440 Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



supplied 108,406 as against 126,495 head ; while Argen- 

 tina increased its shipments from 73,852 to 89,368 head. In 

 the case of sheep the last named Republic has again 

 increased its consignments, sending 430,075 in 1898, as 

 against 345,217 in 1897, while the numbers from the United 

 States and Canada have again been diminished. The 

 reappearance, although on a very small scale, of the import 

 trade in swine was a feature of the year ; 450 pigs coming 

 from the United States in March and April. 



The average value of imported cattle, viz., £\6 los. 4d. 

 per head, is about 8s. lower than in 1897; imported sheep 

 also showing a slight decrease. 



Table I. 



Imports of Live Animals (for Food) and Dead Meat. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Description. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



Cattle 



Sheep - - . . 

 Swine .... 



No. 



618,321 

 611,504 



No. 



569,066 



663,749 

 450 



£ 



10,460,966 

 919,096 



£ 



9,399,793 

 984,863 

 1,020 



Live Animals, Total - 







11,380,092 



10,385,676 



Beef, Fresh 

 „ Salted 

 Mutton - - - - 

 Pork, Fresh 

 Salted 



Bacon .... 



Hams - - - 



Meat Unenumerated, Salted 

 or Fresh 



Meat Unenumerated, Pre- 

 served - - - - 



Rabbits (dead) - 



Cwts. 



3,010,387 

 174,936 



3,193,276 

 347,617 

 237,206 



5,004,915 

 1,725,875 



364,822 



669,684 

 276,458 



Cwts. 

 3,100,221 



208,945 

 3,314,003 



557,5" 

 276,044 

 5,711,322 

 1,972,052 



414,977 



573,947 

 314,398 



5,783,667 

 215,901 



4,627,868 

 765,128 



253,693 

 8,867,846 

 3,681,966 



727,273 



1,702,315 

 543,494 



5,915,615 

 273,004 



4,902,183 



1,165,300 

 319,858 

 10,321,674 



3,894,839 



812,767 



1,801,276 

 572,603 



Total Dead Meat 



15,005,176 



16,443,420 



27,369,151 



29,979,119 



The imports of all kinds of fresh meat — beef, mutton, and 

 pork — in 1898 attained a higher total than any hitherto 

 recorded. In the case of beef and mutton the increase was 



