840 Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1909. [jan., 



The receipts of fresh mutton in the past year were the 

 largest on record, exceeding by nearly 200,000 cwt. the total 

 for 1907, so that, nothwithstanding the falling-off in the 

 supply of live sheep, the total quantity of mutton imported 

 from abroad was larger than in any previous year. 



The declared value of the fresh mutton was 32s. nd. 

 per cwt., which was about 5s. per cwt. less than the values 

 of the previous three years, and the lowest figure since 1899. 



IMPORTS of Live and Dead Meat. 





Quantity. 



Value. 



Description. 





















1 908. 



Tono 



1908. 



T QOO 



Cattle 



Sheep ... 

 Swine ... 



Number. 



383,129 

 78,900 



Number. 

 321,341 

 8,131 



£ 



6,549,285 

 122,525 



£ 



5,566,122 

 12,923 



Total live animals ... 







6,671,810 



5,579,045 



Beef, fresh 



,, salted 

 Mutton, fresh ... 

 Pork, fresh 



, , salted 



Bacon ... 

 Hams ... 



Meat unenumerated — 



Fresh 



Salted 



Meat, preserved 



Rabbits, dead ... 



Cwt. 

 5,611,441 

 114,742 



4,385,771 

 572,222 

 270,608 

 5,685,742 

 1,225,227 



697,814 

 73,978 

 465,638 

 550,928 



Cwt. 

 6,141,111 



1 10,015 

 4,761,838 



428,344 



258,539 

 4,625,463 

 1, 129,029 



698,801 

 55,6oi 

 609,984 

 579,856 



10,276,957 

 215,225 



8, 140,029 



i,33i,435 

 328,851 

 14,480,579 

 3,084,669 



1,188,934 

 107,957 



1,883,555 

 685,448 



10,294,198 J 

 196,238 



7,839,195 

 1,023,322 

 312,862 

 13,801,665 

 3,112,896 



1,276,009 

 98,645 

 2,333,404 

 727,954 



Total dead meat 



19,654,111 



I9,398,58i 



41,723,639 



41,016,388 



Poultry and game 







934,679 



920,699 



Bacon. — Owing chiefly to the high price of bacon and the 

 scarcity of pigs in the United States, the imports fell off to a 

 substantial extent, being lower than in any year since 1896. 

 The United States sent 2,189,000 cwt., as against 2,858,000 

 cwt. in 1908, Denmark 1,810,000 cwt., as against 2,050,000 

 cwt., and Canada 443,000 cwt., against 688,000 cwt. in the 

 earlier year. The declared average value was 59s, Sd. 

 per cwt., which was 8s. gd. higher than the value in 1908. 

 The average value reached during the past year is the maxi- 

 mum attained in a period of nearly 40 years, as it has not 



