438 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1897. 



Imports of Hides, Wood, and Timber. 



Hides came in smaller quantities, but at a slightly enhanced 

 average value, than in 1895. Imports of timber and wood 

 increased, as did their average value. 





Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1895. 



1898. 



1895. 



1896. 



Hides, raw, and pieces thereof : — 

 Dry - 

 Wet - 



Total 



Wood and timber : — 

 Hewn - 



Sawn or split, planed or dressed 

 Staves of all dimensions 



Total 



Cwts. 



491,547 

 771,133 



Cwts. 



369,063 

 604,728 



£ 



1,153,757 

 1,650,369 



£ 



905,427 

 1,319,501 



1,262,680 



973,791 



2,804,126 



2,224,928 



Loads. 



2,260,761 

 5,061,986 

 144,751 



Loads. 



2,433,795 

 6,032,222 

 138,399 



4,181,436 

 10,695,916 

 594,615 



4,889,393 

 13,380,660 

 655,243 



7,467,498 



8,604,416 



15,471,967 



18,925,296 



Imports of Manures. 



The accompanying table shows that the imports of all classes 

 of manures were less than in 1895. The large importation of 

 guano in that year would appear to have been due to some 

 exceptional demand, the quantity entered in 1894 being 28.582 

 tons, computed at 51. 2& 5d. per ton, as against an average value 

 in 1895 of 71. 17s. 5d. for a quantity 75 per cent, greater; while 

 a fall of some 60 per cent, in quantity in 1896 was accompanied 

 by a decline in value to 51. 3s. 5d. per ton : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



Bones, whether burnt or not 

 Guano - - - 

 Nitrate of soda (nitre, cubic) 

 Phosphate of lime and rock 



Total - 



Tons. 

 74,056 

 49,842 

 122,687 

 359,659 



Tons. 

 66,681 

 20,214 

 106,445 

 291,263 



£ 



320,051 

 392,309 

 988,897 

 633,314 



£ 



251,866 

 104,554 

 836,552 

 465,931 



606,244 



484,603 | 2,334,571 



1,658,903 



