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VALUE. 



Barley .^1,576,339 



Oats 2,158,631 



Peas 249,255 



Beans 614,798 



Indian corn or 

 Maize. . . . 



j 2,983,019 



;^2,999,467 



2,545,011 



246,814 



727,658 



4,164,507 



QUANTITIES. 



Seven Months Seven Months 



ended July ended July 



31, 187X. 31, 1872. 



Wheat Meal and Flour. Cvvt. Cwt. 



Germany 543,507 555.i5i 



France 2,254 287,620 



United States 1,287,184 253,043 



British North America 151,995 112,672 



Other Countries 471,338 552,972 



Total 2,456,278 



Germany ^^506, 283 



France 1,674 



United States 1,044,393 



British North America 1 1 1 , 905 

 Other Countries 455,839 



1,761,458 



269, III 



198,127 



97,079 



552,679 



Total ;,{^2, 120,094 ^1,628,556 



Coming to manurial sub.stances, we note 

 a falling off in the imports of guano, both 

 during the month and seven months. In 

 July this year, our receipts of that fertilizer 

 amounted to 7660 tons, to compare with 

 10,788 in the same month of last year ; and 

 from January up to the 31st of July the total 

 importation was 66,203 tons, which is a fall- 

 ing off of 76,176 tons. The sum we paid 

 during the longer period was ^^643, 592, 

 while the amount last year was ;^i,637,45i. 

 Bones have been received in larger quanti- 

 ties in the month and seven months. The 

 amount expended since the beginning of the 

 year under this head was ;^395,982, as 

 against ^325,153 in the corresponding 

 period of 1871. Nitrate of soda has fallen 

 off in the month, but there is an increase 

 on the seven months, the figures being 

 1,003,109 cwt. this year to compare with 

 904,197 last. We have spent ;^783,959 

 under this head since the beginning of the 

 present year ; last year we disbursed the sum 

 of ^7 19,244- 



Our supplies of potatoes from abroad have 

 perceptibly increased during the month, and 

 in the seven months we have imported more 

 than double the quantity we did in the same 

 period last year. Last month we expended 

 ;;^98,4io for these esculents as compared 

 with ^38,190 in July 1S71 ; for the seven 

 months this year, the amount is ;^353,oo5, 

 while in like term of last year it only reached 



Oil-seed cake has decreased ; clover and 

 grass seed have, likewise fallen off to a con- 

 siderable extent, both m the shorter and 

 longer period ; and a material diminution is 

 noticeable in the case of cotton-seed on the 

 month, but a counter-balancing increase on 

 the seven months. The price paid for the 

 latter commodity up to the 31st of July, was 

 ^^1,160,625 as against ;^i, 127,420 in the 

 same term last yearc Rape seed has fallen 

 off in both periods. 



From all the countries enumerated below, 

 and especially from Australia, the importa- 

 tion of wool last month fell far short of the 

 amount received last year. On the seven 

 months this diminution is not so palpable, 

 however, as will be seen from the following 

 tables, which shew the countries from whence 

 they come, and the quantities and the values 

 since tlie opening of the year : — 



QUANTITIES. 



Seven Months Seven Months 



ended July ended July 



31, 1871. 31, 1872. 



Wool, Sh&2p, and Lambs. lb. lb. 



From Countries in Europe 18,747,931 19,840,885 

 ,, British Possessions 



in South Africa ... 19,590,215 18,147,575 



,, British India 13,677,526 13,924,286 



,, Australia 159,849,104 153,582,710 



,, Other Countries 18,251,904 23,711,312 



Total 230,116,680 229,206,768 



VALUE. 

 From Countries in Europe .^986,636 ^^ 1,152,848 



British Possessions 



in South Africa ... 1,004,411 



British India 471,039 



Australia 9,321,166 



Other Countries 659,059 



1,150,244 



615,577 



9,543,493 



1,106,347 



Total ./:i2,442,3ii ;^i3,568,509 



