533 



bits, poultry, and game, there is now consumed about 48 Ib. per head 

 of meat killed in other countries. Forty years ago the quantity was 

 only about 4 Ib. per head. The total quantities of beef, mutton, 

 and pigmeat imported have increased from a yearly average of 

 77,000 tons in 1861-5 to 870,000 tons in 1901-5, In the absence 

 of equally precise figures for home production the exact proportion 

 which this bears to the total consumption is a matter of estimate, 

 but according to the best calculations available, it may be reckoned 

 to represent not less than two-fifths of the national butcher's bill. 

 The imports of live animals, which do not furnish more than 5 or 6 

 per cent of the total supply, may almost be regarded as unimpor- 

 tant in comparison. 



The sources from whence dead meat is sent to the United King- 

 dom are world-wide. Beef comes mainly from the United States, 

 Argentina (which together send about nine-tenths of the whole), New 

 Zealand, Australia, Uruguay, and Canada, with small contributions 

 from Holland, Germany, and Denmark. Nearly half the mutton 

 comes from New Zealand, and the remainder from Argentina, Au- 

 stralia, Holland, Uruguay, Chile, the United States, Denmark, France, 

 and Belgium. Nearly half the bacon and two-thirds of the hams 

 come from the United States, Denmark sending one-third of the 

 bacon, and Canada more than one-fourth of the hams. Adding all 

 three kinds of dead meat together, the following statement gives the 

 quantities in tons imported in 1907 from each country sending more 

 than 1000 tons: 



Tons 



Argentina 215422 



Belgium 2 442 



Chile 1375 



Denmark 101 778 



France 1112 



Holland 44 469 



Russia 2 557 



United States 305415 



Uruguay 6 768 



Australia 51 795 



Canada 80 965 



New Zealand 121920 



Altogether were received 682 873 tons from foreign countries, and 

 254 705 tons from the Colonies in 1907, the quantity from the United 



