1908.] Imports of Agricultural Produce. 593 



credited to Canada declined from 191,000 cwts. to 34,750 cwts., 

 while practically nothing was received from the United States. 

 France and Holland again sent smaller consignments (281,300 

 cwts. and 168,500 cwts. respectively), but there was an increase 

 from Sweden. The average value of imported butter was 106s. 6d. 

 per cwt. compared with 108s. 2d. in 1906 and 104s. 2d. in 1905. 



Imports of Dairy Produce, Margarine, and Eggs. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



1907. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 



Butter .„ 



4,337,258 



4,216,435 



23,460,196 



22,452,460 



Margarine 



i,ioi,957 



885,068 



2,733,795 



2,223,645 



Cheese ... 



2,638,794 



2,372,235 



7,607,641 



6,905,512 



Milk, condensed 



907,983 



911,876 



1,563,677 



1,599,637 





Great 



Great 









hundreds. 



hundreds. 







Eggs 



18,874,059 



18,567,891 



7,098,122 



7,134,532 



Imported cheese comes very largely from Canada, and 

 although there was a decline it was not of such a marked 

 character as in the case of butter, the figures being 1,699,000 

 cwts. compared with 1,926,000 cwts. in 1906. 



No very great change took place in the egg trade, the total 

 imports being 18,568,000 great hundreds compared with 

 18,874,000 great hundreds in 1906. Russia is the principal 

 source of supply, and furnished 7,179,000 great hundreds, while 

 Denmark and Germany accounted for 3,800,000 and 2,821,000 

 great hundreds respectively. The average value of eggs from 

 all countries was 7s. 8%d. per 120 as against 7s. 6%d. in 1906. 



Margarine is imported chiefly from the Netherlands, 836,700 

 cwts. out of a total of 885,000 cwts. being received from 

 that country. 



The imports of grain and meal during the cereal year ending 

 31st August, 1907, were dealt with in this Journal in September 

 last. The next table shows the receipts during the calendar 

 year, and it may be noted the imports of wheat exceeded in 

 value those of any previous twelve months. The leading 

 sources of supply were Argentina (21,900,000 cwts.), United 

 States (20,697,000 cwts.), India (18,270,000 cwts.), Canada 

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