Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



in the trade in the past year, the entries having- amounted 

 to 3,608,229 cwts., or 162,207 cwts. in excess of those of 1899, 

 Argentina and New Zealand furnished 1,271,654 cwts. and 

 1,483,217 cwts. respectively of the supply received last year. 

 The average value per cwt. of imported fresh mutton has 

 steadily risen in recent years. In 1901 it was 36s. 7a., against 

 34s. 5~d. in 1900, 31s. 7d. in 1899, and 29s. yd. in 1898. 



In the case of both bacon and hams there was an increase 

 over the imports of 19CO, but the quantities received last year 

 were 32,235 cwts. and 1 17,956 cwts. respectively short of the 

 entries of 189 . Of the total importation of these products 

 in 1901 (7,633,018 cwts.) the United states contributed 

 5,974,865 cwts. or nearly 80 per cent. An important feature, 

 of the bacon import trade last year was a considerable rise in 

 value, the average having been 47s. id. per cwt., as compared 

 with 41s. gd. in 1900 and 35s. iod. in 1899. Imported hams 

 also participated in this rise, though to a lesser extent, the 

 average value having amounted to 48s. 8d. per cwt., against 

 46s. 9jd. in 1900, and 41s. 4M. in 1899. The total declared 

 value of the live and dead meat imported, including dead 

 rabbits, amounted to ^49,387,839, or ^3,615,629 more than 

 in 1900. 



In the group of dairy products the only changes requiring 

 notice are an increase of 324,294 cwts. in the receipts of butter, 

 and decreases of 118,993 cvvts. and 65,983 cwts. respectively 

 in those of cheese and condensed milk, as shown in Table II. 



Table II. 



Imports of Dairy Produce. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Value. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



Butter --- - 

 Margarine - 

 Cheese 



Milk, Condensed - 

 Milk and Cream, Fresh - 



Eggs ---- 



Cwts. 

 3 378,516 

 920,412 

 2,705,878 

 987,003 

 15,638 

 Gt. Hundreds 

 16,882,078 



Cwts. 

 3,702,810 

 962,082 

 2,586,885 

 921,020 

 24,422 

 Gt. Hundreds 

 17, 072,795 



' £. 

 .17,450,435 

 2,464,825 

 6,837,883 



1,743,675 

 26,837 



5,406,020 



£• 



19.297.005 

 2,556,682 

 6,227,277 

 1,763,596 

 42,523 



5495,776 



