WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 2 February 1899, Page 13

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

London, January 25. — At the tallow auctions 1875 casks were offered and 1375 were sold. Mutton: Fine, 21s Od; medium, 2:55. Beef : Fine, 2:55 ; medium, 225. The Rangatira wool clip realised 7 '>d.

o «,-«-H nd °m? January 26.— At the wool sales yesterday bidding was spirited. There were numerous saleß, and rates were f ully ur» to latest quotations. * /-T- eJ.llewe J . l l ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable from their London office under -date January 2(5 :— ' Wool : Since close of last sales greasy atid scoured merino super, medium and inferior, fine greasy washed and scoured crossbred, medium greasy crossbred, merino and crossbred shpe, medium washed and scoured crossbred, coarse greasjj, washed, and scoured crossbred, and greasy crossbred lambs are $a ?o Id per Ib. higher. Other descriptions unchanged. Buyers are operating with spirit. The American demand is good for medium and coarse greasy crossbred. The total quantity catalogued to date is 85,000 bales."

At to-day's wool sales the Arawa clip realised 7M per lb London January 27.— At the wool sales the Tauroa' brand realised 81d. The Bradford market is firmer. Common sixties, -iOid; super, 21^. Americans are buying low crossbreds freely London, January 28.— At yesterday's wool sales prices were w r l Fl'F 1 ' ex^ pti^ for shabby crossbreds. The sales close on Wednesday The following New Zealand clips were sold : Bracepeth, BJd ; Tutane. 7Jd. London, January 2.).—U p to date 12.1,0l»5 bales of wool have been catalogued, of which 1 1 !),040 were sold. At the sheepskins sales competition ' was active, and prices from \d to higher. The advance was greatest in fine crosabreds.

v iS! 16 / 6 ? 1 " 1 ? f m r , merinoS is very animated. Crossbreds have sligntly declined. The Amerians are showing- less eagerness in buy-

i aIHJ-^^ 9 £ eW . Zealand cli P8 were sold :— Mount Dunedin, Is 4d ; W.D., B}d ; Maramanga, 7^d. Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows •— Rabbitsk ins— Very few offering, and prices unchanged SHEEPSKiNs-There was a good demand at Tuesday's sale, and prices remained firm. ' 93rf 2?M S^^t? et /w • Prime heay y ox - 3 i d t0 4d : medium, 2}d to 3£d ; light and inferior, l^d to 2£d per lb. Tallow— ln good demand. Best rendered mutton, 13s to 15s • medium, 11s to 12s 6d ; inferior, 9s to 10s Gd ; rough fat, !)s to 11s