[21] The imports of wool from Germany had, in 1836, risen to 31,766,194 lbs., but it has since then rapidly receded, owing mainly to the increased production in the English colonies.
[22] We present an official account of the live stock in the settlement at Port Jackson, May 1st, 1788, which forms an interesting contrast with the development of its resources since that period:
| S | M | C | B | C | | t | a | o | u | o | | a | r | l | l | w | | l | e | t | l | s | | l | s | s | s | . | | i | . | . | . | | | o | | | | | | n | | | | | TO WHOM BELONGING. | s | | | | | | . | | | | | -------------------|---|---|---|---|---| Government | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Governor | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lieut.-Governor | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | Officers & men } | - | - | - | - | 1 | of the detachment} | | | | | | | | | | | | Staff | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | Other individuals | - | - | - | - | - | -------------------|---|---|---|---|---| Totals | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Sheep. | G | H | P | R | T | G | D | F | C | | | o | o | i | a | u | e | u | o | h | | | a | g | g | b | r | e | c | w | i | | | t | s | s | b | k | s | k | l | c | | | s | . | . | i | e | e | s | s | k | | | . | | | t | y | . | . | . | e | | | | | | s | s | | | | n | | | | | | . | . | | | | s | TO WHOM BELONGING.| | | | | | | | | | . | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------+-----------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Government |{ Ram 1 | 1| 20| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |{ Ewes 12 | | | | | | | | | | |{ Wethers 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Governor |{ Ewe 1 | - | 10| - | 3| 5| 8| 17| 22| - | |{ Lamb 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lieut.-Governor | - | 1| 1| 7| - | 5| 6| 4| 9| - | | | | | | | | | | | | Officers & men }| - | 12| 10| 17| 2| 6| 9| 8| 55| 25| of the detachment}| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Staff | - 11 | 5| 7| 1| - | 2| 6| 6| 36| 62| | | | | | | | | | | | Other individuals | - | - | 1| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ------------------+-----------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Totals | 29 | 19| 49| 25| 5| 18| 29| 35|122| 87|
At present there are in this colony, 180,000 horses, 2,148,660 cattle, and 109,160 pigs.