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price of wool is now generally and continuously declining. The 

 Apuldrum tod is at 5-r. 4^., lambs' wool at 4.$-. The Spitling entry 

 does not distinguish good from refuse, but putting fleeces at 40^. the 

 hundred, sells at %s. and 2s. Sd. the stone, while locks, the poorest 

 produce, are sold at is. 6d. The price of this wool I conclude was 

 6s. the tod, and even 5^. 4^. The Spitling fleece is about %s. nd. 

 the dozen. Woolfells vary from $s. the dozen to 4.?. or 3^. 



1445. The price of wool is lower. The Apuldrum tod is at 4.$-. 8d, 

 lambs' wool at 3.$-. Sd. The Finchale tod is at 5^. Sd. That of 

 Hemingford, in Hunts, at 6s. That of Heylisdon is at >js. The 

 Spitling tod is at 5.?. Sd. and 5^. ; the lambs' wool from this place 

 being almost without a price, for it is sold at from lod. to Sd. the 

 stone. The Apuldrum fleece weighs only 14-1 oz. ; the Spitling 

 fleece lib. 2-8 oz. Woolfells vary from 3,?. 6d. to 3^., is. %d., and is. 

 the dozen. 



1446. I have found only two prices of wool. That of Apuldrum 

 is, as before, at 4^-. Sd. ; that of Spitling at 5^. \d. The Apuldrum 

 fleece weighs 12-54 oz. Lambs' wool at Apuldrum is at 33-. ^d. 

 Fleeces at Spitling are from 4^. to %s. the dozen, at Waltham 3^. 

 Woolfells at Coleshull are from 4s. to 2s. 6d. ; at Sion a considerable 

 number are sold at 2s. 6d. 



1447. The price is still lower. Apuldrum wool is at 4.?. ^d.\ 

 lambs' wool at the same place selling for 25. Sd. The Finchale 

 wool goes at 4s. gd. A large quantity is sold at Spitling at 3^. Sd., 

 and another large quantity at $s. Many fleeces are sold at Spitling 

 at 3.?. the dozen, viz. 3800, while a few (200) go at 2s. 6d. A note 

 in the account informs us that each petra contained i8J fleeces, 

 which makes the fleece a little over 1 2 oz. The Coleshull woolfells, 

 probably of low quality, go for 2s. i od. the dozen. 



1448. The evidence is more copious. Prices are scarcely changed. 

 The Apuldrum tod is 45. Sd. Lambs' wool is at 2s. Sd. Six stone 

 are sold of black wool at Finchale at 5^. the tod. A large amount is 

 sold from Sion at 4^. Three sales are made at Selborne, in Hants, 

 for 6s., 6s. Sd., and 6s. Sd., and some black wool also at 6s. Sd., and 

 a quantity from Sutton-at-Hone (Kent) at 6s. 2d. A little lambs' wool 

 is sold at Selborne at 3J-. Sd. The Apuldrum fleeces weigh 14-1 oz. 

 The Coleshull woolfells sell at 2s. %\d. and 2s. %d. Others at Sutton 

 at 2s. 



1449. Prices are still lower. The Finchale tod is at 4.?. 663 

 stone at Spitling are at the same price, 4.9. the tod. The Sutton sale 

 is at 3,$-. 6\d. The Wearmouth petra, almost certainly the clove, is at 



