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due to the shipments from Australia and New Zealand, which 

 were more than double those of the first six months of 1893, 

 the figures being 207,000 cwts., as compared with 100,000 cwts. 

 There was also an increase in the supply of butter from Northern 

 Kussia, the quantity imported from this source having been 

 88,000 cwts., as against 21,000 cwts. in 1893. 



Butter. 



Countries. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



From Denmark - - . 

 „ France . _ - 

 „ Sweden _ _ - 

 „ other countries 



Total 



Cwts. 



479,231 



246,979 



140,140 



341,854 



Cwts. 



554,048 



192,235 



131,216 



464,519 



£ 



2,635,300 

 1,407,953 

 766,474 

 1,730,522 



£ 



3,037,825 

 1,109,954 

 718,085 

 2,317,468 



1,208,204 



1,342,018 6,540,249 



7,183,332 



The countries from which the bulk of the cheese was 

 imported are distinguished below. 



Cheese. 



Countries. 



Quantities. 



Values. 













1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



£ 



& 



From United States 



■ 312,777 



349,592 



787,411 



867,48.5 



„ Canada - 



120,073 



175,742 



294,219 



432,001 



„ Holland 



122,747 



130,25 3 



308,221 



331,858 



„ other countries 



74,361 



88,772 



207,759 



239,738 



Total 



629,958 



744,359 



1,597,610 



1,871,082 



The following table shows the principal countries from which 

 the eggs were obtained in the half year. It will be seen that 

 eggs were imported from Germany in much larger quantities 

 in the first six months of the current year than in the corre- 

 sponding period of 1893, the actual figures having been 1,857,439 

 great hundreds as compared with 895,995 great hundreds. 

 Belgium also increased her shipments of eggs to this country by 

 over 75 per cent, in this period, the numbers received for the 

 six months ended June 1894 having been 1,627,932 great 

 hundreds, or 720,000 great hundreds in excess of her supply in 

 the same period last year. The importation of French eggs 

 showed a decline of over 40 per cent., or from 2,277,000 great 

 hundreds to 1,355,000 great hundreds. On the other hand, the 

 supply of e^gs from Russia exceeded that of the corresponding 

 six months of last year by about 100,000 great hundreds. 



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