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BlUTISH WOOL TllADE. 



into the United Kiutjdom, in 1832, was— foreign, 

 28,128,973; produce of the Isle of Man, 13,516 ; quan- 

 tity retained for iiome consumption, charged id. per lb. 

 duty, 23,619,901 ; ditto ^d., 1,571,328 ; ditto 6d. (red 

 wool), 1,130; duty free (produce of British possessions)^ 

 2,473,991 ; total retained for home consumption, 

 27,666,350; total quantity re-exported, 555,014. 

 Quantity of foreign wool warehoused under bond, 5th 

 January, 1833, 3,165,651. The total quantity of 

 British wool and woollen yarn exported from the 

 United Kingdom in 1832 was, of the former, 4,199,825 

 lb. ; of the latter, 2,204,464 lb. The exportation of 

 British woollen manufactures in 1832 was as follows : — 

 Cloths of all sorts, 396,66 1 pieces ; napped countings, 

 doffels, &c., 23,453 pieces ; kerseymeres, 40,984 

 pieces ; baizes, 34,874 pieces ; stuffs, woollen or wor- 

 sted, 1,800,714 pieces; flannel, 2,304,750 yards; 

 blankets and blanketing, 1,681,840 yards ; carpets and 

 carpeting, 690,042 yards ; woollens mixed with cot- 

 ton, 1,334,072 yards ; stockings, woollen or worsted, 

 152,810 dozen pairs. Sundries, viz., hosiery, rugs, 

 coverlids, tapes, and smallwares, ^55,443 Is. 8d. value. 

 Declared value of British woollen manufactures ex- 

 ported, ^5,244,478 10s. lOd."* 



" The total quantity of wool imported into the United 

 Kingdom, in the year 1835, was by weight 42,208,949 

 pound:*, which is rather more than 4,000,000 pounds 

 under the importation of 1834 ; but on the 5th January, 

 1835, 6,494,266 pounds remained warehoused under 

 bond ; whereas, on the 5th January, 1836, there were 

 no more than 2,846,014 pounds so locked up. This is 



• Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, No, 24. 



