372 IMPORTS AND EXPOETS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1895. 



net account for imported foreign dairy produce by over half-a- 

 million sterling in 1894. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 







Butter : — Home 



„ Foreign 

 Cheese : — Home 



Cwts. 

 14,640 



65,924 



10,917 



Cwts. 

 17,159 



55,354 



10,194 



& 



85,936 

 372,873 

 44,051 



& 



98,455 

 311,791 

 39,794 



„ Foreign 



63,095 



55,932 



195,696 



168,067 



Eggs. 



The imports of eggs in 1894 exceeded those of the previous 

 year by 800,000 great hundreds. This increased importation 

 was, however, accompanied by a considerable change in the 

 sources of supply. A great falling off was recorded in the receipts 

 of eggs from French ports, but this was more than counter- 

 balanced by augmented arrivals from Germany and Belgium. 

 There was a decline in the entries of eggs from Russia and a 

 slight increase in the receipts of Danish eggs. 



Eggs. 



(Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



From Germany - «. - 

 „ Belgium - - _ 

 „ France - 

 „ other countries 



Great 

 Hundreds. 

 2,129,154 

 2,040,692 

 3,820,636 

 3,055,504 



Great 

 Hundreds. 

 3,361,188 

 2,954,843 

 2,440,559 

 3,120,378 



618,631 

 682,636 

 1,611,495 

 962,885 



£ 



937,078 

 885,136 

 982,800 

 981,306 



Total 



11,045,986 



11,876,968 



3,875,647 



3,786,320 



Imports and Exports of Wool. 



Tiie figures for 1894 show; an increase over those of 1893 of 

 27,000,000 lbs, in the importation of sheeps and lambs' wool, 

 but the receipts of last year were nearly 40,000,000 lbs. below 

 those of 1892. It will be seen from the following table that 

 the receipts of Australasian wool exceeded those of 1893 by 

 about 80,000,000 lbs., but the importation in the year last 

 mentioned was some 40,000,000 lbs. below that of the previous 

 twelvemonths. The imports of Indian wool exceeded those of 

 1893 by over 8,000,000 lbs., while the receipts of South African 

 wool in 1894 were 18 per cent, under those of 1893. 



