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tion of 22,509,000 quarters in 1895-96 and 24,872,000 quarters 

 in 1894-95. Thus the consignments of foreign wheat have 

 decreased to the extent of over three million quarters in the 

 past three cereal years, and this is a fact which should not 

 be overlooked in any consideration of the circumstances 







1ST Sept. 



1895 '^'o 



1ST Sept. 



1896 TO 



Articles. 





31ST Aug 



. 1896. 



3 1 ST Aug 



. 1897. 







^^uantities. 



Values. 



Ouantities. 



Values. 









£ 







Horses 



No. 



42,110 



1,070,120 



46,190 



1,166,559 



Cattle 





549,744 



9,089,691 



596,057 



10,031,243 



Sheep 





1,008,215 



1,585,349 



695,943 



1,021,421 



Bacon 

 Beef : 



Salted - 



cwts. 



4,309,950 



7,745,408 



4,931,846 



8,612,983 



5 J 



244,791 



311,712 



203,212 



245,280 



Fresh 



J J 



2,443,001 



4,674,736 



2,875,486 



5,552,424 



Hams - - - 



J ? 



1,390,052 



2,990,249 



1,640,642 



3,577,522 



Meat unenumerated : 













Salted or fresh 



5 5 



256,249 



513,978 



330,225 . 



656,693 



Preserved, otherwise 









than by salting 



, , 



776,047 



1,885,833 



705,212 



1,777,627 



Mutton, fresh 





2,865,290 



4,833,010 



3,083,063 



4,687,118 



Pork: 











Salted (not Hams) - 





244,803 



280,690 



249,917 



272,294 



Fresh 





272,703 



632,274 



353,854 



795,935 



Rabbits 



,, 



151,981 



368,683 



237,943 



492,200 



Corn : 













Wheat - 





68,793,090 



19,667,452 



65,017,490 



22,475,628 



Wheat M eal and flour 





19,926,370 



8,330,939 



20,023,305 



9,537,371 



Barley 





22,008,672 



5,378,942 



21,696,370 



5,454,167 



Oats 





15,125,190 



3,505,208 



18,382,610 



4,575,620 



]\Iaize 



5 J 



44,459,940 



8,518,228 



59,726, 120 



10,113,417 



Butter 





2,951,153 



14,984,858 



3,188,918 



15,940,599 



Margarine - 



» ? 



930,536 



2,512, 1 16 



956,881 



2,555,163 



Cheese 



5 ? 



2,125,340 



4,517,659 



2,449,543 



5,596,043 



Milk, con, or pres. 





582,560 



1,133,400 



709,124 



1,334,015 



and cream, fresh 



gallons 





3,098 





9,696 



Eggs - - gt. 



lundreds 



12,922,414 



4,099,448 



13,954,024 



4,310,599 



Fruit : 











Apples - - 



bushels 



2,968,275 



858,226 



7,178,789 



1,834,527 



Pears 





456,830 



195,238 



761,349 



285,474 



Hops - - - - 



cwts. 



213,156 



582,415 



160,887 



508,334 



Onions 



bushels 



5,853,094 



657,462 



6,379,321 



778,090 



Potatoes 



cwts. 



2,353,927 



922,012 



2,332,682 



926,070 



Tallow and Stearine - 





2,251,744 



2,490,349 



1,821,145 



1,778,029 



Wool - - - - 



lbs. 



710,735,674 



25,047,699 



743,098,296 



24,914,888 



Hides, wet and dry 



cwts. 



938,499 



2,197,079 



1,161,896 



2,670,028 



Lard - - - - 





1,772,934 



2,548,646 



1,684,222 



1,899,180 



Poultry and Game 







640,959 





611,637 



Vegetables (unenumerated) 





1,280,277 





1,444,658 



Hay - - - - 



tons 



113,305 





127,587 





Straw 



1 ? 



64,796 





89,462 





which have accompanied the improvement in the price of 

 wheat. In this connection it is also worthy of note that 

 during the same period our receipts of wheat from 

 Argentina and Russia — two of our cheapest sources of 



