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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 84
Wool Shipments
Wool Shipments.
| Total Quantity of Wool exported from New Zealand for the Season of 1886 | 90,760,253 lbs. |
| Of the value of | £3,002,731 |
| Of which there was exported from Otago and Southland | 75,807 bales |
| And of the value of | £795,973 | Being an increase of 2,632 baleson the year. |
During the past year 4,130 bales of Wool, of the value of £43,365, were consumed by the Mosgiel, Kaikorai, Roslyn, and Oamaru Woollen Mills. These, added to the quantity exported, raised the production of Otago for 1886 to 79,937 bales, and the value to £839,338. An increase of 2,262 bales.
In addition to the above, the Kaiapoi Mills, Canterbury, worked up 2,250 bales.