(From the Daity Times, Nov.s.

Otago Witness, Issue 832, 8 November 1867, Page 6

(From the Daity Times, Nov.s.

{To the Editor of the Otago Daily Time 3.)

Sir — By way of commentary on the startling facts proclaimed by Messrs Julius, in their letters addressed to you on the subject of Merino sheep in New Zealand, I beg to hand you, for publication, a letter addressed to us by Mr W. L. Lees, wool-broker, of this city, which speaks more eloquently for the French Merino than anything else which can be said in their favor ; and is worth more in my eyes than any amount of bounce and tall talk and special pleading on the part of my opponents.

I apologise for again troubling you, but those who are interested in the subject will, I doubt not, agree with me that it would be an injustice to withold the information contained in Mr Lees's letter, the correctness of which can be verified by any merchant in the city having the London Price Lists for August. — 1 am, &c, W. A. Low. Dunedin, 4th Nov., 186?. Mercer's Buildings, Princes street, Dunedin, 24th October, 1867. Dear Sirs — It affords me the greatest pleasure to draw your attention to the price realised at the last London sales for 80 bales of scoured wool, branded two hearts, as per price catalogue of the 22nd of August last. The3e 80 bales were produced from the ewe fleeces of your flock, excepting about 22 bales of old wethers and rams.

The prices realised were — 22 bales at 2s 6d per 1b ; 21 do, 2s 54d ; 17 do, 2s 44d ; 8 do, 2s 4d ; 11 do, 2s 3d ; 1 do. 2s 2d : averaging for sorts all round, excepting pieces and locks, 2s 5d per lb, an average higher, for an equal quantity, by quite 3d per lb, than any scoured wool from New 2e;vland in any of the price catalogues to hand of the August series ; and higher, by fully 2d per lb, than any scoured wool from the Australian Colonies.

It must be very gratifying to you that your first attempt to devefope the character of the wool of your flock by a superior method of getting up, h3S resulted so favorably ; and without entering into any particular points of its character, my opinion was, and is now confirmed, that its great value and merits lay in the full body or shaftiness, , and particular soundness of its staple. It is equally gratifying to me to know that the judgment and experience I applied in superiutending the scouring of this wool at the establishment of Messrs Driver, Maclean, and Co., Water of Leith, has resulted so highly to the credit of the firm I then represented. — I have, &c, W. L. I/bks, Wool Broker. Messrs Campbell and Low, Galloway Station) Manuherikia.

The Allgemeine Zcitung publishes some curious statistics respecting the number oflawyers in various European countries. It , says that in England there is one lawyer for every 1240 of the population, in France one for every 1970, in Belgium one for every 2700, and in Prussia one for every 12,000. Another curious fact is that in England the number of persons belonging to each profession is nearly the same. Thus, "there are 34,970 lawyers,. 35,483 clergymen, and 35,9,95 physicians. In Prussia, on the other, hand, there are 4809 physicians to only 13621awyers. [To. Dunedin, there are 20 ' lawyers to about. 16,000 people, or 1 lawyer to 800.1