WOOL PRODUCT OF THE WORLD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 119, 19 May 1873, Page 2

WOOL PRODUCT OF THE WORLD.

' The New York Tribune of February .4, says:*— "For some months the Comptroller's office and several banks of the city have been laid under contribution for evidence to further the proof of municipal frauds. Now evidence shows precisely who got the percentage of the Special Audit, and what percentage each confederate received. It establishes" that the total frauds in the Special Audit were near ten millions, instead of six millions three hundred thousand dollars os heretofore stated. Nine hundred and thirty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight .dollars and twenty cents of this money have beeii traced into Tweed's hands. Additional evidence establishes that of the Special Audit frauds he received over 1,500,000 dollars. The examination of. the books of the banks reveals extensive frauds of the Board of Public Works so far concealed; because of the refusal of the Commissioners to x^low any scrutiny of the accounts. The amount of frauds in this department is not divulged at present, hut there is trustworthy information to the effect that tbe total frauds developed by tbis new

investigation into ali the departments will aggregate twenty millions oi dollars. The prosecuting of the 'Ring' criminal indictments against Tweed is not to be *.m---mediately pressed. The fight now cornea up in the civil suits, and to these tbe whole attention of the prosecution will be devoted."

(From the Canadian Farmer). , In the following table "will be found a near approximate estimate of the number ■ of pounds of wool annually produced in the different countries of the world, from the most reliable information obtainable :— Pounds. Asia, including Russia in Asia ... 320,000,000 'Great Britain and Ireland 260,000,000 Germany, Netherlands, and Bel- . giuni ... ... ... ... 198,000,000 "United "States ... ... ... 130,000,000 Australia .... ' ... 130,000,000 Fxance ; ' ? .. ... *126 1 000,000 European Russia 125,000,000 South America ... 110,000,000 Asiatic Turkey ' ... 100,000,000 Spain ... 62,000,000 Persia ;.. ... ... 50,000,000 North Africa... ... 50,000,000 ■European Turkey ... ... ... 42,000 000 Italy... ... ' 40,000,000 Cape of Good Hope.. 20,000,000 Portugal .... ... 17,000,000 Canada ....;. ... ... 12,000,000. Sweden and Norway 11,000,000 Greece ° . 8,000,000 Denmark ... ... .;. ... 3,800 000 Switzerland ... ... 3,000,000 New Mexico ..'. . .. .... ... 500,000 1 Total 1,818,300,000 — There are other countries that produce considerable quantities of wool, but as they export little or none, it is not brought into the" account.