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II. — Statement shewing the Quantities of Certain Articles 

 of Agricultural Produce Imported into the United 

 Kingdom in the Ten Months ending 31st October 1896, and 

 in the corresponding periods in 1895 and 1894. 



(Compiled from the Trade and Navigation Returns) 



Articles. 



Ten Months 

 ending 31st 

 October 1896. 



Ten Months 

 ending 31st 

 October 1895. 



Ten Months 

 ending 31st 

 October 1894. 



Horses 



- No. 



37,728 



29,628 



19,764 



Cattle * 





484,913 



343,796 



419,110 







688,961 



856,176 



386,415 



Bacon * • 



- cwts, 



3,798,754 



3,351,874 



3,182,316 



Beef: 











Salted - 





207,858 



179,425 



i no c\f\c* 



±yo,yub 



Fresh - 





2 J 93,571 



1,799,808 



1,771,347 



Hams " - • • 





1,205,262 



l,0oo,9o7 





Meat uuenumerated: 











Salted or fresh 





228,857 



199,3/2 



154,260 



Preserved otherwise than, 

 ing - 



by salt- 



595,216 



705,706 



437,569 



Mutton, fresh - 





2,396,622 



2,201,018 



1,907,959 



Pork: 











Salted (not Hams) - 



- „ 



213,926 



187,730 



193,321 



Fresh - 



- » 



211,405 



210,152 



136,692 



Babbits - 





127,895 



81,154 



76,773 



Butter - 





2,533,777 



2,347,312 



2,155,135 



Margarine 





759,349 



763,490 



933,922 



Cheese 





1,840,614 



1,740,718 



1,893,165 



Milk, condensed or preserved 





500,565 



448,493 



449,745 



„ and cream, fresh 



gallons 



14,523 



123,465 



109,975 



Eggs 



gt. hundreds 



10,773,468 



10,487,004 



9,893,043 



Corn: 











"Wheat - 



- cwts. 



56,394,720 



70,938,615 



60,549,257 



"Wheat Meal and flour 





17,010,620 



15,292,870 



15,885,255 



Barley - 





16,105,112 



18,642,237. 



25,837,986 



Oats - 





13,129,400 



12,722,110 



12,131,130 



Maize - 





42,118,580 



27,279,770 



82,046,484 



Fruit : 











Apples - 



bushels 



3,584,158 



2,304,789 



3,065,023 



Pears - 





460,801 



376,102 



1,233,655 



Hops 



- cwts. 



130,156 



130,491 



107,721 



Lard 





1,512,429 



1,432,374 



1,181*946 



Onions - 



bushels 



4,918,521 



4,076,653 



4,372,614 



Potatoes - 



- cwts. 



2,171,773 



3,643,385 



2,392,504 



Tallow and Stearine - 





1,802,556 



1,734,452 



1,611,036 



Hides, wet and dry 





764,671 



1,101,054 



883,662 



"Wool, sheep and lambs' 



- lbs. 



600,262,272 



668,950,442 



619,987,051 



Poultry and game 



value £ 



362,782 



327,964 



231,942 



Vegetables (unenumerated) 





1,148,478 



1,147,499 



966,623 



