Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



The following table shows the imports of some miscel- 

 laneous animals and animal products. 



Table III. — Imports of Miscellaneous Animals and Animal 



Prod nets. 



Description- 



Quantities. 





1898. 



1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



Horses - - - No. 



Poultry and Game - 



Lard Cwts. 



Tallow and stearine 



Hides - " - - „ 



Wool, Sheep and'l 



Lambs / lbS ' 



42,921 



2,106.871 

 2.021,941 

 1.-237,366 



689,446,139 



43,900 



2,188,049 

 2,061,137 

 1.210,525 



659.408,683 



£ 



1,146,324 

 637,492- 

 2-5887,801 

 2,066,433 

 2-, 905, 964 



22,437,188 



£ 



1,143,207 



3,068,985 

 2,380,931 



2.790. 166 



23,579,769 



It will be seen that wool shows a decline in bulk of about 

 30,000,000 lbs., due mainly to smaller Australian supplies. 

 In value there was nevertheless a total increase of £i> 140,000, 

 the average for the year -landing at just over 8Jd. per lb., or 

 about id. per lb. more than in 1S08. The re-exports, 

 292 million lbs., were 9 million more than in the previous 

 year, so that the quantity retained for home consump- 

 tion was reduced to 507,500,000 lbs. as compared with 

 406,600,000 in 1898. Lard showed an increase in quantitv 

 and value, as did tallow and stearine, which also showed a 

 distinct rise in average value. Tallow, it may be noted, 

 comes chiefly from Australasia, the consignments thence 

 being about double those from the United States. 



Turning to the vegetable product-, our imports of grain 

 and flour were larger than in 1898, but the value was less. 



Of wheat and wheat flour (expressed as grain ) we received 

 98,506,000 cwts. as against 94.418,000 cwts. in 1898. The 

 increase was greater in the imports which reached us in the 

 form of flour than in those which came as grain. The imports 

 of wheat flour, indeed, were the largest ever recorded, exceed-- 



