THE PRICE OF WOOL. 37 f 



entry, at less than half the former rate, is clearly a sale of inferior 

 wool. The Marlborough price is just the same as in the previous 

 year, but there is a rise at Gamlingay. The Irish price is omitted, 

 though the petra is probably the stone, and on this calculation is at a 

 little in excess of the general average. Cloth was manufactured in 

 Ireland at this time, and later on was imported into England. 



1281. There is little variation from the rate of the previous year, 

 the evidence being more abundant. The second price from Weston 

 is plainly that of inferior wool. 



1282. Prices are still stationary. The Irish accounts from 

 Balisax and Carlow are omitted. If they represent petrse, the rate 

 would have been much higher by their introduction. There is a 

 slight rise at Marlborough. Broken wool is of low value. 



1283. Wool is cheaper in most localities. The Irish account is 

 again omitted, but it is plain that the petra of Old Ross is the clove, 

 and that the price is about 2s. ^\d. The price of the fleece is low in 

 all places. 



1284. The price is nearly the same in all localities. The Irish 

 price is a fraction higher, but has not been reckoned in the 

 average. 



1285. Wool is a little dearer in England, a little cheaper on the 

 Irish estate. 



1286. The evidence is abundant, and prices have risen con- 

 siderably in many quarters, though wool is cheaper at Marlborough. 

 Fleeces are apparently light. 



1287. The information rather less. Irish wool is very dear, 

 reaching \s. i\d. at Balisax and 3^. $d. at Ross. The English sales 

 are mainly derived from the eastern counties. 



1288. The price is still higher, reaching 2s. 6d. in Sussex and a 

 greater rate in the eastern counties, where it is chiefly sold by the 

 pound. Lambs' wool, which is more fully represented than usual, 

 partakes in the rise. Scab was very general. 



1289. The information is nearly as full as before, but prices suffer 

 a slight fall. The wool, however, of some districts is dearer than 

 usual. The fleeces, to gather from the rates at Barkby (Leicester- 

 shire) and Chesterford (Essex), seem to be heavy. 



1290. Prices are falling, though to no great extent, especially in 

 the eastern counties. The price of lambs' wool has been taken from 

 Bosham and Oldinton. 



1291. Wool is considerably cheaper, having fallen at Bosham, and 

 still more at Oldinton. 



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