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importations to cease our tables would be but and six months. Barley was imported much 

 scantily furnished with butcher meat. Who- more freely in both periods ; oats were re- 

 ever can hit upon a plan to increase our ceived in smaller quantities during the month, 

 home stock, and so diminish prices, will de- but the returns were much larger in the half 

 serve even more gratitude at the hands of year. Peas reached us in greater quantities 

 his country than the benefactor who made in the month, but not so freely in the six ; 

 two blades of grass grow where only one beans came in more plentifully in both 

 sprano- up before. periods, and so also Indian corn ; but wheat 

 The amount of money we paid for bacon meal, while shewing an augmentation in the 

 up to the end of June, was ^2,463,027, as month, fell off in the longer term. The 

 against ^11,339,651. Our exports of beef, amount of money we expended on corn 

 salted and fresh, or slightly salted, were during the first half of this year has been 

 [ess— the cost this year being ;^27o,73i, as upwards of ;^4,ooo,ooo sterhng in excess of 

 against ^447,183. Hams were in very much last, the exact figures being ;^i 9,3 7 2,4^3' ^^ 

 larger demand, theimportsinthefirstsixmonths against ^15,369,903. Mr Mechi will tell us 

 of this year, being valued at ^226,990, while that this is more than we are justified in pay- 

 in the corresponding term of last year they ing away with so much of our own land lying 

 only came to ;^94,2 69. For meat not enu- uncultivated, and he has reason on his side, 

 merated in the above headings, we disbursed The tables subjoined give the quantities of 

 ^508,571, to contrast with ^254,837 in the the several kinds of cereals, &c., the names 

 like period of 187 1. The imports of pork of the countries from whence they came, and 

 were not so extensive as in the first six months the values for the past half year, as compared 

 of last year, the sum we had paid up to the with the corresponding period of 187 1 :— 

 ■end of the month just passed being ;^335,o44, quantities. 



to compare with ^578,880. For poultry Six Months Six Months 



, , , . c \ ^ r ended Tune ended lune 



and game we had to account for about ;£ 14,000 ^o, 1871. 30, 1&72. 



.more tlian last year, viz., ;^75, 328, instead of Wheat. Cwt. Cwt. 



^61,519. For live stock and dead meat, Russia 5.906,640 7,908,329 



together, the foreigner took out of the British Denmark 14,340 98,^85 



'', ', °. , c r rr o Germany 1,327,310 1,649,30+ 



Jacket the neat httle sum of ;65»566,832, yx2.x,z& 38,246 129,058 



which was nearly ^750,000 more than in the Austrian Territories ... 191,546 5,762 



iirst six months of 187 1. Turkey, Wallachia, ) 1:7^ 1; -8 489 164 



Regarding eggs, the product of a sadly ^^l^^'^'^-- ^ 3;;^ ^^^.^^.^ 



neglected department of live stock husbandry United States 5,619,861 2,930,973 



in this country, the cry is still they come ch^i 136,457 664,982 



in overflowing quantities. Up to the end of British North America 734,826 162,022 



June last year we received 1,825,458, this Other Countries 175,183 436,799 



year 2,744,127, and the respective costs were T^^j^l 14,753,558 15,636,842 



^665,417 and ^1,073,972. Butter was ^,^^^^^ 



miported in slightly smaller quantity, and so ^^^^^.^ .;^3,377,868 ^4,568,671 



likewise cheese, which would seem to shew j^gnmark 9,370 64,852 



that we are improving upon our dairy practice Germany 878,761 1,093,390 



at home. The amount we paid for the France 21,248 76,760 



former commodity was ;^2, 918,3^18, and for Austrian Territories ... 119,229 3,446 



the latter ;^668,6i5, the total sum expended '^'^tc?MolSa''!!'.'!'. S 2°^'--5° -^°'^^^ 



upon meat and dairy produce reached Egypt 19,598 586,249 



^10,227,767, a large proportion of which, United States 3,365,300 1,884,529 



under better management, might 2-0 into the Chili 92,132 437,992 



pockets of the farmers of this country. Britislr North America 417,729 107,794 



•^ ^, . r y T 1 .1 • Other Countries 108,271 285,584 



Conung now to corn, we find slightly in- 



creased imports of wheat, both in the month Total ^^8,717,736 ;^9>37o,i63 



