1905.] Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



603 



in 1902. Live cattle, on the other hand, showed a small rise 

 from £17 12s. 5d. in 1903 to £17 14s. 46. per head in 1904. 



The imports of live sheep, which had declined in 1902 and 

 1903, regained the level at which they stood in 1900 and 1901, 

 but it will be seen from the table that there was some falling off 

 in the imports of fresh mutton, chiefly due to the fact that the 

 exceptional supplies from New Zealand in 1903 were not 

 maintained. 



The declared value of the sheep was 31s., or 2d. more than in 

 the preceding year, while fresh mutton averaged 39s. 3d. per 

 cwt. compared with 39s. od., in 1903. 



Table I. 



Imports of Live and Dead Meat. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Description. 





















1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



Cattle .„ 

 Sheep ... 



No. 



522,546 

 354,241 



No. 



• 549,532 

 382,240 



£ 



9,209,122 

 546,063 



£ 



9,736,436 

 591,984 



Total Live Animals... 







9,755,185 



10,328,420 



Beef, Fresh 



„ Salted 



Mutton, Fresh 



Pork 



„ Salted 

 Bacon ... 

 Hams ... 



Meat, Unenumerated, 

 . Salted, or Fresh 

 Meat, Preserved 

 Rabbits (dead)... 



Cwt. 



4,159,606 

 173,692 



4,016,622 

 705,844 

 237,574 



5,156,988 



I,I4L332 



663,261 

 767,563 

 475,645 



Cwt. 

 4,367,322 



144,304 

 3,494,782 



610,485 



243,842 



5,452,3H 

 1,244,013 



631,012 

 8i4,398 

 533,698 



8,366,141 

 245,605 

 7,826,062 



1,555,452 

 319,256 

 13,619,140 

 3,142,574 



1,206,052 



2,435,777 

 723,881 



8,080,257 

 187,288 



6,861,531 



1,378,467 

 294,080 

 12,832,142 



3, 104,999 



1,164,012 

 2,461,841 

 780,737 



Total Dead Meat ... 



17,498,127 



17,536,167 



39,439,940 



37,145,354 



The next item in the above table to attract attention is bacon, 

 the imports of which were about 300,000 cwt. more than in 

 1903, though still below the totals of the years 1898 to 1901. 

 Among the countries contributing to our supply of this form of 

 pig-meat, the United States claims pre-eminence with 

 2,806,000 cwt, Denmark taking the second place with 1,724,000 

 •cwt, an extension of a quarter of a million cwt. since last year. 

 Canadian bacon was received to the amount of 830,000 cwt A 

 comparison of the values in the two years shows that there was 



