Sept. 1895.] IMPOKTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 211 



augiaeDtation being due to larger shipments of mutton, pork, 

 and rabbits, while in beef there was a slight decline : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



First Six 

 Montns of 

 1894. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1895. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1894. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1895. 



Beef - - . - 

 Mutton - - - 

 Pork - - - - 

 Rabbits - - 



Total - 



Cwts. 

 1,047,497 

 1,034,507 

 77,972 

 40,770 



Cwts. 

 1,038,512 

 1,305,076 

 125,858 

 43,383 



& 



2,174,564 

 2,068,600 

 190,446 

 112,072 



£ 



2,057,064 

 2,323,172 

 284,169 

 112,226 



2,200,746 



2,512,829 



4,545,682 



4,776,631 



Of the total quantity of beef imported, 840,665 cwts. came 

 from the United States. This is about 70,000 cwts. less than the 

 quantity received from the same country in the first six months 

 of 1894. The increase of 270,000 cwts. in the importation of 

 mutton is made up almost entirely by larger receipts from 

 Australasia and the Argentine Republic. 



Taken in conjunction with the large increase in the arrivals 

 of live sheep, it is noteworthy that, roughly computing the 

 number of carcases represented by the total weight of mutton 

 received, and adding these to the sheep imported alive into the 

 United Kingdom, the total receipts of mutton, live and dead, 

 indicate an importation equivalent to 3,000,000 head of sheep 

 in the half year ended June 30th last. 



V. — Imports of Meat salted and preserved. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Description. 



First Six 



First Six 



First Six 



First Six 





Months of 



Months of 



Months of 



Months of 





j 1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 



Salted beef 



125,641 



100,926 



189,898 



132,461 



„ pork (not hams) - 



112,072 



109,435 



184,274 



148,939 



Bacon - - - - 



1,832,235 



2,030,249 



4,041,107 



3,821,890 



Hams - - - - 



551,898 



611,130 



1,311,591 



1,337,134 



Meat, preserved, otherwise than 



243,329 



355,705 



689,012 



883,170 



by salting (chiefly canned). 











Meat, unenumerated, salted or 



101,409 



141,189 



224,585 



293,240 



fresh. 











Total 



2,966,-^84 



3,348,634 



6,640,467 



6,616,834 



The increase in the importation of bacon is accounted for to a 

 great extent by larger receipts of this article from the United 

 States, whence we received 1,466,963 cwts. in the first six 



