1910.] Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1909 841 



been exceeded since 1870, when the computed average value 

 of the imports of bacon was 62s. lod. per cwt. 



Poultry and Game. — Poultry is chiefly received from 

 Russia, United States, France, and Austria, and the figures 

 of value exhibit no great change as compared with the pre- 

 vious two years. Russia's share in the trade amounted to 

 ,£352,000, that of the United States to ,£150,000, and that 

 of France and Austria to ,£156,100 and ,£108,800 respec- 

 tively, out of a total for this item of ,£921,000. 



The value of the imported game was .£108, 100, which is 

 less than the total of earlier years. 



Total Imports of Meat. — Converting the live animals into 

 their equivalent weight of meat and adding the total imports 

 of dead meat of all kinds (excluding poultry and game), it 

 appears that this country consumed, in addition to the home 

 supply, some 21,479,000 cwt., as compared with 22,205,000 

 cwt. in 1908 and 22,586,600 cwt. in 1907. The total value 

 credited to the different kinds of live and dead meat, including 

 poultry, was ,£47,624,000, as compared with ,£49, 448, 000 in 

 1908, ,£51,888,000 in 1907 and ,£52,026,000 in 1906. 



Imports of Dairy Produce, Margarine, and Eggs. 



Description. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



1908. 



1909. 



1908. 



1909. 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 



£ 



£ 



Butter ... 



4,210,821 



4,062,833 



24,080,912 



22,425,067 



Margarine 



813,447 



868,292 



2,081,245 



2,243,737 



Cheese ... 



2,306,086 



2,390,090 



6,684,203 



6,829,963 



Milk, condensed 



920,210 



991,378 



1,606,509 



1,731,829 





Great 



Great 









hundreds. 



hundreds. 







E ggs ••• 



18,210,070 



17,710,441 



7,183,112 



7,235,302 



Butter. — The receipts of butter were somewhat less in the 

 past year than in 1908, though the variation was not great. 

 The exports from Denmark (1,764,000 cwt.) kept about the 

 same level as in several previous years, but those from Russia 

 (601,700 cwt.) and Holland (148,600 cwt.), showed some fall- 

 ing off. The Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, 

 Queensland, and New Zealand sent 663,000 cwt., as against 



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