FLESH FOOD FROM MAMMALS. 



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Asia. 



India, estimated about ... — 30,000,000 



China, Japan, &c., ditto... — 20,000,000 



Ceylon 1883 68,672 



Mauritius 1875 28,036 



50,096,708 



The following figures are from a census taken in 1879, 

 but both sheep and goats are mixed up in the returns* 

 marked with a * : — 



*Bombay Presidency 



Madras 



*Mysore, 



*Berar 



*Ooorg 



*Aymer and Mhairwarra 

 *Assam ... 

 *Punjaub 

 *Central Provinces 

 ♦British Burniah 



No returns for Bengal. 



Australasia, 1883. 

 New South Wales 

 Queensland ... 

 Victoria 

 South Australia 

 Western Australia 

 Tasmania 

 New Zealand ... 



West Indies. 



Jamaica ... 1869 



Martinique and Gruadaloupe.. 1865 



2,728,866 

 4,544.904 

 1,693,108 



391,959 

 6,373 



186,823 



317,445 

 3,864,013 



702,359 

 16,389 



14,452,239 



31,796,308 



11,507,475 



10,739,021 



6,677,067 



1,315,155 



1,831,069 



13,384,075 



77,250,170 



21,761 

 23,607 



45,368 



It was stated recently in The Times that in the nine 

 months, January to September (1884) we received from 

 Australia and New Zealand no less than 238,130 cwts.. 

 of frozen mutton, compared with 60,532 cwts. in the 



