March 1897.] THE IMPORT TRADE IN EGGS. 



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rates imposed on eggs, Canadian producers turned their atten- 

 tion to the United Kingdom, and the consignments to this 

 country from Canada have steadily increased since 1892. 



The imports of eggs from Morocco have recently been of suffi- 

 cient dimensions to merit a notice in the Trade Returns. Until 

 1893 our annual receipts of Barbary eggs had not exceeded a 

 million, but the quantity received during the past year was 

 6,334,000, and in 1895 it was over seven millions. 



Norway, Sweden, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Tripoli, the United 

 States, Australia, and even Argentina, are included amongst the 

 minor contributors to our supply of foreign eggs, but the aggre- 

 gate annual consignments from all these sources have represented 

 hitherto a comparatively insignificant proportion of the total 

 importation. 



