for Consumption in the Metropolis. 
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native clip was worked up at home. In the year, two public 
sales of English wool were held in the metropolis, and the whole 
of the quantities offered, about 2500 packs, was readily disposed 
of. The experiment will, we understand, be repeated ; but as 
yet it has not met with much success, the prices realised at the 
auctions not having exceeded those offered to the growers in 
various localities. During the whole of 1803 the importations 
of wool into England were as follows, compared with 1862 : — 
1862. 1863. 
Bales. Bales. 
Colonial 345,605 375,010 
Foreign 222,063 220,316 
Total 567,668 595,326 
There was, it will be perceived, a slight falling off in the 
supply of foreign wool at hand last year, but an increase in 
colonial of 29,405 bales. The export trade took off about 
50,000,000 lbs. of colonial, 14,000,000 lbs. foreign, and 
8,500,000 lbs. English, or in all 72,500,000 lbs. In the pre- 
vious year the aggregate shipments were about 60,000,000 lbs. 
The present market value of each kind of English wool is as 
follows : — 
per lb. 
s. d. s. d. 
Shropshire Down tegs 1 5 to 2 1 
„ ewes 1 11 to 1 Hi 
„ lambs 1 4 to 1 4{ 
South Down tegs 1 9i to 1 10i 
LeicestersWre ewes and wethers 1 5 to 1 Hi 
lambs 1 2 2 to 1 6 5 
Somersetshire ewes and wethers 1 11 to 1 11-J 
Hertfordshire ewes and wethers 1 85 to 1 10J 
Lincolnshire hoggets 2 1 to 2 2 
„ ewes and wethers 1 6| to 1 Hi 
Wiltshire, Hampshire, &c, tegs 1 10| to 1 11 
„ ,, ewes and wethers .. 1 9j to 1 9? 
„ „ lambs 1 5i to 1 8f 
Kent tegs 2 U to 2 2 
,, ewes and wethers .. 2 0 to 2 OJ- 
„ lambs 1 6 to 1 6i 
Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex tegs 1 9i to 2 0£ 
„ „ ewes and wethers .. 1 82 to 1 Hi 
The continuance of a high range in the value of money in the 
discount market is calculated to have some influence upon the 
demand for wool : but so long as cotton is selling at high cur- 
rencies, so long shall we have a steady sale for home and colonial 
qualities. 
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