Mr. Guestasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state by counties, the distribution of the bulk of the last Australian wool clip and the price of sale, as compared with 1937, 1936, and 1935?
— 1st July—30th April. 1934–5. 1935–6. 1936–7. 1937–8. In Million lbs. United Kingdom … … … … 302.5 258.6 293.4 284.8 Japan … … … … 151.1 214.2 71.1 57.3 Belgium … … … … 113.8 104.7 126.8 82.4 France … … … … 69.6 71.3 76.7 111.7 Germany … … … … 24.7 27.1 36.4 47.7 United States … … … … 4.4 25.0 73.4 4.5 Netherlands … … … … 14.8 15.1 9.7 6.7 Canada … … … … 1.2 2.3 3.6 3.1 Austria … … … … 2.3 3.7 5.3 2.6 Italy … … … … 21.4 3.2 30.0 28.5 Other Countries … … … … 27.3 32.3 32.8 40.9 733.1 757.5 759.2 670.2 Figures issued by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that the average prices realized during the above periods were as follow:—
Pence (Australian) July-April. per lb. 1934–5 … … … … … 9.60 1935–6 … … … … … 14.25 1936–7 … … … … … 16.64 1937–8 … … … … … 12.85