TKADK IN LIVK SUM K 



LIVE STOCK 



Bacon and Ham 



tiv.-lv insignificant, averaging for 1900-7 alum- la 1904-5 they 



reach.-,! I t Rg. 29,866 ; in 1905-6, 697 owt., R*. 17, i 



an. I in 1906-7, 599 cwt., Rs. 25,219. Mostly from the United Kingdom 

 ami (J.-rinany. 



i M Bacon and Ham India annually imports large quantities, and the 

 . \|..ris ;iiv siiuill. The IMPORTS for 1900-7 were as follows: 1900-1, 

 1,1 H, 7 K, ||,., valued at Rs. 7,61,782 ; 1901-2, 1,136,959 lb., Rs. 7,47 ,093 ; 

 . l.L'.'U.Ml lb., Rs.8,16,iii:t; 1903-4, 1,267,724 lb., Rs.8,16,L 

 .->, 1,373,474 lb., Rs. 8,09,678 ; 1905-6, 1,600,898 lb., Rs. 9,40,140 ; 

 I '.; 7, 1,487,729 lb., Rs. 9,52,715. Almost the whole comes from 

 the Unit.-d Kingdom, viz. 1,575,838 lb. in 1905-6, while small quantities 

 are drawn from Hongkong, Australia, the Straits Settlements, Germany, 

 jui.l S\\t>den. The EXPORTS of Indian hams amounted in 1904-5 to 

 r>7i! lb., valued at Rs. 150, and in 1906-7 to 259 lb., valued at Rs. 150. 

 The re-exports in 1904-5 were 7,323 lb., valued at Rs. 4,358, but in 1906-7 

 on 1 v 537 lb. Thus, adding together all the available returns of the products 

 derived from the pig, the exports in 1905-6 were Rs. 21,69,778 and the 

 iinpoiis Us. 10,17,138 ; and in 1906-7, exports Rs. 17,84,827 and imports 

 IN. 10,7(,304. The decline in the exports of lard and increase in the 

 imports point to a serious defect, and the large demand for foreign ham 

 and bacon is significant. There are thus great possibilities in the future. 

 TRADE IN INDIAN LIVE STOCK. 



Of the estimated number of animals of all sorts (220 million in 1904-5), 

 about 23 per cent, are annually exported in the form of hides and skins. 



But India imports and exports live stock, and by sea as well as across 

 her land frontiers. Hence the returns under these headings have to be 

 taken into account. It may be desirable to set forth the Trans-frontier 

 trade before exhibiting the foreign. In the official statistics the imports 

 are referred to the following groups (a) Horses, Ponies, Mules : (6) 

 Cattle : (c) Sheep and Goats : and (d) Other Kinds. The totals for the 

 year 1904-5 were 665,024 animals, valued at Rs. 74,74,928 ; for 1905-6, 

 685,732 animals, Rs. 65,30,041 ; for 1906-7, 714,368 animals, Rs. 70,12,607. 

 The most important are the cattle, 105,726, valued at Rs. 44,04,266 in 

 1906-7 : the sheep and goats, 166,653, valued at Rs. 6,12,062 : and other 

 kinds of animals 434,704, valued at Rs. 13,14,543. The chief countries of 

 supply of cattle are Nepal, North Siam, and the Southern Shan States. 

 For sheep and goats, Northern and Eastern Afghanistan, Nepal and 

 Kashmir. Of the other kinds, Nepal, South Siam and North Siam. The 

 Trans- frontier exports from British India are less important and need 

 hardly be reviewed. The totals in 1906-7 were 92,644 animals, valued at 

 Rs. 11,78,866. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the trade re- 

 corded as carried by rail and river is the fact that Bengal is the chief 

 exporting province and the United Provinces the principal importing area. 

 The next most important receiving centres are Calcutta and Bombay. 



Turning now to the transactions by sea, the IMPORTS are most valu- 

 able under the heading of horses. The total imports in 1903-4 were 

 valued at Rs. 53,62,833, of which Rs. 52,48,590 represented the horses 

 brought mostly from Australia into Bombay and Calcutta ; in 1904-5, 

 Rs. 59,27,625 (horses, Rs. 55,47,939) ; in 1905-6, Rs. 49,41,452 (horses, 

 Rs. 46,76,055) ; in 1906-7, Rs. 46,55,792 (horses, Rs. 44,88,933). Of 

 the EXPORTS it may be said the position is reversed, the traffic in horses 

 being the least important. The total for 1903-4 was returned at 



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Bacon 

 and Ham. 



Trade. 



Trans- 



frontier 



Traffic. 



imports, Cattle. 



sheep nd Goat*. 

 Erpon. 



imports of 

 Horses. 



