370 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1895. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Description. 























lotto. 





1893. 



1894. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 





£ 



Salted beef _ . - 



200,514 



242,311 



278,997 



342,814 



„ pork 



186,901 



225,119 



289,577 



336,556 



Bacon - - 



^ 1 Q8 SS7 



O, 1 30,00 / 



O, < 1 D,OUO 



o,4/y,oio 



o,uoo,yo / 



Hams - - - - 



988,411 



1,129,784 



2,890,252 



2,771,828 



Meat, preserved, otherwise than 



590,800 



554,346 



1,545,211 



1,490,002 



by salting (chiefly canned). 











Meat, unenumerated, salted or 



177,509 



189,757 



399,912 



410,724 



fresh. 











Total 



5,343,022 



6,057,920 



13,883,164 



13,435,911 



The imports both of salt beef and salt pork in the 12 months 

 ending December last showed an increase as compared with the 

 receipts of 1893, but a decrease as compared with those of 

 1892. The bacon imports of 1894 were 518,000 cwts. in excess 

 of those of the previous year, but 165,000 cwts. short of those of 



1892. The increase as comparedgwith 1893 was largely made up 

 of augmented receipts from Denmark, Canada, and the United 

 States. The first-mentioned country was responsible for 766,000 

 cwts. of the imports of bacon in 1894, this representing an increase 

 in the receipts of Danish bacon of 55,000 cwts. as compared with 



1893, and 95,000 cwts. as compared with 1892. Comparing 

 1894 with 1893, Canada is credited with an increase of 60,000 

 cwts. in her shipments of bacon to the United Kingdom, but the 

 imports of Canadian bacon in 1893 were 45,000 cwts. less than 

 those of the previous year. From the United States 2,561,000 

 cwts. were received in 1894 as compared with 2,177,000 in 1893 

 and 2,896,000 cwts. in 1892. 



Imports of Dairy Produce, Eggs, and Lard. 



The imports of dairy produce, eggs, and lard in 1894 and the 

 previous year are shown in the table below : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 









Butter - - - - 

 Margarine 



Cheese - - - - 

 Lard - - " " 

 Condensed milk 



Eggs - - - - 



Cwts. 

 2,327,474 

 1,299,970 

 2,077,462 

 1,118,106 

 501,005 

 Great 

 Hundreds. 

 11,045,986 



Cwts. 

 2,576,063 

 1,109,313 

 2,263,287 

 1,400.516 

 529,560 

 Great 

 Hundreds. 

 11,876,968 



£ 



12,753,593 

 3,655,344 

 5,160,918 

 2,808,549 

 1,009,755 



3,875,647 



£ 



13,470,419 

 3,044,781 

 5,467,137 

 2,758,416 

 1,079,425 



3,786,320 



