Vice-Consul Clark, of Jerusalem, reports the total number of sheep in the three provinces of his jurisdiction to be as follows: Gaza, 2,000; Nabloos, 3,000; and Hebron, 5,000. All are of the same kind, called the Barbary broad-tailed sheep. The clip of 1889 was about 350 cantars (210,000 pounds), while that of the year 1890 was about 300 cantars (180,000 pounds). The whole of the wool is shipped to Smyrna, and what is exported is never washed, being mixed with better qualities of Asiatic wool. e The first line represents the Anatolian trade. The second, the Persian transit trade. The Turkey, export in 1890 estimated at 15,081,066 kilograms. export from Constantinople alone in 1891 is given at 1,879,486 kilograms. EGYPT. Official registers show the number of sheep in each province in Egypt to be as follows: An English consular report gives the exports of wool from Alexandria in 1891 at 1,780,433 pounds, valued at £36,632; in 1892 at 1,676,974 pounds, valued at £35,009. |