874 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICGLTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1895. 



Imports and Exports of Horses. 



The importation of horses for each of the years 1893 and 

 1894, as shown in the December number of the monthly Trade 

 and Navigation Returns, was as under : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1394. 



Stallions = » - 

 Mares - - - - 

 Geldings - 



Total 



No. 



505 

 2,980 

 10,222 



No. 

 791 

 5,127 

 16,948 



£ 



80,270 

 60,865 

 235,684 



£ 



31,638 

 124,978 

 391,442 



13,707 



22,866 



376,819 



548,058 



The imports of horses in 1894 exceeded those of the previous 

 year by 9,000 head, but a comparison with 1892 would show an 

 increase of 2,000 head on]y. The augmentation in the number 

 of mares imported is mainly accounted for by an increase in the 

 number received from the United States and Canada. In the 

 12 months ended December last, 1,234 mares were imported 

 from the former country as compared with 184 in the previous 

 year, and 97 in 1892. From Canada, 1,095 mares were received 

 in 1894, while in the previous year the number of Canadian 

 mares imported was 354, and in 1892 only 93. The increased 

 entries of geldings are, also, to a large extent, accounted for by 

 larger importations from the United States and Canada. The 

 total number of geldings received from these two countries having 

 been 7,800 in 1894, as against 2,500 in 1893 and 2,600 in 

 1892. The falling off in the importation of geldings from 

 Germany has continued, the number received in the 12 months 

 to December last having been 3,838 as compared with 4,737 in 

 the previous 12 months and 9,920 in 1892. 



From the following table, which shows tbe expoits of horses, 

 it will be seen that there was an increase of 4,700 in the 

 number of geldings shipped from the United Kingdom in 1894 

 as compared with the exports of the previous year. This is to 

 be accounted for chiefly by the larger demands from Holland, 

 Belgium, and France. In 1892, the export of geldings repre- 

 sented a total of 7,348 head, of which 6,896 were shipped to the 

 three countries named ; in 1893 the shipments to these countries 

 amounted to 8,084 head, and to 12,879 head in 1894. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



Stallions - - - 

 ;Mares - - - - 

 'Geldingfs - 



Total - 



No. 



501 

 2,882 

 8,578 



No. 

 366 

 2,885 

 13,307 



£ 



86,058 

 169,693 

 217,011 



£ 



53,620 

 147,205 

 247,640 



11,961 



16,558 



472,762 



448,465 



