HIGH PRICE OF WOOL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, 18 January 1900, Page 13

HIGH PRICE OF WOOL.

At the Dunedin wool sales on Friday Kid per lb was paid for greasy wool, this being the highest price obtained in the Colony for over a quarter of a century. This price was obtained for fine bales combing merino wether grown by Messrs. Nichol, Abbotsford Station.

The quantity of coal exported from Westport last week was : Westport Coal Company, 6198 tons. From Greymouth : Blackball, 1980 tons ; Brunner, 1802 tons.

The bank returns of the Colony for the year 1899 show : Assets, £ 17,3.">.j,71 5 ; liabilities, £1."), 713.333 ; fixed deposits amount to £7,853,489 ; free, £5,905,990 ; advance total, £11,2)3,179 ; coin and bullion, £2,636,177.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats— We offered a small quantity of medium to good feed oats, and, under fair competition, cleared the catalogue at quotations. The demand for export is strong, and we have inquiry for large lines of good to prime sparrowbills We quote : Prime milling, 2s Id to 28 l^d ; tfood to best feed, 2s to 2s OJd ; medium to good, Is lOd to Is lid per bushfl (sucks extra).

Wheat. — Prime milling velvet and Tnpcan are more saleable at 2s 5d to 2s *>d per bushnl. Medium quality is almost neglected ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d ; broken, Is yd to la lid per bushel (sacks in).

Potatoes — The market is well supplied. Fresh kidneys are worth L 3 5s to L 3 10? ; others, L 2 15s to L 3 per ton (saoks in). Chaff — Heavy supplies came forward for to-day's sale. We submitted 13 trucks — nearly all good to prime quality — which met with fair competition at prices about 103 to 15s per ton below those current laat week. Best oaten sheaf sold at L3toL3 5s 6d ; medium to good, L 2 10s to L 2 15s per ton (bags extra).

Mb. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale price only — Oats: Good demand. Feeding, la lid to 2s ; milling, 2s Id to 2s 2d. Wheat : milling, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; fowls' wheat, 2s Od to 2s 3d. Hay : ryegrass and clover, best, L 3. Straw : pressed, 24s ; loose, 28s. Bran : L 2 15s. Pollard :L 3. Flour :L6 10s to L 7. Butter : best brands factory, lOd to lid; dairy, 6d to Bd. Oatmeal: Lll. Potatoes : old out of season. Chaff : much firmer demand ; L 2 15s to L 3 ss. New potatoes, L 4, Auckland ; local, 4s.