The Wool Clip.
The shortage in the wool clip in Australia will no doubt result in an advance in the price of that staple on the Home market. Messrs Goldsborough, Mort and Co., in a circular recently issued, give the net decrease in the exports from the colonies as 121,427 bales, set out in tbe following table : — 1894 95 1895 96 New South Wales 730,678 666,459 Victoria 480,168 454,105 South Australia ... 171,858 176,414 Queensland 138,900 113,485 West Australia ... 19,719 21,102 Tasmania 12,933 9,667 New Zealand ... 339,995 340,592 1,903,251 1,781,824 It will be seen that New South shows a decrease of 73,219 bides ; Victoria, a decrease of 26,063 ; South Australia, an increase of 4,556 * West Australia, an increase of 1,383 * Tasmania, a decrease of 3,266 * Queensland, a decrease of 25,415 ; and New Zealand, an increase of 597 bales.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 293, 17 June 1896, Page 2
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137The Wool Clip. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 293, 17 June 1896, Page 2
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