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Farming & the land, 1838

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Wool, Oil, &c. Prices of Australian Produce

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 1 January 1838 · page 2

HIDES.—Per lb, N. S. Wales, Ox and Cow, salted lst to 3d quality, 2¼d to 3½d. HORNS.—Per 123, 35s. to 75s. OIL.—Cocoa-Nut per cwt, 26S. to 27s…

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Wool Market

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 3 January 1838 · page 2

ENGLISH AND IRISH WOOLS, more particularly the former, have been in steady request during the week. English combing wools have sold well at improved…

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News by the "Alfred." (Continued from our last.) Wool, Oil, &c. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 3 January 1838 · page 2

WOOL SALES —Upwards of 2300 bales of wool are advertised for sale in Liver pool on the 1st September, and 6,000 more for sale in London, the first sale to…

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Latest English News. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 4 January 1838 · page 2

LEEDS—After the bustle occasioned by the borough and county elections, the business in the cloth balls and warehouses has resumed its proper place, and we are glad to see a regular and…

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WOOL. (From the Monitor.) "London, August 14, 1837."

The Australian · Friday 5 January 1838 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In announcing the result of the Colonial Wool Sales, recently concluded, we have the satisfaction to state, that they realized from 5 to 10 per…

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WOOL. London, August 14, 1837

The Sydney Times · Saturday 6 January 1838 · page 2

GENTLEMEN, -- In announcing the result of the Colonial Wool Sales, recently concluded, we have the satisfaction to state, that they realized from 5 to 10 per cent…

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WOOL. London, August 14, 1837

The Sydney Times · Saturday 6 January 1838 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,--In announcing the result of the Colonial Wool Sales, recently concluded, we have the satisfaction to state, that they realized from 5 to 10 per cent…

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Domestic Intelligence. Wool

The Sydney Herald · Monday 15 January 1838 · page 2

We present our readers with an account of the wool exported during the year 1837. JANUARY. —Tybee, 231 bales; Red Rover, 407 bales; Thomas Harrison, 278 bales.—1006…

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The Catarrh in Sheep

The Australian · Friday 19 January 1838 · page 4

Remarks on the Destructive Contagious Epidemic Catarrh which has been so prevalent among the Sheep in various parts of the Colony during the last three years—…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 22 January 1838 · page 2

The attention of the trade has been steadily fixed upon the public sales in foreign wool, which commenced yesterday, and which have been continued…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 22 January 1838 · page 2

LEEDS.—On Saturday last there was a larger quantity of goods sold at the cloth halls than has been the case on any one market day this year; less, however, was done on Tuesday, though there…

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WOOL. (July and August Sales.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1838 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Messrs. George Porter & Co., by the Craigievar:— GENTLEMEN,…

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WOOL. To the Editor of the Australian

The Australian · Tuesday 23 January 1838 · page 2

SIR.—At our public Wool Sales of yesterday and to-day, the attendance of buyers was more numerous than at any former sale here for the Colonial and…

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Fox and Cattle Hunting, or Christmas in the Olden Times. (From the Dublin Penny Magazine.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1838 · page 4

In good old times, when the festivities of Christmas were generally kept up in every respectable house in Ireland, the county of Longford was one of the…

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Wool

The Colonist · Wednesday 24 January 1838 · page 3

WE copy the following letters of recent Sales of Australian Wool, from The Australian and Gazette:— TO GEORGE PORTER AND CO.,…

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Wool Market

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 24 January 1838 · page 2

The sales in foreign wools have been rather limited this week, but the trade has a remarkably firm tone, and at present there is every prospect of the price advancing…

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News by the "William Iv." Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 24 January 1838 · page 2

The public sales of 10,000 bales Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, and 2,500 bales of sundry other descriptions which commenced on the 7th instant, are still proceeding and will not…

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WOOL. To the Editor of the Australian

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1838 · page 2

SIR,--At our public Wool Sales or yesterday and to-day, the attendance of buyers was more numerous than at any former sale here for the Colonial and…

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Wool Sales. Liverpool, Sep. 1—Edwards, Danson, & Co

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 24 January 1838 · page 2

Ex Statesman—Mark K, 3 bales, 1s 6d —4,1s 5d—14, 1s 5½d—3, 1s 6d—22, 1s 4½d—3 1s 5d—3, 1s 5½d—6, 1s 5d—3, 1s 4½—6,…

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Latest English News. Wool. (From the Banker's Circular.)

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 25 January 1838 · page 3

"The Circular then goes into an illustration of the operation of the Bank of England on the Exchanges in the important article of wool…

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