1907.] Imports of x'\gricultural Produce. 



Second Schedule. 



FEEDING STUFFS. 



Note. — In this Schedule the percentage of albuminoids is to be taken as the per- 

 ■centage of nitrogen multiplied by 6 "25. 



Example of Applicatic9i of S'chedule. — e.g. In the case of a linseed cake, if the 

 percentages stated in the invoice are, oil, 10; albuminoids, 30 ; then the warranty 

 implied under s. i (2) of the Act will be that the linseed cake contains :— oil, 875 

 to 11-25 per cent. ; albuminoids, 26'25 to 3375 per cent. 



Description of Feeding Stuff. 



Limits of Error. 



Decorticated Cotton Cake or Meal ..."j 

 Undecorticated Cotton Cake or Meal 

 Earth Nut or Ground Nut Cake or Meal 

 Palm Kernel or Palm Nut Cake or Meal 

 Cocoanut Cake or Meal 



Niger Seed Cake or Meal - 



Sesame Seed Cake or Meal 



Sunflower Seed Cake or Meal 



Hemp Seed Cake or Meal 



Kurdee or Safifiower Cake or Meal ... 



Compound Cakes and Meals J 



Linseed Cake or Meal "| 



Rape Cake or Meal ... ... ... \ 



Maize Products ... ... ... j 



All other feeding stuffs (as above") 

 defined in Regulation 2) not other- [- 

 wise specified in this Schedule ...) 



f One-tenth of the percentage of oil and 

 \ one-tenth of the percentage of 

 I albuminoids stated in the invoice. 



r One-eighth of the percentage of oil 

 \ and one-e'ghth of the percentage of 



l albuminoids stated in the invoice. 



r One-fifth of the percentage of oil and 

 \ one-fifth of the percentage of 



L albuminoids stated in the invoice. 



IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN 1906. 



The following tables, which have been compiled from the 

 Trade and Navigation Accounts, show the quantities and value 

 of the principal articles of agricultural produce imported into 

 the United Kingdom during the past year. ~ 



Live cattle were imported in 1906 in about the same numbers 

 as in 1905, the United States and Canada being the two sources 

 of supply. There was, however, a marked increase in the 

 receipts of fresh beef, which were again larger than in any pre- 

 ceding year, the imports of this class of food being half-a- 

 million cwt. more than those of 1905 and nearly 1,200,000 cwt. 

 more than the average of the five years 1901-1905. The dis- 

 tinguishing feature in this trade has been the rapid strides made 

 during the last few years by Argentina, which now sends more 

 refrigerated meat to these shores than the United States, though 

 the latter country still holds its position as a purveyor for the 

 better class trade. The quantity supplied by Argentina was 

 2,796,000 cwt., as against 2,580,000 cwt. in 1905, having an aver- 



