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The aggregate value of these iinports in 1883 was 

 £13,045,213. 



The average price of salt pork the last few years has 

 been about £1 18s. per cwt. ; of bacon, £2 13s. ; of hams, 

 £2 16s. ; of lard, £3 10s. 



The price of pork has not risen proportionately with 

 other meat : — 



Large Small neat 



Hogs. Porkers. 



8. d. a. d. 



1861 4 1 4 llf 



1871 3 10 4 8i 



1880 4 4 4 Hi 



The number of pigs imported into London from abroad 

 is about 20,000 annually. 



The City of Rio Janeiro consumes about 18,000 pigs 

 annually, besides bacon and salt pork, and 19,000 sheep, 

 and 102,000 oxen. 



It may be interesting to give the numbers of swine 

 in various countries : — 



Africa, &c. 



Cape Colony 1875 132,373 



Natal 1882 18,512 



Mauritius 1875 30,318 



Reunion 1874 71,490 



252,693 



America and the West Indies. 



United States 



Dominion of Canada 



Newfoundland 



Uruguay ... 



Argeintine Bepubl 



Falkland Islands 



French Guiana 



Jamaica 



Other British W.I. Islands 



Guadeloupe 



Martinique 



1883 44,200,893 



1881 1,218,253 



1870 6,417 



1874 12,000 



1871 257,368 



1875 6,000 



1874 5,311 



1870 9,086 



1874 20,000 



1874 12,123 



1874 15,352 



45,762,803 



