LONDON WOOL SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report having received the fol lowing cablegram from their London office, dated 20fch inst.:— -...-.
•' The sales closed on the 2,' th inst. at an average decline of about 10 per, cent, oii last sale's closing rates, except qparsecvossbreds. The market is easier for f.ne, crossbred; but firmer for good lambswool. 230,000 bales have been disposed of during the past sales, and 46,000 have been held over for future dis posal. Of the number sold, 2000 bales have been taken for America and 116,000 for the Continent."

POST OFFICE NOTIOES.
Mails close, in, the Chief Post. office, Duuedin (anbjecfc to any necessary alterations), as under:—

For Northern Porte of Hew Zealand, overland, daily, at 6.45 a.m. Late .tetters, mail van, North express train, at S.lO a.m.
This Day (Thursday), April 22.
For Southland, Australian Colonies, India, China, Japan, Continent of Europe. United Kingdom, kc, per ltotomahana, at. 3 p.m. Money orders (for Australian Colonies only), registered letfcers, aud newspapers afc 2 p.m. Late letters, guard's van. Port Chalmers train, at 3.43 p.m. Letters for the United Kingdom must be specially addressed, and paid la per |oz.
For Wellington and Greymouth, per Pelham, at 4.50 p.m. Late letters, chief post ofiice. at 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 24,

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE

For Northern ports of New Zealand, the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, Continent of Europe, Samoa, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, kc, at 5 a.m.
Registered correspondence at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 22nd.
