WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 47, 25 March 1898, Page 13

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

London. March 17. At the weekly auctions of Australasian tallow 117.~> casks were offered and 77."> sold. Fine mutton brought 22s i)d ; medium, 20s Gd ; fine beef, JN ; medium, 20s. London, March 20. Cro«sbrod wethers and maiden ewes : Canterbury, 3 jd per lb ; Dunedin and Southland, ;{,',(! : North Island. 2Jd. Lamb — Prime Cantn-bury. l\(-. ; a fair average, includirg Dunedin. Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, 4jd. River Plate cro-t>bruls or merino wethers — heavy, 2|d ; light. 2 ;d. Rabbits-kin Sales — The supply is the smallest on record, and there is the keenest competition at Id to 2d advance. The wool tales show a slight advance. The Tekoa clip brought !>d. Messrs. Edward Thomas and Co.. Dunedin, Wool and Skin Merchants, report • — Cable advices to hand show a marked rise in the London sales, and in consequence prices on Monday ruled considerably higher. Present quotations are for prime racks. 7d to 7jd : light racks, ."id to .">',d ; runners, up to .'5 i ; early autumns, !>d to I'id. We have been appointed agents for various rabbit traps — Arthur-*, I ."is ; Reliance. 12s (id ; Hardings, (is Gd per doz. Consignments received anjl labels and bags sent on application. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co , Limited, report for week ending 22nd March as follows :— Sheepskins. — A steady demand exists for these, best dry crossbreds fetching -Id to ; medium, 2d to 3]d ; dry merinos, 2d to 1 \d per lb ; green crossbred*, Is <;d to Is lOd ; extra large, Is lid to 2n 4d ; green lambskins. Is (id to 2s .Id each. Rabbit&kins — Medium to good this week brought 8d to Is l|d ; inferior to medium, 1 Jd to 7d per lb. Hides — Heavy, well saved, fetch 3d to 3]d; medium, 2d to 2]d : inferior and light, Id to 1 [d per lb. Tallow and Fat — Country lots, best rendered, fetch 13s to Its: medium, 10s to 12-, (id ; best mutton caul fat, 'Js Gd to 10s. medium, 8s '.k\ to its 3d ; inferior, 8s to 8s (id per cwt (ex store, net);