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supplied annually 6,724,976 pounds, or 45.2 per cent, and Canada 

 1,447,265 pounds, or 9.7 per cent. France, Germany, and the United 

 Kingdom were important as a source for this class of hides and skins. 



Kangaroo skins. — Imports of kangaroo skins for 1913 and 1914 

 came chiefly from Australia. That country supplied 1,064,918 

 pounds in 1913 and 1,265,904 pounds in 1914. The total imports 

 from all countries were 1,097,038 pounds in 1913 and 1,328,668 pounds 

 in 1914. 



Sheepskins. — Sheepskins imported in 1909 amounted to 49 million 

 pounds, which increased to more than 70 million pounds in 1913 and 

 1914. The annual average imports for the six years were 62,381,892 

 pounds, of which 27,781,488 pounds, or 44.5 per cent, annually came 

 from the United Kingdom. Other countries that supplied large 

 quantities of sheepskins during that period were France, European 

 Kussia, Argentina, Canada, British India, Australia, and New 

 Zealand. 



Hide cuttings. — Imports of hide cuttings, raw, and other glue 

 stock were valued at $1,605,432 in 1910 and increased to $2,158,514 in 

 1914. More than $1,000,000 annually came from European countries, 

 chiefly France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. 



MINOR PRODUCTS OF THE SLAUGHTERING INDUSTRY. 



Grease and oils. — The grease and grease scraps consigned to for- 

 eign countries have been divided during the last three years into two 

 classes — the grease for lubricating purposes and grease for soap 

 making. The grease for lubricating purposes was valued at 

 $2,193,300 in 1912 and $2,395,000 in 1914. This product was mostly 

 consigned to Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and 

 Canada. The grease for soap making was valued at $4,486,000 in 



1912 and $5,047,000 in 1914, and was consigned chiefly to Belgium, 

 France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, 

 Canada, and Cuba. 



During the last three years imports of grease not specified was 

 supplied chiefly by six countries — Belgium, France, Germany, the 

 United Kingdom, Canada, and China. The imports in 1912 were 

 valued at $963,205 and in 1914 at $1,028,595. 



Hair and bristles. — The exports of unmanufactured animal hair 

 were valued at slightly more than one-half million dollars in 1895, 

 which gradually increased to $1,165,000 in 1908 and to $1,449,000 in 



1913 and decreased to $1,085,000 in 1914. Prior to 1913 this article 

 contained a small quantity of manufactures of hair. European 

 countries have received the greater portion of this product, the prin- 

 cipal countries being Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom; 

 also a large quantity was consigned to Canada. 



