5 



IMPORTS OF BACON AND HAMS INTO THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



Our imports of bacon and hams have shown a steady 

 upward tendency during the past five years, the growth 

 in that interval having been from 4,819,000 cwts., valued 

 at £10,856,000, in 1894, to 7,683,000 cwts., declared to be 

 worth £14,216,000, in 1898. On only four occasions prior to 

 1894 have the annual importations of these articles exceeded 

 in the aggregate the quantity received in that year. The 

 supply of the past twelve months consisted of 5,71 1,000 cwts. 

 of bacon and 1,972,000 cwts. of hams, valued at £10,322,000 

 and £3,894,000 respectively. 



The principal contributor of these products to our markets 

 is the United States, whence we have received for many 

 3 ears about 80 per cent, of the entire foreign supply, the 

 remainder being chiefly accounted for by Denmark and 

 Canada. The quantities credited to each of these countries 

 in the Trade Returns since 1894 are in round numbers as 

 follows : — 



Years. 



United States. 



Denmark. Canada. I 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 



cwts. 

 2,561,000 

 2,649,000 

 2,752,000 

 3,593,000 

 4,087,000 



cwts. 

 1,075,000 

 1,203,000 

 1,286,000 

 1,604,000 

 1,852,000 



cwts. 



767,000 

 1,014,000 

 1,222,000 

 1,027,000 

 1,018,000 



cwts. cwts. 

 1,800 254,000 

 1,800 269,000 

 1,900 457,000 

 980 1 290,000 

 900 536,000 



cwts. 

 51,000 

 82,000 

 169,000 

 119,000 

 1 17,000 



It will be seen that American produce preponderates 

 largely, and for a considerable period it has constituted the 



