47^!i IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICQLTURAL PRODUCE, [March 1896, 



IMPOETS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 

 IN THE YEARS 1894 and 1895. 



Imports and Exports of Live Animals. 



The imports of live stock into the United Kingdom during 

 1895 show that rather ff^wer cattle, but more than twice as 

 many sheep, as in 1894 were received. The weekly returns 

 furnished by the Board of Customs to the Board of Agriculture 

 indicate the cattle imports to have been significant only in the 

 case of three exporting countries and the sheep in the case of 

 four countries. The complete list of the sources whence our 

 supplies came is given below : — 





Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Countries from -whicli exported. 



52 Weeks 



ended 

 December 

 29, 1894. 



52 Weeks 



ended 

 December 

 28, 1895. 



52 Weeks 



ended 

 December 

 29, 1894. 



52 Weeks 



ended 

 December 

 28, 1895. 



Channel Islands 



Iceland - - - - 

 Norway- - 



No. 



1,603 



3 



No. 



1,695 



120 



No. 



65,524 

 10,837 



No. 



64,991 

 20,650 



Argentina - 

 Australia : — 



New South Wales 



Queensland - 



South Australia 

 Canada- . - - 

 Chili - - - - 

 New Zealand - 

 United States - 

 Uruguay > - - 



9,546 

 86 



82,326 



381,241 



38,763 



1,407 

 252 



95,561 



273,992 

 57 



73,442 

 42 



136,692 

 193,837 



306,262 



803 



210 

 214,891 

 85 

 1,812 

 445,689 

 624 



Total 



474,755 



411,847 



480,374 



1,056,017 



Two-thirds of the cattle came from the United States, but the 

 arrivals from that quarter show a falling off since 1894 of over 

 100,000 head, or 28 per cent., while the Canadian cattle landed 

 alive were more numerous by 16 per cent., and those from 

 Argentina were fourfold what they were in 1894, when the 

 landing of as many as 9,500 head was noted as the largest 

 importation ever recorded from the River Plate. 



It will be seen that " trial " shipments, on a much larger scale 

 than in the previous season, were continued from New South 

 WaleS; and a commencement was made by Queensland. 



