116 ANIJIAL FOOD RESOURCES OP DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



Australian colonies were : — From New South Wales in 

 1879 to the value of £136,613, from Victoria in the same 

 year to the value of but £69,054. The shipments which 

 in 1871 were 14,876,000 lbs. from Victoria fell in 1879 to 

 2,867,633 lbs. Queensland shipped preserved meat to 

 the value of £24,563 in 1879, against £79,962 in 1871. 

 New Zealand shipped 20,81 5 cwts. in 1879, about one- 

 third of what was exported in 1872. 



The quantities of meat received in England from New 

 Zealand were in 1882 8,839 carcases of mutton, in 1883 

 120,893 ditto, and 728 quarters of beef. 



The shipments this year are expected to be about 

 300,000 carcases, and this will probably reach soon to 

 400,000 to 500,000 carcases per annum, a quantity that 

 can easily be increased to a million a few years hence. 



The salted beef imported into the United Kingdom is 

 shown by the following figures : — 



Quantity. Value, 



cwts. £ 



1861 • 141,683 231,502 



1871 280,075 581,211 



1880 290,564 535,213 



Fresh or slightly salted beef^ — ■ 



cwts. £ 



1861 ... 10,952 30,666 



1871 22,004 54,142 



1880 727,392 1,889,730 



Of unclassed beef, salted or fresh — 



cwts. £ 



1861 1,101 2,754 



1871 42,340 107,814 



1880 149,010 429,073 



Preserved meat and tongues^ etc.— 



cwts. £ 



1861 4,334 15,944 



1871 254,833 662,280 



1880 ,,.. 655,800 1,905,717 



