1912.] Agricultural Imports in 191 1. 



837 



The declared value of the fresh mutton was 505. per 

 cwt., or about the same figure as in 1910 and 1909, and 55. 

 less than the values in the three years 1906-8. 



Rabbits. — The receipts of fresh rabbits, chiefly from 

 Belgium, amounted to only 57,808 cwt., and the bulk of the 

 supply was composed of frozen rabbits from Australia and 

 New Zealand, the former country sending 394,155 cwt. and 

 the latter 73,703 cwt. The value per cwt. of these frozen 

 rabbits was, however, only about one-third of the value per 

 cwt. of the fresh Continental supply. 



IMPORTS of Live and Dead Meat. 





Quantity. 



Value. 



Description. 





















1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Number. 

 219,561 

 427 



Number. 

 200,397 

 47,673 



£ 



4,027,918 



754 



£ 



3,776,404 

 74,174 



Total live animals ... 







4,028,672 



3,850,578 



Beef, fresh & refrigerated 



,, salted 

 Mutton, fresh 



and refrigerated 

 Pork, fresh & refrigerated 



,, salted 



Bacon 

 Hams 



Meat unenumerated — 

 Fresh and refrigerated 

 Salted 



Meat, preserved ... 



Rabbits, dead 



Cwt. 



7>oi5,498 

 87,636 



5>405 5 923 

 479,907 

 227,191 



3,863,389 

 719,126 



707,H3 

 70,568 

 742,542 

 664,190 



Cwt. 

 7,362,434 

 90,303 



5,337,451 

 452,932 

 2 36,749 



4,868,738 

 954,8n 



726,072 



88,357 

 946,180 

 525,666 



11,745,146 

 173,924 



9,802,858 

 1,196,797 

 304, 168 

 13,391,274 

 2,526,595 



i,3Jo,759 

 102,686 



2,514,039 

 837,122 



11,136,223 

 171,072 



9,588,646 

 1,120,674 

 293,163 

 14,463,414 

 2,927,610 



1,315,430 

 123,286 



3,036,967 

 712,600 



Total dead meat 



19,983,083 



21,589,693 



43,905,368 



44,889,175 



Poultry and game 







944,907 



997,324 



Bacon. — The imports of bacon in 191 1 (4,868,738 cwt.) 

 show a slight rise compared with the decline which was 

 noticeable in 1909 and 1910. Denmark sent 2,122,087 cwt., 

 as compared with 1*794,416 cwt. in 1910 and 1,809,745 cwt. in 

 1909; and in these three years the United States sent 

 1,817,835 cwt., 1,306,921 cwt., and 2,189,053 cwt., and 

 Canada 615,807 cwt., 411,935 cwt., and 443,386 cwt. 



The declared average value was 595. 5<i. per cwt. as com- 



