TO THE UNITED STATES CONSUL, DUNEDIN.

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D.—No. 2.

RETURN containing particulars of the IMPORTATION and EXPORTATION of WOOL into and from the United Kingdom during the years 1864 to 1868, compiled from "The Annual Statistics of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1868."

RETURN of WOOL IMPORTED into the United Kingdom in the year 1868, and showing Countries whence Imported.

Totals. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1864 to 1868. ?otal quantity and computed" real value of Wool (including Alpaca, Llama, and Vicuna Wool) imported into the United Kingdom during the years 1864 to 1868 'otal quantity and computed" real value of Foreign and Colonial Wool (including Alpaca and Llama Wool) exported from the "United Kingdom during the years 1864 to 1868 e Quantity and computed real" value of Wool imported into the United Kingdom from United States from 1864 to 1868. , Quantity and declared real" value of Wool, the produce of the United Kingdom, exported to United States from 1864 to 1868 _ Quantity and computed reaF value of Wool of Foreign and Colonial produce exported from the United Kingdom to the United States from 1864 to 1868 „ lbs. 206,473,045 Value £15,503,483 lbs. 55,933,803 Value £4,379,578 lbs. 891,741 Value £63,283 lbs. 212,206,747 Value £14,930,430 lbs. 82,444,930 Value £5,889,082 lbs. 45,352 Value £3,050 lbs. 239,358,689 Value 17,550,871 lbs. 66,573,488 Value £5,017,282 lbs. 1,256,023 Value £88,967 lbs. 233,703,184 Value £16,178,034 lbs. 90,832,584 Value £6,408,508 lbs. 655,945 Value £39,437 lbs. *252,744,115 Value £15,120,498 lbs. 105,070,311 Value £6,438,243 lbs. 826,707 Value £51,227 lbs. 1,198,485,821 Value £79,283,311 lbs. 400,860,111 Value £28,132,691 lbs. 3,675,76! Value £245,96lbs. 203,554 Value £16,300 lbs. 352,232 Value £31,410 lbs. 180,640 Value £13,700 lbs. 15,142 Value £1,484 lbs. 859,302 Value £41,190 lbs. 1,610,871 Value £104,08lbs. 4,210,956 Value £285,380 lbs. 7,344,265 Value £459,322 lbs. 4,519,704 Value £289,723 lbs. 3,941,353 Value £210,293 lbs. 4,286,583 Value £190,874 lbs. 24,302,86: Value £1,435,59: * This includes 1,815,301 lbs. of Alpaca, Llama, and Vicuna Wool, of the value of £246,875.

Countries whence Imported. Quantity Imported. Computed real Value. Average Trice eixed eoe the Value. fooi —Sheep and Lambs. Russia Denmark and Iceland ... Prussia Hamburg Bremen Holland Belgium France Portugal Spain Italy—Naples Venetia Illyria, Croatia, and Dalmatia ... Greece Ionian Islands Turkey Proper Syria and Palestine Egypt Morocco United States —Worth Atlantic Ports Ports on the Pacific lbs. 8,272,641 1,965,937 270,353 4,794,263 747,195 556,790 716,146 1,019,447 1,049,521 663,095 79,620 41,044 289,536 2,436 117,213 1,331,138 54,041 2,524,670 1,349,930 825,057 1,650 72,124 2,805,966 806,336 961,015 3,608,399 4,759,809 290,114 313,637 35,993,572 17,567,805 34,637 155,745,199 388,373 197,669 112,476 £ 311,547 75,514 18,377 335,559 53,443 30,825 43,773 73,620 76,434 40,019 2,964 1,606 11,136 70 3,348 42,161 1,594 114,878 47,469 51,151 76 2,664 128,082 20,109 23,330 92,141 124,827 10,804 11,057 2,187,745 558,878 1,118 10,345,308 22,517 5,765 3,714 per lb. s. d. 0 9 0 9i 1 4f 1 4|. 1 5 tV 1 IfV 1 2|i 1 5-i 0 11| 1 2i 0 8+1 0 9* 0 9i 0 6| 0 6} 0 7t o 71 0 10if 0 8 T V 1 2J 0 11 0 8! 0 11 0 6 0 5J 0 6| 0 6i 0 8iA 0 8i 1 2f 0 71 0 7| i *u i H 0 7 0 7J New G-ranada Peru Chili Brazil Uruguay Argentine Confederation Gibraltar St. Helena British Possessions in South Africa British India —Bombay and Sinde Bengal and Pegu Australia British North America... Falkland Islands Other Parts Total 250,928,854 14,873,623 This Keturn is extracted from " The Annual Statement of ' 'orcign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1868," p; 'rade. ;he Trade and Na1 ■spared by the St! 'igation of the United Kingdom with itistical Department of the Board of