208 IMPOKTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. [Sept. 1895, 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 

 IN THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30th, 1894 

 AND 1895. 



I.— Imports of Cattle and Sheep. 





Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Countries from whicli exported. 



26 Weeks 



26 Weeks 



26 Weeks 



26 Weeks 





ended 



ended 



ended 



ended 





June 30th, 



June 29 th, 



June 30th, 



June 29th, 





1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



United States - - - 



207,975 



131,336 



83,179 



248,342 



Canada- ~ ' Z 



23,334 



24,654 



9,670 



9,787 



Argentine Republic - - 



6,662 



16,622 



39,492 



183,703 



Channel Islands 



741 



848 







Chili - - - - 









85 



New South Wales 





173 







New Zealand - 









523 



Norway- _ _ _ 





" 104 







Queensland _ _ - 





114 







South Australia 









210 



Total 



238,712 



173,851 



132,341 



442,650 



The above table, which has been compiled from returns 

 furnished weekly by H.M. Customs, shows that the imports of 

 live cattle in the first six months of 1895 were about 27 per 

 cent, below those of the corresponding period of the previous 

 year. The decrease in the current year is more than accounted for 

 by the smaller shipments from the United States, the fall in the 

 supplies from this source having been as much as 37 per cent. On 

 the other hand, there was an increase in the receipts of Argentine 

 cattle, which amounted to 16,622 head as compared with 6,662 

 head in 1894. In the first six months of 1893 the imports of 

 cattle from Argentina numbered only 3,691 head. A novel feature 

 of the import trade in live stock is the entry of 287 live cattle 

 from Australia. The consignment from New South Wales 

 amounted in all to 206 head of cattle, but 33 of the animals 

 were slaughtered on board the vessels, which had entered a port 

 in a country whence importation of animals is prohibited. 



The total number of sheep imported in the 26 weeks ended 

 June 29th, 1895, were more than treble the number received in 

 the corresponding period of last year, and the great increase in 

 the supply was due almost entirely to the heaner consignments 



