The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 58
Wool Shipments
Wool Shipments.
Total Quantity of Wool exported from New Zealand for the Season of 1884-5 | 80,324,631 lbs. |
Of the Value of | £3,215,329 |
Of which there was exported from Otago and Southland | 73,175 bales |
And of the Value of | £823,219 | Being a decrease of £395,071 on the year |
During the past year 4,500 Bales of Wool, of the value of £50,625, were consumed by the Mosgiel, Kaikorai, Roslyn, and Oamaru Woollen Mills. These, added to the quantity exported, raise the production of Otago for 1885 to 77,675 Bales, and the value to £873,844.
In addition to the above the Kaiapoi Mills, Canterbury, worked up 2,050 Bales.