Import and Export of Agricultural Coinmoditics 275 



the sum we have paid out since the opening declined both in the month and eight months, 



of the year — ^361,706 — is less by ;j^2i 1,742 Since the opening of the present year our 



than the expenditure under this head in the importations of grain have amounted to a 



corresponding period of last year. money value of ^^28,575,103 ; while from 



The amounts set against poultry and game January to the end of August in 187 1 the 



as received from abroad still continue much total was ^25,407,760. 



higher than could be wished for. In August The following tables give the quantities of 



we paid ;z{^6,462, an increase of ^1,423 on the several kinds of cereals, &c., the names 



the sum we were debited wath in the same of the countries from which they were im- 



moiith of last year. Under this head we ported, and the values for the past eight 



have paid ;^88,567 in the longer term, while months as compared with the corresponding 



in the first eight months of 187 1 ;^7o,9o8 is period of last year : — 



the recorded amount. quantities. 



Our supply of foreign eggs seems to Eight Months Eight Months 



become larger and larger every month. Last ended August ended August 



month we imported 341,451, "great hun- 31,1871. 31,1872. 



I i ,; 1 • 1 ■ 4.-1 1 • .1 Wheat. Cwt. Cwt. 



dreds, which is a perceptible increase on the r. • ^0^0 rr 



' . ^ ^ Russia 9,068,527 11,468,766 



number in the^ same month of last year. Denmark 51,933 128,832 



Since the opening of the present year we Germany 1,972,929 2,272,093 



have been in receipt of 3,540,890 "great France 74,003 333>i23 



hundreds," costing us ^1,377,953. The Austrian Territories ... 227,704 41,962 



sum paid last year in the like period was ^nd^Moldavia '^ "^' ( ^''98,094 661,264 



only ^887,887. Butter has fallen off slightly Egypt 257,583 1,582,352 



in the month, while on the other hand cheese United States 8,275,863 4,372,168 



has increased in bulk in about the same ratio. ^'""/^^ •"■••• 291,361 1,000,454 



T 4.1 • 1 J. ti X4.- 1 4.1 British North America 1,610,514 456,019 



In the eight months, putting both com- ^ , ^ . ^o ^ V i 



° , ' ^ .f _ „ Other Countries 468,356 843,178 



modifies together, we have paid ;£,5, 748, 598, 



while in the same period of 1871 the total Total 23,496,867 23,160,211 



reached ^6,556,944. Altogether for dairy value. 



produce v/e have disbursed ^7,126,551 to Russia ^5,142,170 ^^6,663,088 



foreign farmers for the last eight months, the Denmark 32,286 84,949 



sum up to the end of August last year Germany 1,296,404 1,512,169 



,■ ^ r o France 37,78? 207,653 



amounting to /,7, ^44,831. . . ^ . . V c- ^r\i 



c ,<j/jOH-t) J Austrian Territories .. . 145,485 25,074 



Both m the month and longer term our Turkey, Wallachia, > (y^o%'Z --6-6 



receipts of corn from abroad have been and Moldavia \ ~ ' ^ •^^•^' ' 



shorter as compared with either period last ^gyP*^ 137,385 786,341 



-n 1 1 • A *. i \ A United States 4,93^,640 2,816,375 



year. Barley, durmg August, came to hand ^j^.^. 186,110 649,131 



in lesser quantities, but the figures set against British North America 926,'245 ^rL^~^A 



the eight months of this year are nearly Other Countries 284,570 557,903 



double those recorded up to the end of • 



August 1871. Oats, likewise, have fallen Tutal ^i3,744,94o ;{:i3,95i,6o3 



off in the month, but in the long period there quantities. 



is more than a million cwt. this year in Eight Months Eight Months 



r 1 . ) 1 n 1 ended August ended August 



excess 01 last years supply. Peas have ^3 ^g 



appreciably increased both in the month and Cwt. Cwt. 



eight months, while beans are shorter in Bailey 4,830,462 8,347,612 



August, but show an augmentation since O^ts 6,837,534 7,920,361 



JT J- -11 PpilS 6^8.4.0^ 702,818 



anuary. Indian corn or maize has been . ,. 



, / • .,,,.,. • 1 1 4 .1 l^eans 1,678,129 2,012,299 



much heavier in bulk in both loenods, but the _ ,. „ , 



Inehan Lorn or { ^ /•,/• -.0 .^ ,nn -^i 



importations of wheat, meal, and flour have Maize S ^'^^^'-'^ i5>49o,j^4 



