838 



Agricultural Imports in 191 i. 



[JAN., 



pared with 6gs. 4^. in 1910, 595. 8d. in 1909, and 505. nd. in 

 1908. 



Poultry and Game. — Poultry is chiefly received from 

 Russia, United States, France, and Austria-Hungary, and 

 the total value in 1910 was ,£918,197, a somewhat substantial 

 increase over the total of the preceding year (^821,292). The 

 value of the imported game was ,£79,127. 



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 the quantity available, in addition to the home 

 supply, was some 25,787,000 cwt., as compared with 

 21,401,000 cwt. in 1910, 21,479,000 cwt. in 1909, 22,205,000 

 cwt. in 1908, and 22,586,600 cwt. in 1907. This was not 

 entirely consumed in this country as there was a small re- 

 export amounting to 325,595 cwt. 



The total value credited to the different kinds of live and 

 dead meat, including poultry and game, was £49,737,000, 

 as compared with ,£48,879,000 in 1910, £47,623,000 in 1909, 

 £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. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 



£ 



£ 



Butter , 



4,325,539 



4,302,956 



24,493,450 



24,602,111 



Margarine 



1,120,812 



944 >4Q5 



2,935,244 



2,461,325 



Cheese 



2,456,340 



2,348,322 



6,809,876 



7.139,942 



Milk, condensed 



1,009,770 



1,155,548 



1,755,026 



2,021,708 





Great 



Great 









hundreds. 



hundreds. 







Eggs 



18,344,137 



19,057,895 



7,296,145 



7,965.609 



Butter. — About seven-tenths of the butter supplied to this 

 country from abroad comes from the Continent of Europe, 

 Denmark (1,707,178 cwt.), Russia (638,284 cwt.), France 

 (171,080 cwt.), Sweden (360,357 cwt.), and Holland (104,655 

 cwt.) being the chief contributors. Almost the whole of the 

 remainder is received from Australia (874,399 cwt.) and New 

 Zealand (276,446 cwt.). 



