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ANALYSIS OF THE 1917-18 WOOL CLIP— continued. An Average New Zealand Clip— continued.

Summary of Percentages.

Wool taken by Local Woollen-mills.

Wool scoured in Dominion (subsequent to Purchase).

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Description. -6 § 3 o o ;>, OcSfl <-4 '3. ■d R oj - •--■ %$ fcC-« I* fl" 0 ■2* ■ ■-h o-R — w R I =3 R 11 <d 3 I 1 1 M I a o B . a"* »■£ Coarse Crossbred — continued. Greasy —continued. First crutchings, 36/40s Second erutehings, 36/40s Bales. 59 6 Bales. 235 40 Bales. 735 79 Bales. 61 7 Bales. 223 13 Bales. Bales. Bales. 4 Bales. 4 Bales. 1,321 145 65 275 814 68 236 1,466 Scoured. Fleece, 36s-36/40s 10 17 First lambs, 36s-36/40s 13 15 First pieces, 36s-36/40s Second pieces, 36s-36/40s Stained pieces, 36s-36/40s Bellies, 36s-36/40s Locks, 36s-36/40s 11 1 2 1 io 15 23 4 6 3 6 7 21 3 8 9 35 4 27 49 48 12 72 15 First crutchings, 36s-36/40s .. II 25 33 16 41 66 196 Total coarse crossbred .. 1,246 3,994 9,183 3,358 14,453 113 64 72 144 32,627 Percentage to centre 2-89 7-53 10-65 8-06 10-79 0-16 0-22 0-11 0-43 5-86 Grand totals .. 43,293 53,070 86,261 41,665 133,885 70,752 29,104 65,336 32,941 556,307

Flei ice. Lai ills. Piec ies. Crutc! lings. Xoti .1. I Bales. Percentage to Quality. Bales. Percentage to Quality. Bales. Percentage to Quality. Bales. Percentage to Quality. Bales. Percentage to Clip. Merino, 60/64s and upwards Half-bred, 50/56s-58s Fine crossbred, 46/48s-50s Medium crossbred, 40/44s-46s Coarse crossbred, 36s-40s .. 13,151 38,352 89,262 256,649 28,760 71-25 72-18 79-98 75-38 88-15 232 2,265 21,202 227 0-44 2-03 6-23 0-69 5,249 14,417 16,716 48,107 2,170 28-44 27-13 14-97 14-13 6-65 57 133 3,366 14,522 1,470 0-31 0-25 3-02 4-26 4-51 18,457 53,134 111,609 340,480 32,627 3-32 9-55 20-06 61-21 5-86 Totals 426,174 76-61 23,926 4-30 86,659 19,548 I 3-51 15-58 556,307 10000

Fleece. Lambs. Pieces. Crutchings. 'Col ,al. Merino, 60/64s and upwards Half-bred, 50/56s-58s Fine crossbred, 46/48s-50s Medium crossbred, 40/44s-46s .. Joarse crossbred, 36s-40s Bales. 4,165 5,979 1,438 56 1 Bales. 3 37 106 4 Bales. 699 3,521 2,020 1,608 .27 Bales. 7 146 269 6 Bales. 4,864 9,510 3,641 2,039 38 Percentage to Clip. 26-35 17-89 3-26 0-59 0-01 Totals 11,639 150 7,875 428 20,092 3-61

lUcece. Lambs. Pieces. Crutchings. Total. lerino, 60/64s and upwards lalf-bred, 50/56s-58s 'ine crossbred, 46/48s-50s .. ledium crossbred, 40/44s-46s ioarse crossbred, 36s-40s .. Bales. 4,618 4,367 4,313 1,160 14 Bales. 159 1,126 11,186 123 Bales. 3,254 8,453 13,499 36,744 2,006 Bales. 57 108 3,203 12,409 1,196 Bales. 7,929 13,087 22,141 61,499 3,339 Totals 14,472 12,594 63,956 16,973 107,995