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REPORT OF tut: COMMISSIOXiai OF AGKICULTUIIE. 



and bams, viilued at $1,10G,123. Tlie Germans and French took most of 

 their quota in lard. 



The Vv'^est Indies took 10,707,1^^3 ])ounds of bacou and hams, 19.411,909 

 pounds of barreled pork, and 18,(j48,o73 pounds of lard, all valued 

 at §0,013,110. These islands took more of our barreled pork than auy 

 other quarter of the world, absorbinjj a third of our entire export. It 

 is noticeable that Cuba deals with us almost exclusively iu bacon, 

 haras, and lard, while the other islands invest most largely in bar- 

 reled pork. 



South America took 038,739 pounds of bacon and hams, 3,523,571 

 pounds of barreled pork, and 13,755,713 pounds of lard, all valued at 

 $2,521,030. Our largest customer iu this quarter is the United States 

 of Colombia, which took 5,280,002 pounds of hog products, mostly lard, 

 valued at 6708,110; next, Brazil took 4,556,733 pounds, nearly all lard, 

 valued at $751,759. 



The neighboring countries of North America took 4,742,290 pounds 

 of bacon and hams, 14,440,127 pounds of barreled pork, and 7,019,227 

 pounds of lard, valued together at 83,051,271. Of this amount Mexico 

 and Central America took about 2 per cent., the remainder going to the 

 different portions of British Isorth America, and especially to the province 

 of Quebec. A small export was sent to Africa and to various islands 

 in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. 



COMPAKATIVE EXPORTS. 



The exports of different items of hog product during the fiscal years 

 of the current decade have been as follows : 



The above figures indicate a diicliue from the maxinuim of quantity 

 exported in 1872-73, with a considerable reaction during 1875-'7l>. The 



