744 Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1908. [jan., 



previous year the figures were 4,649,500 cwt., or about 

 1 if lb. per head of the population. 



IMPORTS of Live and. Dead Meat. 





Quantity. 



Value. 



Description. 





















1907. 



1908. 



1907.. 



1908. 



Cattle 



Sheep ... ... 



Swine ... 



. Number. 

 472,015 

 105,601 



Number. 

 383,130 

 78,900 



£ 



8,105,109 

 168,531 



£ 



6,549,285 

 122,525 



Total live animals ... 







8,273,640 



6,671,810 



Beef, fresh 



,, salted 

 Mutton fresh 

 Pork, fresh 



,, salted 

 Bacon 

 Hams ... 



Meat unenumerated — 



Fresh 



Salted 



Meat, preserved 



Rabbits, dead ... 



Cwt. 

 5,735,003 



138,347 

 4,578,523 



567,332 

 254,637 

 5,365,605 



i,i3 2 ,649 



604,894 

 58,060 



316,505 

 692,923 



Cwt. 



5,63L989 

 114,742- 



4,391,259 

 572,222 

 270,628 



5,685,742 



1,225,227 



697,817 

 74,018 

 464,668 

 550,928 



io, 397, j 02 

 201,222 

 8,687,407 

 1,338,242 

 328,369 

 14,839,201 

 3,242,183 



1,041,487 

 87,780 

 L534,9I2 

 862,735 



10,308,380 

 215,220 

 8,148,457 



1,331,435 

 328,851 

 14,480,579 

 3,084,669 



1,188,934 

 107,977 



1,883,480 

 685,448 



Total dead meat 



19,444,478 



19,679,240 



42,560,640 



41,763,430 



Poultry and game 



7 





i,o53,933 



1,053,299 



Bacon, — The imports of bacon, which had been checked in 

 1907, rose again in 1908, and reached a higher total than in 

 any year since 1901. The principal sources of supply were 

 United States (2,542,000 cwt.), Denmark (2,051,000 cwt.), and 

 Canada (1,004,000 cwt.). The figures for Denmark were the 

 highest yet recorded, while those for Canada were rather 

 lower than for several years past. The declared value, viz., 

 505. 1 id. per cwt., was 45. 5^. less than in 1907, but even this 

 figure is 42 per cent, higher than it was in 1899, when the 

 average value of imported bacon was only 355. lod. per cwt. 



Poultry and Game. — Poultry is chiefly received from 

 Russia, the United States, Belgium, and France, and game 

 from these and other countries. The total value of the 

 poultry received was ,£935,000 compared with ,£904,000 in 

 1907. Russia's share in this trade amounted to ^354,000, 

 that of the United States to ^154, 000, and that of Belgium 

 and France to ,£192,000 and ,£199,000 respectively. 



