Value. £ 3,250, 128 1837. 175, 081 11. 639 1865. 8,835, 380 44, 270, 666 3, 315, 109 42, 391, 234 3, 196, 491 1839. 1841. 3,826, 602 201, 383 4,326, 229 10,575, 219 58,648, 977 4,651, 665 1873. 11, 323, 080 6,406, 950 351, 441 10, 524, 663 556, 521 14,567, 005 10, 117, 867 18, 091, 207 16, 345, 468 20,047, 453 1881. 22, 998, 400 1,618, 114 22, 584, 234 10,739, 021 108, 028, 601 21,968, 174 5,810, 148 5, 269, 634 6, 417, 453 5, 450, 029 5,902, 574 6,054, 563 6, 342, 887 17, 176, 920 5,028, 011 21, 515, 958 4,999, 662 1887. 5,073, 491 118,453, 968 5, 170, 930 23, 923, 195 2,095, 264 25, 245, 778 12,736, 143 132, 149, 107 5,933, 699 25, 579, 886 2,049, 491 a Since the year 1864 a considerable quantity of wool has each year been imported into Victoria across the Murray from the Riverina district of New South Wales, for export by railway to Melbourne and shipment thence. Prior to 1872 no precise record of the quantity so introduced was kept at the customs. It has, however, been ascertained that at least 13,000,000 pounds of wool, valued at £972,000, crossed the Murray into Victoria in the year 1870, and the following amounts in the years named: QUANTITIES AND VALUES OF WOOL AND MANUFACTURES OF WOOL IMPORTED INTO AND OF WOOL EXPORTED FROM VICTORIA, 1875 TO 1892. Latterly a much larger proportion of greasy wool has been exported than formerly (a), showing a reduced value, it is true, but one of much less extent than when the wool is considered as a whole, without reference to its condition when exported. The following table shows the quantity and declared value of greasy wool exported in the years 1880-1890: The quantity of greasy wool, it will be observed, exported in 1890 was much higher than in any previous year shown except 1889, and the total value of such wool was higher than in any of those years. The average price of greasy wool in 1890, although higher than in the previous five years, shows a decline as compared with 1880, of 1 d. a pound, or of about 11 per cent. (b) a The proportion of greasy to all kinds of wool exported was 68 per cent in 1880, 79 per cent in 1885, 76 per cent in 1886, 80 per cent in 1887, 84 per cent in 1888 and 1889, and 85.5 per cent in 1890. b Hayter's Victorian Year Book, 1890-'91. |