14 



Exports of British Live Stock. 



to veterinary inspection and quarantine ; they must also be 

 accompanied by a certificate that the locality from which 

 they came was free from glanders. The French tariff on 

 horses imported from the United Kingdom is as under. 



Per head. 



Stallions, geldings and mares, 5 years old £ 

 and over --------- 6 



Ditto, under 5 years -------- 4 



Colts ... - 2 



Horses imported into Belgium are inspected on debarkation, 

 and suspected animals must undergo the mallein test, but no 

 duty is levied on them. The importation into Holland is 

 also duty free, but horses not intended for slaughter must 

 be accompanied by a certificate of health, and may be 

 subjected to the mallein test on landing ; in cases in which 

 this test is dispensed with the animals are kept in quarantine 

 for a period not exceeding three months. In the United 

 States the tariff on horses and mules valued at ^31 5s. or 

 less is £6 5s., whilst on animals of a greater value it is 25 

 per cent, ad valorem. 



The numerical decline shown in the figures for cattle is to 

 be discounted by the fact that the exports of 1894 and 1895 

 were exceptional, since they included large consignments of 

 store animals to Belgium and France, to make up deficiencies 

 (caused by droughty seasons) in the herds in those countries- 

 If this unusual trade be excluded from consideration, the 

 movement in horned stock will be found to have been, on the 

 whole, of a satisfactory character. A noteworthy feature was 

 .a revival of the demand for pure-bred animals on the part of 

 Argentina, which took place chiefly in 1896 and 1897. The 

 Argentine Republic has been for some years the principal 

 -customer for British pedigree cattle, and her purchases in the 

 period under consideration were as follows : — 



Year. 



1894 



1S00 

 1S07 

 1898 



No. 



167 

 382 

 989 

 867 

 5ii 



Yah 



£ 



8,799 

 22,617 

 60.549 

 63,658 

 39,809 



Value per head. 



£ s: 



52 14 



59 4 



61 4 



73 8 

 77 18 



