1908.] Imports of Agricultural Produce. 591 



Imports of Live and Dead Meat. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



1907. 



Cattle 



Sheep 

 Swine 



Number. 

 561,215 

 103,359 



Number. 

 472,015 

 105,601 



£ 



9,732,180 

 156,947 



£ 



8,105,109 

 168,531 

 — 



Total live animals 







9,889,127 



8,273,640 



Beef, fresh 



,, salted 



Mutton, fresh 



Pork, fresh 



,, salted 

 Bacon 

 Hams 



Meat unenumerated — 

 Fresh ... 



Salted 



Meat, preserved 

 Rabbits, dead ... 



Cwts. 

 5,523,8o9 



161,363 

 4,082,756 



492,121 



206,056 

 5,542,622 

 1,302,752 



J- 652,363/ 

 487,424 

 803,556 



Cwts. 

 5,735,oo3 



138,346 

 4,592,142 



567,332 



254,637 

 5,365,605 

 1,132,649 



604,894 

 58,060 

 316,507 

 692,923 



9,785,607 

 217,947 



7,645,935 

 I , I 3°,95o 

 266,800 

 14,644,115 

 3,49L594 



1 1, 145,464-^ 



1,822,671 

 1,000,786 



10,397,102 

 201,222 



8,711,93! 

 1,338,242 



328,369 

 14,839,201 

 3,242,183 



1,041,487 

 87,780 



1,534,915 

 862,735 



Total dead meat ... 



19,254,822 



19,458,098 



41,151,869 



42.585,167 



Poultry and game 







985,457 



1,057,933 



In the case of live sheep the marked decrease in the imports 

 which was noticeable in 1905 and 1906 w r as maintained. In 

 1904 the number received was 382,000, whereas in the past year 

 it was only 105,601. A distinct increase was noticeable in the 

 imports of fresh mutton, which reached a figure which had not 

 previously been exceeded. The extension in this trade came 

 from New Zealand and Australia, which sent respectively 

 2,005,000 cwts., and 858,000 cwts., while Argentina con- 

 tributed 1,402,000 cwts. The exports from New Zealand seem 

 to have been larger than in any previous year. 



The imports of fresh mutton amounted to 4,592,000 cwts., 

 while the weight of meat represented by the sheep received 

 alive may be estimated at 57,500 cwts., so that the total 

 receipts of fresh mutton from abroad in 1907 was 4,649,500 

 cwts., or about nf lb. per head of the population. The 

 declared value of the sheep was 31s. 11^. per head against 

 30s. ^d. last year, while the fresh mutton averaged 37s. ud. 

 per cwt., compared with 37s. $d. in 1906. 



