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induce our breeders to persevere in tlie improvement of their studs ; 

 but tlie very high prices which the really first-class, thoroughly 

 broken, and well framed light harness and saddle-horses bring in 

 London, and the reasonable freights now charged on the large cargo 

 steamers trading between London and Sydney, add very much t«» this 

 inducement; and there are good grounds for belieVing that out 

 breeders will before long be producing high-class horses of both these 

 breeds in considerable numbers, and finding a ready sale for them in 

 London at remunerative prices. 



Marliet Prices of Horse StocJc, 



First-class heavy draught, for breeding purposes. — Entires, £80 to 

 £100 ; mares, £20 to £30. 



First-class heavy draught, for ordinary purposes. — L'nbroken, £12 to 

 £18 ; broken, £20 to £30. 



First-class farming horses, for breeding purposes. — Entires, £30 to 

 £80 ; mares, £15 to £25. 



First-class farming horses, for ordinary purposes. — Broken, £10 to 

 £18. 



Second-class draught horses. — Unbroken, £5 to £8 ; broken, 17 to 

 £14. 



Pure-bred coaching horses. — Entires,£40 to £150; mares, £20 to £ 10. 



Fii'st-class light-harness horses. — Unbroken £10 to £20; broken, 

 £15 to £30; well-matched pairs, £50 to £150. 



Second-class well-bred light-harness horses. — Unbroken, £5 to £10; 

 broken, £6 to £12 ; well-matched pairs, £30 to £00. 



First-class saddle-horses. — Unbroken, £10 to £18; broken, £1S to 

 £30. 



Second-class saddle-horses. — Unbroken, £4 to £7; broken, £Gto II 0. 



Thoroughbreds for racing purposes. — Yearlings, £20 to £500 ; mares, 

 £20 to £70. 



Cattle. 

 The number of cattle in the Colony since its foundation, at the dates 

 here mentioned, was as follows : — 



The great falling off in the number of the cattle stock from 18<)1 to 

 1871 was attributable partly to losses through pleuro-pneumouia, but 

 principally to owners changing their cattle-runs into shcep-stations. 

 This was, to some extent, from a dread of the disease, but chiefly because 

 sheep paid better than cattle. Thus, while the number of cattle at the 

 31st December, 1894, was only about the same as m 18«)1, the_slieei) 

 during that time have increased from 6,119,109 in I80I to ..(.9/ /, 2,0. 

 In other words, while in 1894 there were very few more cattle in the 

 Colony than in 1801, there were more than nnic tnncs as many sheep. 



