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26 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,, 1876. and Ireland to be 34,532,000, which are classified by Mr. Graham as follows, according to the leading typical races: Leicesters and their allies Downs Cheviots Black-faced Welsh Irish . The production of these races is thus estimated: Leicesters, 12,933,000 fleeces at 7 pounds each Downs, 6,130,000 “4 “ Cheviots, 4,368,000 “ 3 “ Black-faced, 5,100,000 “ 2^ “ Welsh and Irish, 6,000,000 34,532.000 “ averaging 2 pounds Total number of lbs. washed 12,933,000 6.130.000 4.368.000 5.101.000 2.000.000 4.000.000 34,532,000 90.531.000 24.520.000 13.104.000 14,027,750 12,000,000 154,182,750 At an average price of 10 pence per pound, the value of the wool- product is £6,425,000. Taking the average age of these sheep at three years, about one-third, or 11,510,000, are killed for mutton annually; averaging the carcass at 65 pounds and the price per pound 8 pence, there are produced annually 748,150,000 pounds of mutton, realizing £25,000,000 per year. This, added to the annual value of wool, •£6,425,000, makes the product of British sheep £31,425,000, or $159,- 125,000. To this is to be added the value of the manure, which can only be estimated by the fact that it is an indispensable necessity for British husbandry. This estimate is greatly increased when we add the value of wool from slaughtered sheep, say 36,000,000 pounds, and estimate the value of the wool at 15 pence instead of 10 pence, which is nearer the correct figure at the present time. THE DOMINION OF CANADA. The long wools of English blood exhibited by Canada attracted the high commendation of the Judges; an exhibit from Hamilton showing Leicester, Cotswold, and South Down wools, and that of crosses of Leicester and Merino, Leicester and South Down, Cots wold and Leicester, Lincoln and Cotswold, justified the popularity of these wools with the worsted-manufacturers of the United States. So prevalent is the culture of the long combing-wools in Canada, and so large their consumption in the United States, where they find their principal market, that the term Canada Wools is in general use to designate the wools of the English type.