Show ESTIMATE OF WOOL CLIP I London Economist Figures for the S Years 1899 and 1900 TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass March HiThc London Economist of March 3rd received here today says I Is now possible to estimate esti-mate closely tho Increase In value of the wool ell of 1S991000 as compared with that of the previous clip The wool brokers In the colonial centers keel a close record of the prices realized at the auction sales and the averages form a good guide The proceeds show an inrrcasc of about 02 y per cent In the averngM value per half In Vlrturia about TOVfe per cent In New South Wales and about 59 f I per I cent In South Australia Aus-tralia The differences in the proceedings proceed-ings arc easily accounted for by local factors such as the proportion of crossbred cross-bred etc As the production can now be estimated esti-mated with tolerable certainty Itis believed be-lieved l that there will be l1 net decrease o 50000 bales for all tho Australian colonies as compared with the previous year An approximation to the increase In value can be arrived at The figures aid as follows Victoria with a slight increase in quantity 1800000 New South Wales with n decrease estimated at 75000 bales 4050000 South Australia Aus-tralia slight increase In quantity 500 00 Queensland decrease estimated at 25000 bales 1100000 Tasmania and western Australia together 300000 total about 3100000 There Is less certainty with respect to the NewZealand clip which Is later than the Austral I an but this season so far D New South Wales and a portion of Queensland Is concerned Is badly dls trjbuted owing to the enormous Josses from drought suffered by many of the squatters |