458 



Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



shipments with 277,000 cwts. last year, but to Holland, which 

 had been surpassed by the United States in 1898, but which 

 now retakes the first place with 344,000 cwts. 



The very small increase in hams (6,300 cwts.) was due 

 to Canada, which increased its shipments by over 33,000 cwts.,, 

 while the receipts from the United States decreased by nearly 

 28,000 cwts. The increase in bacon was from Denmark (nearly 

 200,000 cwts. more than in 1898), the United States supply 

 '4,089,000 cwts.) remained stationary, while the Canadian 

 quota fell from 536,000 to 454,000 cwts. The value of bacon 

 declined slightly, that of hams increased, in the year. 



Table 1. — Imports of Live Animals [for Food) and Dead Meat. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



Cattle - 

 Sheep - 

 Swine 



No. 

 569,066 

 663,747 

 45° 



No. 

 503,504 

 607,755 



2 



£ 



9,399,793 

 984,863 

 1,020 



£ 



8,572,114 

 942,891 



7 



Live Animals, Total 







10,385,676 



9,5i5,° 12 



Beef, Fresh - 

 „ Salted - 

 Mutton - 

 Pork, Fresh - 

 Salted - 

 Bacon ... - 

 Hams - 



Meat, unenumerated, 

 Salted or Fresh - 



Meat, unenumerated, 

 Preserved - 



Rabbits (dead) 



Cwts. 

 3,100,821 



208,945 

 3»3i4»ooi 



557,602 



275.993 

 5,711.322 

 1,972,299 



414,977 



574,937 

 314,398 



Cwts. 

 3,802,622 



178,183 

 3,446,022 



668,972 



284,720 

 5,804,583 

 1,978,621 



464,782 



652,424 

 377,291 



5,915,705 

 273,004 



4,902,179 

 1,165,380 

 319,778 

 10,321,674 

 3,894,839 



812,738 



1,802,440 

 572,603 



7,344,724 



230,943 

 5,439,407 

 1,403,041 



305,829 

 10,400,602 

 4,094,500 



883,363 



1,896,733 

 638,655 



Total Dead Meat - 



16,445,295 



17,658,220 



29,980,340 



32,637,796 



Estimating the amount of dead meat to be obtained from, 

 the live animals imported, and adding this total to the 

 quantity of actual dead meat in the above table, it appears 

 that our imports of all kinds of meat amounted to something 



