March 1897.] IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 431 



since 1893. The average value of this butter substitute is also 

 slightly lower. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



Butter - - - Cwts. 

 Margarine - - „ 

 Cheese - - „ 

 Lard - - „ . 

 Condensed milk - „ 



2,825,662 

 940,168 

 2,133,819 

 1,742,688 

 545,394 



3,037,947 

 925,934 

 2,244,535 

 1,739,723 

 611,685 



£ 



14,245,230 

 2,557,170 

 4,675,130 

 2,941,941 

 1,083,559 



£ 



15,344,083 

 2,498,425 

 4,900,428 

 2,268,029 

 1,172,432 



Fresh milk and cream - Galls. 

 Eggs - - Gt. hund. 



126,995 

 12,722,586 



22,776 

 13,244,893 



19,991 

 4,003,446 



5,489 

 4,184,567 



Butter. 



The quantity of butter entering our ports still continues to 

 grow, the arrivals of 1896 exceeding any previous record, and 

 being double those of 1886. The value per cwt. would appear 

 to have in this instance slightly increased, the customs returns 

 averaging 51. Is. Od. as against 51. 0s. lOd. in 1895 ; both figures 

 are, however, below the average values of previous years. The 

 shipments of Australasian butter show a decline of nearly 30 per 

 cent., a check to the growing trade in that quarter, probably due to 

 the drought which has so materially reduced the exports of other 

 agricultural produce from those colonies. It will be seen that 

 there is no falling-off in the shipments from New Zealand. North 

 America has more than doubled its exports of butter, although 

 the total is not relatively large. Denmark still supplies us with 

 by far the largest quantity of foreign butter consumed in the 

 United Kingdom, a sum of 6,288,000£. representing the payment 

 for Danish butter within the year. Although relatively small, 

 the exports of butter from Argentina have reached 15,763 cwts. 

 in 1896 against 3,676 in 1895. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Countries. 





















1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



From Denmark - 

 „ France 

 „ Sweden - 

 „ Holland - 

 ,, Victoria - 

 „ United States 

 „ Germany 

 „ Canada - 

 ,, New Zealand 

 „ other countries - - * 



Cwts. 

 1,162,770 

 454,843 

 310,809 

 191,201 

 212,797 



66,932 

 112,338 



38,949 



53,262 

 221,761 



Cwts. 

 1,228,784 

 467,601 

 323,829 

 234,469 

 154,865 

 141,553 

 107,825 

 88,357 

 56,373 

 234,291 



£ 



5,948,463 

 2,443,734 

 1,644,111 

 939,326 

 982,682 

 271,776 

 565,093 

 153,401 

 232,009 

 1,064,635 



£ 



6,288,407 

 2,537,690 

 1,664,685 

 1,156,736 

 769,695 

 617,525 

 536,246 

 339,744 

 277,898 

 1,155,457 



Total - 



2,825,662 



3,037,947 



14,245,230 



15,344,083 



