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ENCLOSURE 2.

Mr. Ripley to Right Honourable T. Milner
Gibson, M.P., Board of Trade.
Bradford, Yorkshire,
11th March, 1861.

Dear Sir,—At the request of our
Chamber of Commerce, I write to ask if
the Board of Trade will have the kind-
ness to disseminate, through Her Maje-
sty’s Consuls and Governors at all places
from which wool is exported to this
country, documents similar to the inclosed,
with samples of wool, which have been
prepared for the purpose, and also that
instructions may be given for the document
to be translated into the languages
of the countries where such officials are
resident; the object being to furnish in-
formation as to the qualities of wool most
valuable for consumption here, and that
such information may be as widely spread
as possible amongst the growers of wool
in their native tongue.

The samples of wool will be forwarded
in a few days, and on hearing that you
kindly assent to our request on a matter
of vital importance to a large branch of
industry, (certain classes of wool being
unprecedentedly scarce,) I shall be glad
to suggest the proportionate quantity of
samples to be sent to each country.

I have, &c.,
HENRY W. RIPLEY.

P.S.—Will you please address reply as
below, where I shall be for a week or
two.

Montpellier Lawn, Cheltenham.

The Right Honourable
Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P.,
Board of Trade.

ENCLOSURE 3.

Sir F. Rogers to Mr. Booth.
Downing-street, 12th April, 1861.

Sir,—I have laid before the Duke of
Newcastle, 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 Sup-
ply Association of the Bradford and
Halifax Chamber of Commerce, to all
parties interested in the growth of Colo-
nial and Foreign wools. Mr. Ripley
requests that the address may be dissemi-
nated, through Her Majesty’s Consuls and
Governors, to all places from
which wool is exported to this country,
and that the statement may be accompa-
nied 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 contained 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 trans-
mission 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 Colo-
nies, New Zealand, the Cape of Good
Hope and Natal.

I am, &c.,
F. ROGERS.

James Booth, Esq.,
Board of Trade.

ENCLOSURE 4.

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 Com-
merce of Bradford are desirous that they
should be sent for distribution in the
surrounding districts.

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

The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

LIST.

Cape Town, Port Beaufort, Port Eliza-
beth, Port Natal, Montreal, Quebec,
Wellington, Auckland, Lyttelton, Tas-
mania, Australia South, Queensland,
Victoria, New South Wales.

ENCLOSURE 5.

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