Sept. 1894.] IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. Ill 



Russia and Holland were 900 tons and 1,000 tons respectively 

 below the imports of hay from thes3 countries in July 1893 — 

 the actual receipts in July last being 938 ton^ from Russia and 

 832 tons from Holland, compared with 1,878 tons and 1,849 

 tons respectively in the corresponding month of 1893. 



III. — Imports of Horses. 



The importation of horses is shown in the table below. The 

 figures for this table and the remaining tables of imports have 

 been taken from the monthly Trade and Navigation Returns :— 



Horses. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



Stallions - - - - 

 Mares - 



Geldingjs - - - - 



No. 



231 

 1,040 

 5,544 



No. 



218 

 1,733 

 8,478 



£ 



59,379 

 28,520 

 134,918 



£ 



14,208 

 40,013 

 199,430 



Total 



6,815 



10,429 



222,817 



253,651 



The only noteworthy change in the importation of horses was 

 an increase in the supply of geldings amounting to nearly 3,000 

 animals. 



IV. — Imports of Fresh Meat. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 





Beef = - - > 

 Mutton - - - - 

 Pork - . . - 

 Rabbits _ - _ - 



Total - - 



Cwts. 

 913,786 

 1,024,311 

 87,546 

 33,656 



Cwts. 

 1,047,497 

 1,034,507 

 77,972 

 40,770 



£ 



1,946,302 

 2,037,524 

 216,138 

 94,037 



£ 



2,174,564 

 2,068,600 

 190,446 

 112,072 



2,059,299 



2,200,746 



4,294,001 



4,545,682 



The imports of fresh meat in the first six months of the present 

 year only slightly exceeded those of the corresponding period 

 last year. Beef was imported from the United States to the 

 extent of 914,000 cwts., as against 772,000 cwts. in 1893. The 

 receipts of mutton from Australia and New Zealand were only 

 3,337 cwts. in excess of the 649,282 cwts. received from those 

 colonies in the first six months of 1893. Compared with tlie 

 corresponding six months of 1893, the returns of the imports 

 of pork exhibit a decline of 10,000 cwts., while those of rabbits 

 show an increase of over 7,000 cwts. 



