I 920. J 



Imports of Food. 



1237 



an appreciable decrease. Of the principal agricultural com- 

 modities, the imports in the total quantity of meat only 

 increased i -3 per cent. ; wheat and barley increased respectively 

 23-3 and 231-2 per cent. ; while oats decreased 38-9 per cent. 

 Butter and cheese show slight decreases, but eggs increased 

 substantially. 



Total Imports of Meat. — The quantities and values of dead meat 

 (excluding poultry and game) imported into this countr^^ during the 

 last seven years were as follows : — 



Quantity. Value.. 



Cwt. i 



19^9 25,561,099 173.893,874 



1918 25,227,899 173,386,787 



1917 i9>573.552 101,617,443 



1916 23,347,847 .... 93,382,476 



1915 25.276,030 86^51,234 



1914 ,. .. .. 23,587,820 .... 62,222,035 



1913 23,278,230 55.309,358 



The details for the 3'ears 191 9, 1918 and 1913 are shown in the 

 following table : — 



Imports of Dead Meat. 









Quantities. 







Value. 





















Description. 





















1919. 



191 8. 



J913. 



I9I9. 



19x8. 



1913. 







cwt 



cwt. 



cwt. 



£ 





f 



£ 



Beef, fKstx. and 



re- 















frigerated 





6,492,120 



7.588,784 



9,203.310 



30,632,644 



36,081,255 



16,070,833 



Beef, salted 





68,990 



14,682 



49,834 



454,345 



97,811 



111,070 



Mutton fresh and 



re - 













frigerated 





4 074 956 



2,086,148 



5,330.290 



17,957,556 



9,273,646 



10,907,992 



Pork, fresh and 



re- 









frigerated 





136,189 



99-654 



494,264 



899.975 



685,973 



1,368,360 



Pork, salted 





24,065 



11,691 



240,597 



175,588 



77,511 



^97,135 



Baron . . 





8,280,92^ 



10,473,562 



4,857,890 



73,589,300 



90,381,595 



17,428,881 



Hams 





1,813,376 



1,554,943 



854,995 



16,091,677 



13,028,626 



3,068,251 



Meat, unenumerated, 











fresh and refrigerated 



1,121,880 



690,620 



728,329 



5,543,197 



3,333,004 



1,429,997 



Salted 





15,312 



2,623 



104,138 



105,430 



14,^65 



138,409 



Meat, preserved 





3,261,749 



2,188,650 



889,005 



27,742,740 



19,218,168 



3,707,054 







271,339 



516,542 



525,578 



701,422 



1,206,033 



781,376 



Total 





-5,561.099 



25,227,899 



:3,278,230 



173,893,874 



173,386,787 



55,309.358 



Poultry .— 





Number. 



Number. 



Number. 













619 





858,979 



386 



96 



37,923 



Game 





cwt. 



cwt. 



cv>t. 











147.567 



34.792 



278,465 



1,528,002 



287.073 



954.540 













7,195 





43,412 



Dead ,. 











18,564 



5,392 



76,115 



Beef. — No fresh beef has been imported since 1 91 7. 



Chilled Beef imported in 1919 to the quantity of 125,504 cwt., 

 as against 163,959 cwt. in the previous year, and 5,248,004 cwt. in 

 1913. With regard to value, the figures decreased from ;^77i,i37 in 

 1918 to ;^585.346 in 191 9. The Argentine (123,804 cwt.) and Uruguay 

 (1,700 cwt.) were the only countries of import ; the respective figures 

 for these countries in 191 3 were 5,216,022 cwt. and 31,982 cwt., when 

 they also between them supplied the whole of the chilled beef imported. 



