THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 245

Sir F. Rogers to Mr. Booth.

Downing-street, 12th April, 1861.

SIR,—I have laid before the Duke of New-
castle, your letter of the 18th ultimo, inclosing
a copy of a communication from Mr. Ripley,
the President of the Chamber of Commerce
of Bradford, with a printed copy of an address
from the Wool Supply Association of the
Bradford and Halifax Chamber of Commerce
to all parties interested in the growth of
Colonial and Foreign wools. Mr. Ripley
requests that the address may be disseminated,
through Her Majesty's Consuls and Governors,
to all places from which wool is exported to
this country, and that the statement may be
accompanied by samples of wool which have
been prepared for the purpose. You also
suggest to his Grace the expediency of issuing
directions for giving publicity to the facts con-
tained in the document referred to.

In reply, I am directed to acquaint you, for
the information of the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade, that if you will
procure the transmission to this department of
a sufficient number of copies of the address,
together with the samples of wool which
should accompany them, he will forward them,
for the purpose contemplated, to the Governors
of such Colonies as produce and export wool;
but I am to observe that the only British
Colonies connected with this Department
which produce wool for export are the six
Australian Colonies, New Zealand, the Cape
of Good Hope and Natal.

I am, &c.,
F. ROGERS.

James Booth, Esq., Board of Trade.

Sir J. E. Tennent to Under Secretary of
State, Colonial Office.

Office of Committee of
Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, 16th May, 1861.

SIR,—With reference to my letter of the
18th March last, I am directed by the Lords
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
to transmit to you to be laid before the Duke
of Newcastle the inclosed parcels containing
circulars and samples of wool, together with
the list of places to which the Chamber of
Commerce of Bradford are desirous that they
should be sent for distribution in the surround-
ing districts.

I have, &c.,
J. EM. TENNENT.

The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

L I S T.

Cape Town, Port Beaufort, Port Elizabeth,
Port Natal, Montreal, Quebec, Wellington,
Auckland, Lyttelton, Tasmania, Australia
South, Queensland, Victoria, New South
Wales.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR
THE WORSTED DISTRICT.

Bradford, Yorkshire,
February 21, 1861.

Address of the Wool Supply Association of
the Bradford and Halifax Chamber of
Commerce to all parties interested in the
growth of Colonial and other Foreign
Wools.

The increase in the Worsted Trade of Great
Britain has been very considerable during the
last few years; and its further development
has been checked only by the difficulty of
meeting with an adequate supply of Long
Wool.

To meet this condition of things and in or-
der if possible to increase the supply, the
Wool Association is desirous of disseminating
information in the Wool growing districts.

The increase in the imports of Foreign
Wool during the same period has been very
large; but these supplies were almost exclu-
sively of a nature to adapt them to the Wool-
len rather than to the Worsted manufacture.
Those interested in the latter branch of in-
dustry are anxious to stimulate the growth of
Wools suitable for their wants. The qualities
they require give to the Wool a higher mar-
ketable value for all purposes of manufacture,
and are, therefore, well deserving the atten-
tion of growers, collectors, and shippers of
Wool.

The Wool (the increase of which they
desire to promote) should have a staple from
four to seven inches long, according to its
fineness, and should, as far as possible, be uni-
form in quality throughout its whole length,
bright and lustrous in appearance, or soft and
kind to the touch, of good spinning properties,
free from burrs or other vegetable fibre. It
should also be well washed before it is clipped,
or where this is not practicable, care should
be taken that it be not cotted or felted in
drying. It is most desirable to retain the
whole natural length of the staple by only
clipping the lambs or sheep once during the
season's growth, unless local causes render it
absolutely necessary to do so oftener.

It is also very desirable that a proper clas-
sification of Wool should be made in packing,
and that the packing should be thoroughly
trustworthy and fair.

An improvement is already manifested in
the wool of some countries, and the Associa-
tion believe that it might be made general if
proper care were taken in the selection of
breeding sheep, particularly of the Rams, and,
where necessary, by the introduction of new
blood.

The flocks should, as much as possible, be
pastured upon succulent grasses, similar to
those grown in Great Britain.

The destructive effects of drought or cold,
or other climatic causes, which check the
growth of the grasses, by depriving the sheep
of their necessary supply of food, and render