I.—Short-Wool Breeds.

A.—Merino Wools.

1.—Fine Merino.

Beaumont, R., Blenheim, Marlborough.

One fleece from merino ram, 5 years old, 12 months' growth. Fed on English grasses, on rolling downs; weight of fleece, 9½lbs.

One fleece from merino ewe, 2 years old, 12 months' growth, weight 8¾lbs. Fed on English and native grasses, on rolling downs.

One fleece merino hoggett, 17 months' growth; weight 9¼lbs. Fed on English and native grasses, on rolling downs.

One fleece of merino wether, 3 years old, 12 months' growth; weight 8¼1bs. Fed on native grass, on rolling downs.

Campbell & Sons, Robert, Otekaiki, Waitaki, Otago.

Fleeces of ram, ewe, and wether, 360 days' growth; and of hoggett, 450 days' growth. Fed on English grass and turnips, on limestone soil.

Clarkson, H. and W., Templeton, Canterbury.

Fleece of merino wether, 340 days' growth; weight, 7½lbs. Fed on English grass, on low, flat, sandy country.

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Goulter, Charles, Hawkesbury, Marlborough.

Fleece of 6-tooth merino ram, 12 months' growth, weight 12lbs.; fleece of 6-tooth merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 6lbs. 150zs.; fleece of merino ewe hoggett, 14 months' growth, weight 12lbs. 20zs.; fleece of merino 6-tooth wether, 12 months' growth, weight 10lbs. 2ozs. All fed on English grass on light, dry, gravelly soil. From ½lb. to 1 lb. of trimmings taken off, which has to be added to weight.

Goulter, Cyrus, & Son, Hawkesbury, Marlborough.

Four merino fleeces, fed on English grass, on light, gravelly upland flats.

Johnston, Adam D., Paiwata, Kaihiku, Otago.

Fleeces of 2 rams and 2 ewes, 11½ months' growth; fleeces of 2 hoggetts, 13½ months' growth. Fed on English grass on undulating downs.

Langton, Bennet Rothes, Warren Estate, Oxford, Canterbury.

Five fleeces, viz.—1 of 4-tooth ewe, 2 of stud 4-tooth ewes, 2 of ewe hoggetts, of 12 months' growth. Fed on native grasses, on dry, rather flat, stony soil.

Lyttelton, Hon. W., Rakaia, Canterbury.

Two fleeces of merino wether of 12 months' growth, one weighing 7¾lbs., the other 7¼1bs. Fed on English grass on sandy loam plains.

Merino ram (aged), 12 months' growth, weight 11lbs.; merino ewe hoggett, 12 months' growth, weight 8½lbs, (shorn as a lamb); merino ram hoggett, 12 months' growth, weight 10lbs. (shorn as a lamb); merino ram hoggett, 12 months' growth, weight 11lbs, (shorn as a lamb). All never housed or clothed. Fed on English grass on a sandy loam.

McLean, R. D., Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay.

Fleece of merino ram, 5 years old, 360 days' growth, weight 10½lbs.; merino ewe 4 years old, 360 days' growth, weight of fleece 9¾lbs.; merino ewe 3 years old, 360 days' growth, weight 11lbs.; ewe hoggett, 360 days' growth, weight 13lbs. All fed on a mixture of English and native grasses on limestone hills; never been housed or artificially fed.

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McRae, G. W., Amaurui, Canterbury.

Fleece of 2 years' old ram, 12 months and 2 days' growth, weight 13½lbs.; fleece of ram hoggett, 12 months' growth, weight 9½lbs. Fed on native grass and turnips, on high hills and low downs.

Meinertzhagen & Moore, Napier.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 8¼lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 7¼lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 8¾lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 7¾lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 6½lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 8¾lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 6½lbs.

Fleece of merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 8¼lbs.

All fed on surface sown English grass on sea-coast downs.

Pearson, Joseph, Oxford, Canterbury.

Two fleeces of 6-tooth merino ewes, 11 months' growth, weighing 6¼ and 8lbs.; merino ewe hoggett, 13 months' growth, weight 6lbs. 40ZS. All fed on native grass, on undulating country, with gravelly soil.

Royse & Anderson, Kereru, Hawkes' Bay (Poporangi Station).

Fleece of 4-year-old ram, 12 months' and 1 days' growth, weight 12lbs.; fleece of 2-year-old ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 7lbs.; hoggett, 16 months' old, 12 months and 2 days' growth, weight 7¾lbs. Fed on English and native grasses and fern, on mountainous and light soil.

Teschemaker, W. H., Maheno, Otago.

Fleece of full-mouthed merino ewe, 12 months' growth, weight 7¾lbs. Fed on English grass and turnips.

Fleece of merino ram hoggett, 15 months' growth, weight 11lbs.; merino ewe hoggett, 14½ months' growth, weight 9lbs. Fed on English grass on undulating limestone.

Ward, Bernard, Brookby, Marlborough.

Four fleeces : ewe, 11 months' growth, weight 8¼lbs.; ram, 11 months' growth, 11lbs.; ewe hoggett, 13 months' growth, 7¾lbs.; wether, 11 months' growth, 8¼lbs. Fed on native and English grasses on hilly and poor soil.

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Warren Station, Executors of, Oxford, Canterbury.

Five merino fleeces.

Watt, John, Kaitiku, West Clutha, Otago.

Six fleeces, viz.:—2 rams, 12 months' growth; 2 ram hoggetts, 14 months' growth; 2 ewe hoggetts, 14 months' growth. Fed partly on English grass, chiefly on native pasture, on low ridgy country.