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Crown for the sale and purchase of the wool on the terms herein set forth, subject, however, to the right of rejection hereinbefore provided.

16. If any owner of wool fails or refuses to deliver such wool to a wool-broker in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the wool will be subject to seizure in the exercise of His Majesty’s prerogative in time of war, and will be disposed of in such manner as the necessities of His Majesty in respect of the present war may require.

APPENDIX I.
WOOL-BROKERS.

Abraham and Williams (Limited).
A. Buckland and Sons.
A. Moritzson and Co.
Bennett and Sherratt.
Bisley Bros. and Co.
Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Common, Shelton, and Co. (Limited).
Dalgety and Co. (Limited).
Darling and McDowell.
De Pelichet, McLeod, and Co. (Limited).
Donald Reid and Co. (Limited).
E. Buxton and Co. (Limited).
Freeman R. Jackson and Co. (Limited).
Friedlander Bros. (Limited).
Guinness and LeCren (Limited).
G. W. Binney and Sons.
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Henderson and Co. (Limited):
H. Matson and Co.
J. E. Watson and Co. (Limited).
J. G. Ward and Co. (Limited).
Johnston and Co. (Limited).
J. R. Mills and Son.
L. A. Nolan and Co.
Levin and Co. (Limited).
Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited).

National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited).
Newton King.
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury (Limited).
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company (Limited).
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited).
North Auckland Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
North Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited).
Pyne and Co.
Southland Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Limited).
Tokomaru Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Tologa Bay Trading Company (Limited).
United Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Waters, Ritchie, and Co.
Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
W. E. Clouston and Co.
Williams and Kettle (Limited).
Wright, Stevenson, and Co. (Limited).

APPENDIX II.

SCALE OF QUALITIES AND VALUES REPRESENTING THE AVERAGE RETURNS FOR NEW ZEALAND WOOL SOLD DURING THE SEASON 1913–1914.

Description of Wool. Range of Values per Pound according to Quality.
d. d.
Superior merino combings From 12 to 14½
Medium to good merino ,, 9¾ ,, 11½
Inferior merino ,, 8½ ,, 9½
Superior half-bred ,, 12 ,, 14
Medium to good half-bred ,, 9¾ ,, 12
Inferior half-bred ,, 9 ,, 10

Description of Wool. Range of Values per Pound according to Quality.
d. d.
Superior crossbred From 10½ to 12
Medium to good crossbred ,, 9 ,, 11
Inferior crossbred ,, 7¾ ,, 9
Lincoln and Leicester ,, 8¾ ,, 10½
Lambs, good ,, 11 ,, 13
Lambs, medium ,, 9 ,, 10¾

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister.

Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.