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Livhuj ammah. — Our exports of living aiiimaLs amounted to 81,773,71G, 

 an increase of $701,112, or 75 per cent. Of this amount Canada took 

 8t!13,005, or over a tliird, embracing- ol,71G bogs, (nearly the whole 

 export,) olG cattle, 175 horses, 4 mules, and 110 sheep. To the Uritisli 

 West Indies we sent 1,144 cattle, 286 horses, 1,725 mules, (se^-en-eigl^ths 

 of the export,) 3,857 slieep, &c., amounting to 8446,122. Cuba received 

 the largest proportion of our cattle, 18,755, and other animals amount- 

 ing to 8366,052. To the British possessions in North America, outside 

 of Canada, we shipped 1,557 cattle, 468 horses, 164 mules, 3,429 sheep, 

 and other animals valued at 8133,226. Mexico was our best customer 

 for sheep, taking 27,228, besides 6,121 cattle and other live stock amount- 

 ingto 8103,531. Our only European shipment was to Ireland, 100 sheep, 

 valued at 8600. The other exports were mostly to South America and 

 the West Indies. 



Animal matter. — Our total export of animal matter, in 1872, was 

 valued at 875,287,133, against 845,728,368 in 1871, and 835,598,856 in 

 1870. Last year's export may be classified as follows: cattle products, 

 822,081,220; hog products, 845,859,002 ; sheep products, 8249,103 ; mis- 

 cellaneous, 87,097,808. England received of these items, 839,698,462, 

 or considerably over one-half of the whole. Of cattle products she 

 purchased 14,356,368 pounds of beef, 2,645,697 pounds of butter, 

 52,056,920 pounds of cheese, 35,418,405 pounds of tallow, besides leather, 

 manufactures of leather, condensed milk, neat's-foot oil, candles, and 

 glue, amounting to 813,353,214. Of hog products she took 12,103,556 

 IJOunds of pork, 163,397,588 i^ounds of hams and bacon, 70,131,800 

 pounds of lard, and 298,368 gallons of Jard-oil, amounting in all to 

 822,247,167. Of sheep products she received only 392 pounds of wool, 

 valued at 8460, and wool manufactures worth 810,595. Of miscellaneous 

 animal products she purchased to the amount of 84,087,120, the largest 

 items of which were, furs and fur-skins, 82,492,271; hides and skins, 

 $763,475; i^reserved meats, 8314,728; hair and its products, 8228,377, 

 &c. A very large proportion of these exports were for re-export to 

 European and other countries. Ireland is a large consumer of our 

 animal i^roducts, yet our direct exports to that island amounted to only 

 836,873. Scotland shows a larger direct trade, embracing 81,018,028 of 

 cattle products ; of hog products, 82,488,695; of sheep products, 81,879; 

 of miscellaneous, 8323,835. 



On the continent of Europe our three best customers were Germany, 

 France, and Belgium. Germany took cattle products valued at 81,689,- 

 550 ; hog products, 85,709,620 ; sheep products, 815,260 ; and miscella- 

 neous, 81,018,950 ; total, 88,433,380. The largest items in this German 

 trade were 1,490,104 pounds of pork, 18,878,858 poundsof hamsand bacon, 

 40,672,851 pounds of lard, 8,428,396 pounds of cheese, 5,805,344 pounds 

 of tallow, «S:c. France received 18,455,982 iiounds of tallow and other 

 cattle products, amounting to 81,736,049 ; 13,398,911 pounds of hams 

 and bacon, 15,305,222 pounds of lard and other hog i)roducts, amount- 

 ing to 82,630,014; sheep products, 49,000 pounds of wool, amounting to 

 819,600; miscellaneous, 872,585; total, 84,458,248. Belgium purchased, 

 direct, 8349,374 of cattle products, 81,100 of sheep products, 86,485 of 

 miscellaneous, and 83,720,981 of hog products, the latter embracing 

 24,657,519 pounds of hams and bacon, 17,635,701 x^ounds of lard, &;c. 

 'Wo, drove a good trade with Cuba, sending thither cattle products 

 amounting to 8274,966 ; hog products, 82,632,420 ; sheep products, 

 (woolen manufactures,) 83,528; miscellaneous, 866,508; total, 82,977,- 

 422. With the West Indies and South America our trade was very 



