Imports of the Cereal Year. 



153 



compared with 21,660,000 quarters in 1896-97 and 22,509,000 

 quarters in 1895-96. Of the total importation of wheat 

 in 1897-98, two-thirds was contributed by the United 

 States, whence we received consignments of grain and 

 flour representing over 14,000,000 quarters, or, roughly. 



Articles. 



cwts. 



Horses 

 Cattle 

 Sheep 

 Bacon 

 Hams 

 Beef: 



Salted - - - 



Fresh - 

 Meat unenumerated : 



Salted or fresh 



Preserved, otherwise 

 than by salting 

 Mutton, fresh 

 Pork : 



Salted (not Hams) - 



Fresh - 

 Rabbits 

 Corn : 



Wheat - 



Wheat Meal and flour 



Barley 



Oats 



Maize 

 Butter 

 Margarine - 

 Cheese 



Milk, con. or pres. 



,, and cream, fresh 

 Eggs - - gt. hundreds 

 Fruit : 



Apples - 



Pears 

 Hops - 

 Onions 

 Potatoes 



Tallow and Stearine 

 Wool - 



Hides, wet and dry 

 Lard - - . . 

 Poultry and Game 

 Vegetables (unenume rated) 



1ST Sept. 1S96 to 

 31ST Aug. 1897. 



- bushels 



- cwts. 



- bushels 



- cwts. 



- lbs. 



- cwts. 



1ST Sept. 1897 to 

 31ST Aug. 1898. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



Quantities. 



46,190 

 596,057 



695,943 

 4,931,846 

 1,640,642 



£ 



1,166,559 

 10,031,243 

 1,021,421 

 8,612,983 

 3,577,522 



46,730 

 590,873 

 637,957 

 5,468,529 

 1,857,520 



203,212 

 2,875,486 



245,280 

 5^552,424 



178,013 

 3,162,070 



330,225 



656,693 



415,287 



705,212 

 3,083,063 



1,777,^27 

 4,687,118 



543,144 

 3,286,542 



249,917 

 353,854 

 237,943 



272,294 



795,935 

 492,200 



255,902 



449,251 

 267,712 



65,017,490 

 20,023,305 

 21,696,370 

 18,382,610 

 59,726,120 

 3,188,918 

 956.881 



2,449,543 

 709,124 



22,475,628 

 9,537,371 

 5,454,167 

 4,575,620 

 10,113,417 

 15,940,599 

 2,555,163 

 5,596,043 

 1,334,015 

 9,696 



66,387,590 

 19,969,580 

 20,257,729 

 15,384,190 

 55,641,692 

 3,200,843 

 903,683 

 2,421,937 

 794,777 



13,954,024 



4.310,599 



13,789,128 



7,178,789 



761,349 

 160,887 



6,379,321 

 2,332,682 

 1,821,145 

 743,098,296 

 1,161,896 

 1,684,222 



1,834,527 

 285,474 

 508,334 

 778,090 

 926,070 



1,778,029 

 24,914,888 



2,670,028 



1,899,180 

 611,637 



1,444,65s 



2,961,781 

 630,991 

 228,978 

 5,816,590 

 8,087,881 

 1,991,663 

 691,910,328 

 1,287,759 

 2,015,439 



2,000,000 quarters in excess of the receipts from the 

 same source in the preceding year. The Indian shipments 

 to this country, which were insignificant in 1896-97 in 

 consequence of the famine, amounted to 1,864,000 quarters, 

 this being the largest annual quantity shipped since 1891-92. 



