i9o6.] Agricultural Imports of Cereal Year. 351 



agricultural commodities. The receipts of fresh beef, including 

 the estimated weight represented by the arrival of live cattle, 

 amounted to 9,262,000 cwt., as compared with 8,471,000 cwt. 

 received in 1904-5. Live sheep were again received in fewer 

 numbers, but the aggregate imports of fresh mutton, both dead 

 and on the hoof, amounted to 4,289,000 cwt., compared with 





1st Sept. 



, 1905, to 



1st Sept. 



, 1904, to 





31st Aug., 1906. 



31st Aug., 1905. 



Articles. 













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Values . 



Quantities . 



Values. 







r 







Horses ... ... No. 



17,910 



504,0 Id 



12,513 



350,276 



Cattle ,, 



573>934 



9)920,552 



549,347 



9,451,396 



Sheep and Lambs ,, 



IOo,Ooo 



164,298 



292,565 



443,427 



Bacon ... ... cwt. 



5*562,759 



14*144,785 



5,599,131 



12,962,202 



Hams ... ... 



1. 329*544 



3*397*653 



1,332,706 



3,177,261 



Beef: 











Salted ... ... ,, 



^57*105 



215*551 



144,651 



199,440 



Fresh ... ... 



555291I74 



9,661 , 1 70 



4,895*299 



0,015,313 



Mutton, fresh ... 



4,229,509 



7,502,475 



3,001,513 



7,166,544 



Pork : 











Salted (not Hams) ,, 



I995OI3 



255*9^^1 



232,007 



2oi,757 



Fresh ... ... ,, 



400,0 1 ^ 



1,121,429 



555,351 



1,274,223 



^Teat unenumerated : 











Salted or fresh ,, 



070,995 



1 ,001 ,004 



005,0 1 9 



1,214,213 



Preserved other- 











wise than by 











salting ... ,, 



721,959 



2,344i9oo 



775,224 



2,470,704 



Rabbits ... ... ,, 



703*470 



004,004 



047,003 



000,45 I 



Corn : 











Wheat ,, 



94>55'^j222 



33j95^>ooo 



105,125,030 



37,540,255 



Wheat Meal and 











Flour ... ,, 



i4>432,90o 



7*119*597 



10, 652, 143 



5,478,331 



Barley... ... „ 



20,313,500 



5*799,830 



21,002,400 



5,692,495 



Oats ,, 



I '5,997.4.6^ 



4,667,825 



17,21 1,000 





Maize ... ... ,, 



47,061,100 



12,065,455 



42,276,850 



10,666,987 



Butter 



4,325,788 



23,260,020 



4,105,799 



21,065,270 



Margarine ... ,, 



1,099,434 



2,708,801 



1,058,609 



2,721,585 



Cheese ... ... ,, 



2,685,856 



7,466,302 



2,492,036 



6,016,248 



Milk, condensed ,, 



834,419 



1,600,206 



885,635 



1,572,385 



and cream, fresh 









and preserved ,, 







7.185 



22,056 



Eggs ... gt. hundreds 



18,966,189 



6,964,263 



19,268,205 



6,784,070 



Fruit : 











Apples... ... cwt. 



2,894,022 



1,899*952 



3,566,462 



1,838,884 



Fears ... ... ,, 



525,683 



527,398 



443,688 



416,560 



Hops 



193*417 



659,209 



243*731 



1*574,638 



Onions ... bushels 



8,093,424 



948,290 



7,451*784 



1,124,948 

 1,478,589 



Potatoes ... ... cwt. 



3,809,487 



1,331*127 



4,129,785 



Tomatoes ... ,, 



1,107,390 



927,699 



1,136,976 



990,382 



Tallow and Stearine ,, 



1,940,880 



2,695,989 



1,743,329 



2,220,331 



Wool lb. 



645*707,803 



27,212,450 



599,034,477 



22,794,116 



Hides, wet and dry cwt. 



1,004,393 



2,928,374 



821,047 

 1,945,388 



2,256,512 



Lard , , 



2,157,541 



4*351*093 



3,534,364 



Poultry and Game 





1,046,225 





1,077,295 



Vegetables (un- 









enumerated) 





397,649 





447,234 



