6i6 Imports of Agricultural Produce. [Jan., 



age value of 29s. yd. per cwt., while the receipts from the United 

 States in 1906 were 2,427,000 cwt., with an average value of 

 43s. 2d. per cwt. The Argentine trade may be said to have 

 grown up since about 1898, when only 108,000 cwt. were exported 

 to this country. 



The total imports of fresh beef amounted to 5,529,000 cwt., 

 while the total weight ot beef represented by the imports of 

 cattle may be estimated at 3,646,000 cwt., so that the total 

 receipts of meat of this class from abroad in 1906 was 9,175,000 

 cwt, or about 23J lb. per head of the population. In 1905 

 the figures were 8,716,000 cwt., representing 22^ lb. per head. 

 The declared value of the fresh beef imported was 35s. 5d. per 

 cwt, the same figure as in 1905. Live cattle averaged 

 ^17 6s. lod. per head, as against £iy 2s. id. per head in 1905. 



Imports of Live and Dead Meat. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1905. 



1906. 



1905. 



1906. 



Cattle 



Sheep ... 

 Swine ... 



No. 



565>i39 

 183,084 



150 



No. 



561,215 

 103,359 



9,665,806 



270,753 

 300 



£ 



9,732,180 

 156,947 



Total Live Animals... 







9,944,859 



9,889,127 



Beef, Fresh 



„ Salted 



Mutton, Fresh 



Pork, Fresh 



„ Salted ' 



Bacon ... 

 ITams ... 



Meat, Unenumerated, 



Salted or Fresh 

 Meat, Preserved 

 Rabbits (dead) 



Cwt. 



5,037,521 

 142,806 



3,811,069 

 505,633 

 205,965 



5,498,960 



1,318,302 



670,144 

 833,029 

 656,078 



Cwt. 

 5,529,129 



161,363 

 4,088,689 



492,171 



206,056 

 5,542,622 

 1,302,751 



652,363 

 487,422 

 803,556 



8,931,593 

 202,307 



7,336,490 



1,162,370 

 252,606 

 12,774,855 



3,118,372 



1,225,692 

 2,647,195 

 835,929 



-9,793,670 

 217,947 



7,655,543 

 1,130,950 

 266,800 

 14,644,095 

 3,491,594 



1,145,466 

 1,822,671 

 1,000,786 



Total Dead Meat ... 



18,679,507 



19,266,122 



38,487,409 



41,169,522 



In the case of sheep there has been recently a marked decrease 

 in the imports, the number falling from 382,000 in 1904 to 

 183,000 in 1905, and still further in 1906 to 103,000, this being 

 the lowest figure since 1892-93, when there was a similar sudden 

 diminution in supplies. The trade in fresh mutton, however, was- 

 more than maintained, and the imports, as in the case of beef, 



