Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



It will be noticed that there was a considerable increase i 

 the entries of wool, the gross quantity received at the ports 

 having exceeded the consignments of 1900 by over 133 

 million pounds, though it was only about 23,000,000 lbs. in 

 excess of the cargoes entered in 1899. This increase in the 

 gross supply was accounted for by larger shipments from 

 South America, South Africa, and Australasia. There was, 

 however, a re-exportation last year of 293,000,000 lbs., so that 

 the quantity retained for home consumption amounted to 

 394,000,000 lbs., as compared with 358,000,000 lbs. in 1900. A 

 more remarkable feature of the import trade in wool last 

 year was a drop of 2d. per lb. in its average value, the declared 

 value having been 7-Jd. against ghd. in the previous year. 



Table III. 



Imports of Horses, Poultry, and Miscellaneous A nimal 

 Products. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Value. 



1900. 



1 901. 



1900. 



1 901, 



Horses - - No. 

 Poultry and Game £ 

 Lard - - - cwts. 

 Tallow and Stearine ,, 

 Wool, Sheep, Lambs lbs. 

 Sheepskins,undressed No. 

 Hides - - - cwts. 



51,786 



1,927,274 

 2,177,991 

 553,154,732 

 15,057,995 

 1,383,951 



40,856 



1,966,256 

 1,785,220 

 686,931,950 

 15,110,299 

 1,100,679 



£ 



1,350,493 

 1,010,369 

 3,266,582 

 2,835,217 

 21,836,291 

 i,599,576 

 3,418,144 



L 



1,095,673 

 980,739 

 4.037,690 

 2 333,156 

 21,503 960 

 1,472,674 

 2,743 899 



Among the imports of grain, wheat, barley and oats were 

 received in larger quantities than in 1900, but there was a 

 falling off in maize. 



The gross consignments of wheat, and wheat flour expressed 

 as grain, amounted to 101,102,000 cwts., a rise of 2,567,000 

 cwts. over the figures of the previous year. Of this total the 

 United States contributed 66,856,000 cwts., or about 66 per 

 cent. The other principal contributors were Canada, 

 Argentina and Australasia ; India, whence the supplies in 

 1900 were insignificant, sent 3,341,500 cwts. of wheat grain 

 last year, as compared with 8,192,000 cwts. in 1899. 



