428 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRIC (JLTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1897. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 

 IN THE YEARS 1895 and 1896. 



Imports and Exports of Live Animals. 



The total imports of cattle into the United Kingdom, in 1896, 

 have been^ greater by more than a third than those of 1895, and 

 larger than the number received in any previous year, 1890 only 

 excepted. The imports of sheep, which rose so rapidly from 

 63,000 in 1893 to upwards of a million head in 1895, have again 

 somewhat declined to about three-fourths of that year's figure. 

 By reference to the following table it will be seen that both in 

 the case of cattle and of sheep the imports, with but small 

 exceptions, come from North and South America. 



Countries. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 













1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Chaunel Islands 



1,708 



1,719 







Iceland - 







65,046 



63,293 



Norway - - - - 



120 



34 



20,649 



11,874 



Argentina - 



39,494 



65,699 



308,094 



339,381 



Australasia - 



1,659 



32 



2,825 



518 



Canada - 



95,994 



101,656 



214,310 



83,767 



United States - 



276,532 



393,054 



453,250 



266,760 



Uruguay - 



57 



332 



624 



3,090 



Other countries » 



I 



t 27 



672 



909 



Total 



415,565 



562,553 



1,065,470 



769,592 



Compared with 1895, cattle from the United States show a 

 large increase, but the numbers are only slightly more numerous 

 than in 1894. Sheep imported from that country are fewer than 

 in 1895 by 40 per cent , but the numbers are still largely in 

 excess of the figures for 1894. Cattle from Canada, it may be 

 remarked, show an increase over 1895, and reach a higher figure 

 than in any year since 1891, while imports of sheep from Canada, 

 although less than in 1895 by over 60 per cent, are still much 

 greater than before 1894. Both cattle and sheep from Argentina 

 again show a large increase, and Uruguay would appear also 

 to be now beginning to increase its exports. Shipments from 

 Australasia, however, received a decided check in the past year. 



