The export of Turkish mohair takes place chiefly from Smyrna, but Trebizonde also ships large quantities. The latter port in 1877 despatched 694 bales (of 1 cwt.), value 83281. to Great Britain ; in 1878, 440 bales, value 44001. ; and in 1879,795 bales, value 79501. Aleppo also, in 1878, exported 292 tons, value 46,7201., to Turkey ; 82 tons, value 13,1201., to Great Britain ; and 2 ton.., value 3201„ to France. Alexandretta, in 1879, exported 112 tone, value 17,9201., to Turkey ; 71 tons, 11,3601., to England ; and 2 tons, 3201., to France. The exports from the vilayet of Van, in 1879, were valued at 10,0001. Turkish. The productive capacity of Asia Minor is limited to about 60,000 ewt. of good or fair quality, and 15,000 cwt. of inferior. But the climatic and other conditions here prevailing aro to be found in many portions of our African and Australian colonies. The goat succeeds admirably on land which will not support any other animal with profit. In the Cape, it is found that where sheep have been grazed, there springs up a Mimosa, which the sheep will not touch, but which affords excellent food to the goats. It is estimated that there are already about a million of these goats in the Cape Colonies, where the breeding is making rapid progress. The Transvaal seems to be admir ably suited to them. But the Cape mohair ie different from the Turkish, inasmuch as it is more kempy, and the kemp runs further to the top, while it is also shorter. On the other hand, it is quite as fine, and may be kept so by repeated infusion of pure blood. Mohair only begun to figure in the Cape exports in 1862, the quantity then being 1036 lb.; in 1871, it increased to 536,292 lb., value 43,0001. ; in 1875, it advanced to 1,147,453 lb., value 133,1801. ; and in 1877, it amounted to 1,433,774 lb., value 116,3821. Great attention has been paid to the naturalization of the Angora
goat in the United States, and the flocks there are now estimated to number nearly 2 millions. The first attempts were made in Kentucky and Georgia, more than 30 years ago, while the Pacific States have been selected for more recent experiment. The animal appears to flourish best upon the wild sage, on the desert plains of Nevada, and the fleeces become fine and silky. Yet the breeding of the goat for its fleece must be accounted at least a temporary failure in America, inasmuch as there is no local manufacture of the staple, and it will not pay to export at present prices. The rearing of the goat is attracting stock-growers in many parts of Australia, where the animal thrives well, especially on well-watered undulating prairie. In sandy districts, the hair is inferior, and soon falls off. Shearing is performed twice annually, when the fleece is about 6 in. long. This prevents its being torn and wasted. Each clip from full-grown animals is estimated at 4 lb., value 4s. a lb. The Fiji Islands are likely to become producers of mohair of excellent quality. The first considerable sample of Angora hair from Fiji was pronounced to be well grown and of good texture, and sold at a high figure. It was the produce of a small flock of goats bred on the Ra coast, and was declared to be almost equal to the best Turkish mohair. The flock has been raised from a small number of pure Angora goats, by judicious crossing. It now contains several hundred well-grown animals of 2ud-4th cross, the latter producing as much as 4 lb. of hair each, equal to the finest hair from the pure Angora goat. The climate seems admirably suited to the goat, and to the production of a good crop of hair.