WOOL STATISTICS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 6, 12 September 1879, Page 2

WOOL STATISTICS.

♦ ■ The following (says the N. Z. Times) is the export of wlil from the principal New Zealand port* dining the first nine months, ending 30ih Jnne, of the wool seasons, 1678 and 18T9 :—

Tho total amount ot wool exported from New Zealand during the first nine months, eniliivj; 30th June, of tho wool seasons from 1876 to 1379 is as follows : Lbs. 1876 55,247,940 1877 53.844,914 1878 59.a72.087 1879 1>0,«86,473 The increase during the last eight years has been from 35,936,651 lbs to 62,161>,247 lbs, or 3,250,U001b3 annually. This at Is a pound us the average price of the period shows the rabbit destruction to hare been not less than £150,000 annually, but we suspect £300,000 annually Ifor the lust two years would not b 3 too much to place to the debit of the rabbit pest.

A young lady in California threatened to get a" divorce on the novel grouad of " protraoled festivities " She sMd her husband celebrated his murriage by! getting drunk, up the festival three" weeks. They carry eoonomy of labor and material to a considerable height in America. This beats phonetic printing : — 2 lovers sat beneath the shade, And 1 un 2 the other said : - *How 14 8 that you be 9 Hast smiled upon this suit; of mine ! If 5 a heart it palpi 4 you— Thy voice is mu6 melody — 'Tis 7 to be thy loved lj 2— Say Oy jpymph, wilt marry me ? Then lilped she soft, "' Why 131y ! "' Can it be said of this bard that "he lisped in numbers, for the nvmbey3 o»me " P

187g. 1879. Lbs. Lb*. AucWand .. 1,599,292 „ 1,616,752 Nopier .. 6,493,296 * n .<. 10,298,777 Wollingtoa .. 11,383,16) W 11,819,417 Ly ttelton .. 1ti,«04,W9 TV^l 6.582,321 Danodiu .. 18,054,9] 1 .. 17,047,173 [nverourgill.. 4,310,175 .. 4,435,644