476 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1896. 



With the increasing imports of live animals and fresh meat, the 

 trade in salt beef and pork exhibited a tendency to decline, and 

 in both these items there was a falling off from the figures of 

 1894, though they exceeded the quantities imported in 1893. 

 The fall in the value of these articles was also out of propor- 

 tion to the fall in quantities, thus further accentuating the 

 diminished demand. Both bacon and ham, on the other hand, 

 came in larger quantities, especially the former, although its 

 amount represented a slightly smaller value. The United States, 

 our chief source of supply, sent comparatively little more bacon 

 in 1895 than in 1894, the increase being greatest from Denmark. 

 Practically all the hams were from the United States. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



Salted beef . - . 



„ pork (not hams) - 

 Bacon - - - - 

 Hams - - - - 

 Meat, preserved otherwise than 



by salting (chiefly canned). 

 Meat, unenumerated, salted or 



fresh. 



Cwts. 



242,311 



225,019 

 3,689,604 

 1,129,784 



554,366 



189,757 



Cwts. 



219,956 



220,168 

 4,063,418 

 1,289,518 



856,255 



237,228 



£ 



342,814 

 335,556 

 8,083,887 

 2,771,828 

 1,490,902 



410,724 



£ 



286,511 

 269,829 

 7,935,799 

 2,897,477 

 2,040,045 



490,555 



Total 



6,030,841 



6,886,543 



13,435,711 



13,920,216 



Imports of Dairy Produce and Lard. 



Of the imports of dairy produce, as exhibited in the follow- 

 ing table, the quantities of butter, condensed milk, lard, and 

 eggs, have proved the largest yet recorded. The fresh milk 

 imports which attracted attention in 1894 and in the early part 

 of 1895, fell off rapidly in the later months : — 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



Butter - 



Margarine - 



Cheese - - - " 



Lard - - ■ " 



Condensed milk 



Fresh milk and cream - 



Cwts. 

 2,574,835 

 1,109,325 

 2,266,145 

 1,400,516 



529,465 

 Gallons. 



161,633 



Cwts. 

 2,825,682 



940,168 

 2,133,809 

 1,742,688 



545,400 

 Gallons. 



126,995 



£ 1 £ 



13,456,699 14,245,230 

 3,044,810 i 2,577,170 

 5,474,940 I 4,674,181 

 2,758,416 2,941,941 



1,079,235 ' 1,084,559 



i 



21,371 * 19,991 



The interest attaching to the imports of butter and cheese 

 invites attention to the sources of supply of these articles. 



