The Country Gentleman's Magazine 



Six Months Six Months 

 ended June ended June 



30, 1871. 

 Wheat Meal and Flour. Cwt. 



Germany 446, 788 



France 1,224 



United States 1,156,672 



British North America 94,416 

 Other Countries 415,065 



Total 2,114,165 



VALUE. 



Germany ;^4I5,644 



France 828 



United States 943,895 



British North America 69,358 

 Other Countries 409,440 



30, 1872. 



Cwt. 

 487,676 

 233,285 

 208,428 



39,385 

 477,310 



1,446,084 



M49,4S5 

 216,541 

 160,413 



35,151 



468,093. 



were in slightly less demand during the 

 month, but in the half-year there was an in- 

 crease, the sum we paid for these fertiUzers 

 being in the half year ;^3 19,084, as against 

 ;^288,873. Nitrate of soda has largely in- 

 creased during the month, and perceptibly 

 so in the half-year. This comm.odity is 

 rapidly and deservedly rising in public estima- 

 tion. The amount we paid for it this year^ 

 was ;^734,542, as against £626,']TS' 



We received about three times as many 

 potatoes from abroad this year as we did 

 last, the cost being ;C2$^,^()$, instead of 

 ^^81,521, Clover and grass seeds were in 

 diminished supply in both periods ; flax seed 

 shewed a decrease in the month, but an in- 

 crease in the six, its value was ;^i,523,3i5. 

 Cottonseed cost us little more than in the 

 first half of 1871, viz., ;^i,o66,244. In rape- 

 seed there was a great falling off in both 

 terms. 



Owing to a deficiency in the Australian im- 

 ports, wool does not figure so largely as in the' 

 corresponding month of 187 1, but in the half 

 year the receipts were larger than in the like 

 period of last. The following tables shew the ■ 

 quantities and the values for the past six 

 months : — 



QUANTITIES. 



Total ;^i, 839,165 .^1,329,683 



Coming next to manurial substances Ave 

 note that guano made a little spurt during 

 the month. Comparing the receipts of the 

 month just passed with those of June 187 1, 

 we find we have imported upwards of 7500 

 tons more, viz., 24,707, as against 17,051 

 tons, but the six rronths shewed a marked 

 deficiency in the shipments, only 58,543 tons 

 being received, to compare with 131,591 

 tons in the same period of 187 1. The ex- 

 penditure during the portion of the year for 

 which the Accounts have been made up, was 

 ;^575,2oo, as against ^1,508,757. Bones 



Total .^io,348,i28;^i2,279,999- 



Our exports of purely agricultural commo- 

 dities amount to comparatively little, and so 



