•Sept. 1894.] IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 117 



XL — Imports of Hides, Wood, and Timber. 



The quantities of dry and wet raw hides, and of timber, 

 imported in the six months are shown in the following table : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



Hides, raw, and pieces thereof : — 

 Dry - - _ - 

 Wet - - - - 



Total 



Cwts. 

 188,421 

 222,682 



Cwts. 

 248,992 

 269,818 



493,545 

 473,735 



£ 



583,005 

 543,228 



411,103 



518,810 



967,280 



1,126,233 



Wood and Timber : — 



Hewn - - - - 

 Sawn or split, planed or dressed 

 Staves of all dimensions 



Total 



Loads. 

 869,324 

 1,068,389 

 35,884 



Loads. 

 1,035,484 

 1,647,619 

 57,075 



£ 



1,542,664 

 2,388,177 

 205,613 



£ 



1,773,618 

 3,709,935 

 253 078 



1,973,597 



2,740,178 



4,136,454 



5,736,631 



EXPORTS. 



The figures given in the following statements of Exports of 

 Agricultural Produce have been extracted from the Trade and 

 Navigation Eeturns, with the exception of those relating to the 

 exports of cattle, sheep, and swine, which have been furnished 

 by H.M. Customs. 



The exports of British and Irish dairy produce, and of hops, 

 for the first six months of the current year and for the corre- 

 sponding period of 1893 are shown below : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 



Butter . - - - 



6,215 



7,771 



35,693 



45,308 



Cheese . - _ . 



4,150 



3,859 



16,357 



15,193 



Hops _ _ _ - 



2,319 



5,937 



15,688 



39,166 



Exports of Wool. 



The exports of sheep- and lambs'- wool in the first six months 

 of 1894 were over fifty per cent, inferior to those of the corre- 

 sponding period in the previous year, the chief decline being 

 in the shipments to the United States. The following table 



