110 IMPORTS AND EXPOKTS OF AGKICULTURAL PKODUCE. [Sept. 1894. 



Only nine head of swine were imported in the lialf year 

 ended June 30th, 189x4, and these came from the Argentine 

 RepubHc. . 



II. — Imports of Hay and Straw. 



The imports of hay and straw in the half years contrasted, 

 as recorded by the Customs, are shown below, distinguishing 

 the countries from which the supplies came. 



Countries whence exported. 



Hay. 



Straw. 



1B93. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Algeria - 



730 



453 



334 



— 



Argentine Republic 



3,616 



606 







Belgium - - - - 



572 



],986 



94 



1,195 



Canada - - - - 



4,952 



13,208 



4 





Chancel Islands - 









2 



Chile - - - - 





4,002 



3 





Cape of Good Hope 





1 







Denmark - 



2,190 



3,545 



2,949 



1,905 



Egypt - _ - - 









8 



France _ - - - 



647 



2,324 



2,111 



2,019 



Germany - 



814 



],675 



5,781 



1,872 



Holland . . - - 



11,972 



9,067 



7,555 



17,074 



Italy . _ - - 





125 







Newfoundland , _ - 





23 







New Zealand _ . - 





22 







Norway - - - - 



438 



2,433 



2 



274 



Russia, North 



314 



25,971 





624 



„ South - 





997 





511 



Spain - _ - - 





364 







Sweden - - - - 



142 







5 



Tj'ipoli - - - - 





3 







Turkey, European 





476 







„ Asiatic - - - 





542 







United States - - - 



36,351 



116,912 



401 



412 



Total - 



62,738 



184,735 



19,234 



25,901 



The imports of hay were 120,000 tons in excess of the receipts 

 of this article in the corresponding period of the previous year, 

 but they are about 16,000 tons less than the quantity imported 

 in the six months ended December last ; the total weight of hay 

 received in this country in the year 1893 was 263,050 tons. The 

 receipts of straw in the first six months of 1894 were only about 

 1,400 tons short of the total quantity imported in the previous 

 twelve months, but in 1892 nearly 70,000 tons of straw were 

 imported. 



The quantity of hay imported into the United Kingdom in 

 the month of July last was 14,949 tons, as compared with an 

 importation of 18,664 tons in the corresponding month of the 

 previous year. The receipts from Canada were nearly 100 per 

 cent, below those recorded for July 1893, the entries being 

 3,772 tons, as agamst 6,781 tons; while the shipments from 



