i9i i. Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1910. 817 



receipts of chilled beef from the United States, like those of 

 live cattle, were small (469,000 cwt.), but on the other hand, 

 there was a substantial increase of frozen beef from Australia 

 and New Zealand. 



The weight of beef represented by the imports of cattle 

 may be estimated at 1,417,000 cwt., which, added to the 

 imports of fresh and refrigerated beef, make the total receipts 

 of meat of this class from abroad in 1910 8,432,000 cwt., or 

 about 20-f lb. per head of the population. In 1909 the figures 

 were 8,217,000 cwt., representing 20 f lb. per head; in 1908, 

 8,115,000 cwt., or 2o| lb. per head; in 1907, 8,806,000 cwt., 

 or 22^ lb. per head; and in 1906 9,170,000 cwt., which was 

 equal to 23 J lb. per head. 



Sheep and Mutton. — Only 427 live sheep were imported, 

 but the quantity of mutton showed a substantial increase- 

 Nearly all of it comes in the form of frozen mutton, chiefly 

 from New Zealand (2, 104,000 cwt.), Australia (1,525,000 cwt.), 

 and Argentina (1,420,000 cwt.). The quantity received from 

 Australia showed a considerable growth over the preceding- 

 year, when the amount was only 944,000 cwt. 



The weight of meat represented by the sheep received alive 

 would only be 252 cwt., so that the imports of fresh and 

 refrigerated mutton, viz., 5,406,000 cwt., may be said to 

 represent the whole supply apart from home produce, and 

 this is equal to 13J lb. per head of the population. In the 

 two previous years the total receipts, alive and dead, were 

 4,766,000 cwt. and 4,434,000 cwt. respectively, or about 12 lb. 

 and 11 lb. per head of the population. 



The receipts of fresh and refrigerated mutton in the past 

 year were the largest on record, exceeding by nearly 650,000 

 cwt. the total for 1909, so that, notwithstanding the falling-off 

 in the supply of live sheep, the total quantity of mutton im- 

 ported from abroad was larger than in any previous year. 



Rabbits.— The receipts of fresh rabbits, chiefly from 

 Belgium, amounted to only 60,400 cwt., and the bulk of the 

 supply was composed of frozen rabbits from Australia and 

 New Zealand, the former country sending 513,000 cwt. and 

 the latter 90,000 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. 



