[11] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 567 



5412. Wool. Cross-bred in the grease. 8^. per pound. New Zealand, 



N. Is. 



5413. Wool. Lincoln lamb's in the grease. 8d. per pound. New Zea- 



land. 



5414. Wool. Greasy Leicester. 9^. per pound. New Zealand. 



5415. Wool. Lincoln in the grease, ^id. per pound. New Zealand. 

 541G. Wool. Combing, lid. per pound. Sydney, Australia. 



5417. Wool, Merino combing, greasy. 9^d. per pound. Victoria, 



Australia. 



5418. Wool. Half-bred merino, greasy. 9^d. per pound. Victoria, 



Australia. 



5419. Wool. Merino clothing, scoured. Is. Id. per pound. Victoria, 



Australia. 



5420. Wool. Merino clothing, scoured. Is. 3d. per i)ound. Victoria, 



Australia. 



5421. Wool. Merino clothing, washed. Is. Id. per pound. Victoria, 



Australia. 



5422. Wool. Cross-bred, first combing. 14(7. per pound. Victoria, 



Australia. 



5423. Wool. Washed, three-fourths bred. Is. per pound. New Zea- 



land. 

 In addition to the above there are numerous samples of wool from 

 Portugal not yet catalogued. 



WOOL FABRICS. 



Among manufactured wool goods the American products are not well 

 represented in the Museum. There are a few articles, however, among 

 which may be mentioned some fine specimens of knit goods from the 

 New Britain Knitting Company. 



There are some felt rugs from China, and a particularly valuable 

 series of specimens from Tasmania illustrating the process of manufact- 

 uring felt hats. A good set of samples of English woolen fabrics is also 

 in the Museum, recently received from Mr. Eobertson, of Messrs. Hitch- 

 cock, Williams & Co., London. 



SILK AND SILK FABRICS. 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF RAW SILKS AND SILK THREADS IN THE 



NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



5039. Silk thread. Portugal. 



5040. Silk thread. Sewing-machine thread. Portugal. 



5070. Eaw silk. Singles. Portugal. 



5071. Raw silk. Singles. Portugal. 



5072. Raw silk. Singles. Portugal. 



