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Egyptian and other Mediterranean wools have shared in the general reduction 
of value, thongh the demand appears to have equalled the supply. 
The demand for Barbary wool has been dull and sluggish throughout the 
year, and prices have’ suffered accordingly. 
The imports from Iceland show a decrease from the preceding year, but the 
stock left on hand at the beginning of the year supplied the demand until the 
new clip came in, and when the fresh imports arrived they shared the general 
decline. 
Mohair has fallen materially in price, and has at no time within the past twelve 
months commanded much attention in the English market. Although the im- 
ports have been less than in 1866,-stocks now amount to 4,500 bags, while its 
value has gradually receded from 92 cents this time last year to 60 cents per 
pound, its present quotation. . 
In domestic wools, instead of the improvement anticipated in the beginning 
of the year, prices continued to decline, until at clip time they had receded about 
fifteen per cent., and since then a still further decline of about fifteen per cent. 
has taken place, so that prices are now lower than at any time since 1856. 
The imports of sheepskins from the River Plate district reach 8,783 bales. 
They have been in request, and fully maintained their value in proportion to 
that of wool. 
LINSEED, LINSEED CAKE, ETC. 
The following figures give the aggregate imports of linseed into Great Britain 
for the years named, indicating the immense manufacture and consumption of 
linseed cake and oil in the United Kingdom. The quantity for each year is 
given in quarters of eight bushels : 
Quarters. Quarters. 
Rae PU Mit) tte TSO TONE Wea. JI Pedy te 1, 088, 472 
Me eh EO a ett Pig Co wal oo peat ae 1, 104, 578 
Ee ee PAT: aa reg SOA oa, at 1, 434, 973 
RIG CON oak Pareto ites Meee ee OL 1, 435, 414 
HG) 8 OOF HCE NS < 1, 330, 623 | agi A hire 34: 1, 158, 736 
Bes eI oe ER 1 AGOSTO | THERE Coes ee, 1, 100, 000 
The demand for seed throughout the past year has remained in excess of the 
supply. Tor next season large additional supplies are everywhere reported. 
The imports for the working season—from July 1 to June 30, 1867—’68—will 
probably be, in round numbers, 1,200,000 quarters. The aggregate import into 
the United Kingdom is made up of about 275,000 quarters from Calcutta and 
Bombay ; 336,000 quarters from Petersburg ; 31,000 quarters from Archangel ; 
52,000 quarters from Riga; 55,000 quarters from Memel, Dantzic, and other 
lower Baltic ports ; 317,000 quarters from the Black sea; the remainder from the 
Mediterranean and sundries. The re-export is very little in excess of last year, 
and amounts to about 20,000 quarters. . 
The export demand for linseed oil has fallen off during the year, but has been 
counterbalanced by the increased home consumption. ‘The aggregate exports 
for the past six years are as follows: 
Tons. j Tons. 
Pee cee ee SE TON PebS. Sousa ie tee). Dat 37, 000 
ToGee iol... ee MOU I) TEGO ee Bee Le eel 25, 000 
DGG oi oe a 5 2 3 = BEMOOD: Nr ESGre cose wees SSI e 20, 000 
