430 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE [March 1897. 



Exports of beef from Argentina, it may be noted, increased from 

 23,384 to 50,095 cwts., or 114 per cent. 



The details of the dead meat trade in the past two years may 

 be contrasted as under ; and it will be observed as regards the 

 values of the meat imported there is again a decline alike in 

 fresh beef which is put at 376*. lOd. per cwt. against 39s. in 1895 

 and in fresh mutton which was 32s. 7d. against 35s. 2d. per 

 cwt. The value of imported bacon has been still more largely 

 reduced and stands for the year at 34s. 6d. per cwt. against 

 39s. in 1895. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



Beef: 



Fresh - 

 Salted 



Preserved otherwise than by 

 salting. 



Total Beef 



Mutton : 



Fresh - 

 Preserved - 



Total Mutton - 



Pig meat : 



Fresh pork - 

 Salted „ 

 Bacon - 

 Haras - 



Total Pig Meat - 



Meat, ' unenumerated (fresh, 

 salted, or otherwise preserved). 



Total - 

 Rabbits - 



Poultry and Game (alive or dead) 



Cwts. 

 2,191,037 

 219,956 

 470,739 



Cwts. 

 2,659,700 

 247,267 

 401,281 



** 



4,275,548 

 286,511 

 1,164,491 



5,028,828 

 303,433 

 1,052,401 



2,881,732 



3,308,248 



5,726,550 



6,384,662 



2,611,435 

 200,471 



2,895,158 

 122,851 



4,595,678 

 334,607 



4,718,576 

 201,841 



2,811,906 



3,018,009 



4,930,285 



4,920,417 



288,284 

 220,168 

 4,063,418 

 1,289,518 



299,411 

 255,339 

 4,549,526 

 1,459,412 



664,946 

 269,829 

 7,925,979 

 2,898,018 



687,241 

 291,966 

 7,854,515 

 3,136,089 



5,861,388 



6,563,688 



11,758,772 



11,969,811 



422,411 



457,963 



1,031,558 



1,076,498 



11,977,437 



13,347,908 



23,447,165 



24,351,388 



120,279 



170,873 



315,594 

 605,160 



401,614 

 605,458 



Imports of Dairy Produce, Eggs, and Lard. 



The imports of dairy produce, eggs, lard, &c. have been in the 

 majority of cases greater than in 1895, and are shown in the 

 following table. Imports of margarine, which still come mainly 

 from Holland, continue to show a decline, as has been the case 



