lia> ;, , i-iiii irlaut tc-.iriii r n\> u nil" whole