igo6.] Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



589 



Canada is the principal exporter of cheese to the United 

 Kingdom, and out of a total import of 2,442,700 cwt. in 1905, 

 1,858,800 cwt. came from that country. In the previous year a 

 fall in the average declared value had to be recorded, viz., from 

 52s. 4d. in 1903 to 45s. 9'd. in 1904, but in 1905 there was a 

 recovery to 51s. nd. per cwt. 



The principal feature of the egg import trade was a diminu- 

 tion in the numbers, accompanied by an increase in value. The 

 receipts credited to Russia and Denmark were the largest ever 

 recorded, while those attributed to Germany, Belgium, France, 

 and Canada were smaller than for some years past. Russia 

 is the principal source of supply to this country, and accounted 

 for 7,622,400 great hundreds in 1905, as against 7,032,900 great 

 hundreds in 1904. There was a very noticeable decline in the 

 number of eggs coming through German ports. The average 

 value was 7s. 2^d. per great hundred, or 5jd. more than in 1904. 



Table III. 



Imports of Horses, Poultry, and Miscellaneous A nimal Products. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1904. 



1905. 



1904. 



1905. 



Horses ... ... No. 



Poultry and Game £ 

 Lard ... ... cwt. 



Tallow and Stearine ,, 

 Wool, Sheep, Lambs lb. 

 Sheepskins,undressed No. 

 Hides* ... ... cwt. 



18,491 



1,830,837 

 1,758,074 



561,677,833 

 15,081,834 

 449,58o 



I3,7H 



2,012,305 

 1,821,919 

 615,708,727 

 17,531,076 

 5o8,475 



£ 



457,828 

 1,217,277 



3,342,389 

 2,249,445 

 20,366,030 



i,577,4n 

 1,106,360 



£ 



354,030 

 999,480 



3,692,573 

 2,368,026 

 23,821,359 

 1,936,273 

 1,322,890 



* Does not include dry hides. 



The imports of horses showed a further decline in 1905, and 

 touched a lower figure than in any year since 1893. The 

 number has been steadily declining since 1900, when 51,786 

 were received. 



The value of the poultry (alive or dead) received in 1905 was 

 £906,400, compared with £1,089,100 in 1904; Russia takes an 

 important share in this trade (£275,000), followed by France 

 (£227,ioo),Belgium (£i93,8oo),and the United States (£15 2,000). 

 The imports of game are much less important than those of 



