434 
Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat, Sfc. 
given way \d. to ?>d. per lb. ; the quantity of colonial wool 
advertised for the July sales amounting to 226,000 bales — a 
quantity greatly in excess of all previous years. The new clip of 
English wool has turned out very large and of unusually fine 
quality. Yet prices, in comparison with Colonial, have not suf- 
fered materially, although the want of orders for woollen goods 
for export has been much complained of. The annexed return 
shows the 
Imports of Wool in Six Months. 
1866. 1867. 1868. 
lbs. lbs. lbs. 
Colonial and Foreign .. 101,948,949 117,220,028 96,458,474 
Exports of Wool in Six Months. 
1866. 
1867. 
1868. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
3 
566,886 
3,117,235 
5,012,579 
29 
,451,959 
39,626,742 
49,079,923 
2 
540,984 
6,035,779 
2,202,718 
Total 
35 
,559,829 
48,779,756 
56,295,220 
The following are the current prices of home-grown wool in 
London compared with those of the same period in 1867 : — 
1867. 1868. 
Per 210 lbs. Per 240 lbs. 
Fleeces : — 
£. 
s. 
£. 
s. 
£. 
s. 
£. 
s. 
Southdown hoggetts 
ir, 
10 
to 
17 
0 
15 
0 
to 
16 
0 
17 
10 
to 
18 
0 
16 
10 
to 
17 
0 
17 
0 
to 
17 
10 
15 
10 
to 
16 
0 
Southdown ewes and wethers 
15 
0 
to 
16 
0 
14 
10 
to 
15 
10 
IG 
0 
to 
17 
0 
15 
0 
to 
15 
10 
Sorts : — 
Clothmg and picklock . . 
18 
0 
to 
18 
10 
17 
10 
to 
18 
0 
16 
10 
to 
17 
0 
16 
0 
to 
16 
10 
15 
10 
to 
16 
0 
15 
0 
to 
16 
0 
14 
0 
to 
15 
0 
14 
0 
to 
15 
0 
Combing : — 
19 
0 
to 
19 
10 
18 
0 
to 
18 
10 
Picklock 
If) 
0 
to 
17 
0 
14 
10 
to 
15 
10 
14 
0 
to 
15 
0 
12 
0 
to 
13 
0 
20 
0 
to 
20 
10 
18 
0 
to 
18 
10 
Picklock matching 
16 
0 
to 
17 
0 
14 
10 
to 
15 
10 
14 
0 
to 
15 
0 
12 
0 
to 
13 
0 
The above comparison of prices shows that the value of sorts 
has been fairly supported, but that fleeces and most descriptions 
