FINE WOOL SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 61 
The tariff of 1861 places the duty on wools costing 
less than 18 cents, five per centum ad valorem; on 
wools exceeding 18 cents and not exceeding 24 cents, 
a specific duty of three cents per pound; on wools 
exceeding 24 cents, a specific duty of nine cents per 
pound; on woolen cloths, shawls and manufactures 
of every description, wholly or in part wool, not 
otherwise provided for, a duty of 12 cents per pound, 
and twenty-five per centum ad valorem; on the 
various Cescriptions of carpets, 25, 30,40, and 50 cents 
per square yard; on shawls, of which wool is the 
chief component, 16 cents per pound and 20 per 
centum ad valorem; on blankets, wholly or in part 
wool, of different values, respectively 6 cents per 
pound and 10 per centum ad valorem, 6 cents per 
pound and 25 per centum ad valorem, and 12 cents 
per pound and 20 per centum ad valorem; on delaines, 
cashmere, etc., wholly or part wool, gray or uncolored, 
and other gray and uncolored goods of similar descrip- 
tion, 25 per centum ad valorem. This bill contains 
so many provisions that no analysis of them can be 
presented here without consuming too much space. 
IT have made outa table of them, which I will sub- 
join in Appendix A. 
Prices of Wool Since 1824, 
The following table of the prices of wool in Boston, 
fur thirty-eight years, was prepared, at my request, 
by George Livermore, Esq., the eminent wool 
commission merchant of that city, whose name is an 
centum ad valorem; on worsteds, yarns, baizes, bockings, flannels, 
floor cloths, &c., 19 ditto; on ail blankets, wool hats, &c., 15 ditto. 
