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MARKET REPORTS
STOCK AND STATION REPORTS
Thursday. April 3.
The Australian Estates Co. Ltd., . Australian
Mercantile. Land and Finance Co. Ltd.. Dalgety
and Co. Ltd., Goldsbrough, . Mort and Co. Ltd.,
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.
Ltd., Younghusband Ltd. (members of the Mel
bourne Wool Brokers' Association), the Victorian
Producers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. and the Com
monwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd re
port:—
Sheep Skins.— 40,005 sheep skins submitted
Shabby and inferior sorts, O'/td. lower, others un
changed. J Merino skins, % to full wools, Ud. to
10%d.; % to % wools, 7V»d. to 8%d.: %Mo %
wools, 4d.. to Gd. Fine crossbrcds,' % to fun
wools, 8%d. to 9%d.: % to % wools. 0%d. to
7%d.; % ; to % wools. 4d. to 5%d, ; Medium
crossbrcds. % to full wools. Sd. to 9d>: % to %
wools, 6%d. to 7%d.; % to % wools. 4d. to
5%d. .Coarse crossbrcds, % to full wools, 6%d.
to 6d.; % to % wools, 5%d. to 6%d.: % to
% wools, 4a. to 5d. Lambs, 6d. to 8a. Pelts,
bare to short. .0%d. to Id. per lb. All damaged
skins, burry. rtbby and seedy relatively lower.
Hides. — 6731 hides and 2008 calf offered. Under
Instructions from the Australian Hide and Leather
Industries Board, owners of hides are paid at
appraised prices, leas a deduction of 10 per cont ,
excepting where hides sold for less than 2d; per lb.,
when owners are paid the realised price only.
Specials.- ll%d. to 14d. per lb.: stouts; -Sd. to
8%d.; heavies with substance. 7d. to 7%d.;
heavies, no substance, 6d. to 6%d.: medium nnd
lights, Od. to ?ri.; kip, 6%d. to 8%d.; calfskin,
6%d. to 12%d.; dirty and sloppy hides, 0%d. to
Id. per lb. lower.
Tallow. — 77 tons of tallow submitted. Market
opened slightly easier, and finished very firm at
last week's values. Prime mixed. £18 to £19
per ton; good mixed average, £17 to £17 10/;
medium; £14 10/ to £16 5/; tins, soft and in
ferior descriptions, £0 to. £11.
Tho< following are the produce sale arrange
ments for the Enster recess:— Furs olose Monday.
April 7. vesumo Monday, April 21; tallow, close
wcdnesdny. Aptll 0. resume Wednesday. April 23:
hides and sheep skins, close Wednesday, April 9,
mume Thursday, April 24.
In view of April 25 being Anzao day holiday,
no sheepskin sales will be held on Thursday. May
1, and sheepskin sales will be resumed on. Thurs
day, May 8.
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