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per lb., i.e., £25 2s. ; deducting the expenses, there 

 remains /14 us. 6d. for the price of the beast at Buenos 



Ay res. 



IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND MEAT FROM 

 THE ARGENTINE TO ITALY. 



1. Italy holds the first place among European coun- 

 tries as an importer of Argentine cattle, and is second 

 only to Belgium as an importer of sheep. 



2. In 191 1 the importation from the Argentine to the 

 port of Genoa was 33,846 steers, 12,428 wethers and 

 4,750 tons of frozen meat. The mortality on board 

 in the ealy part of the year was 6 to 10 per cent., but 

 later it fell to 2 per cent., owing to improvement in the 

 conditions. 



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