Exports of Agricultural Produce. 



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Provisions and raw materials for food unenumerated 

 include ships' stores, game, lard, nuts, pollards, patent 

 barley, hay, sausage skins, preserves, and other articles. 

 These products were exported to the total value of about 

 ;2^8ob,ooo annually in the past three years ; more than 

 half of this sum was for goods sent to British Possessions ; 

 France is the largest single purchaser among foreign 

 countries. 



Of the "other products" in the table dressed and 

 undressed flax and hemp, tvhich are exported chiefly to 

 the United States, constitute by far the largest item. No 

 allowance has been made for the large export trade, valued 

 at over ;£5 50,000 annually, in biscuits and bread, which 

 contain an unascertainable proportion of flour, etc., of home 

 production. 



