Agricultural Imports of the Cereal Year. 201 



following animal products :— Fresh beef, 332,000 cwt. ; salt 

 beef, 27,000 cwt. ; bacon, 192,000 cwt. ; hams, 206,000 cwt. ; salt 

 pork, 12,000 cwt. ; fresh pork, 27,000 cwt. ; lard, 3 5 3,000 cwt.; and 

 wool, nearly 12,000,000 lb. The imports of salted or fresh meat 

 unenumerated, preserved meat unenumerated, and fresh mutton 

 were greater by 75,000, 114,000, and 259,000 cwt. respectively. 



The decrease in the numbers of horses imported is accounted 

 for by the fact that the numbers received from the United 

 States, whence the bulk of our imports of these animals is 

 derived, show a decline of 58 per cent, as compared with 1900-01 . 

 Decreases in the shipments from the States and Canada to this 

 country are the cause of the diminished total imports of live 

 cattle in the past year ; while the smaller number of sheep 

 and lambs is chiefly to be ascribed to the reduced shipments 

 from the United States. The decreased imports of fresh and 

 salt beef are also due to the diminished supplies received from 

 that country, which sends the greater portion of our imports of 

 both these articles. The United States, moreover, supplied 67 

 per cent, of the bacon and 90 per cent, of the hams imported. 

 Fresh mutton, however, came chiefly from New Zealand and 

 Argentina, which together supplied three-fourths of the total 

 imports, the remainder being imported chiefly from Holland and 

 Australia. 



Dairy produce also increased : butter by 223,000 cwt., 

 •cheese by 103,000 cwt., and margarine by 87,000 cwt. ; but 

 condensed milk showed a decrease of 59,000 cwt. and fresh and 

 preserved milk and cream decreased by 1,600 cwt. Eggs 

 showed an increase of 1,800,000 great hundreds, and poultry 

 and game of ,£82,000 in value. There was a considerable 

 decline in the imports of fruit and vegetables, and in the case 

 -of potatoes the decrease amounted to no less than 4,800,000 

 cwt. 



Our chief supplies of butter were obtained from Denmark, 

 Russia, Holland and France, all of which sent increased 

 quantities this year. Russia contributed 4,600,000, Germany 

 4,000,000, and Denmark 3,300,000 great hundreds to the total 

 number of eggs imported. 



