124 Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



III. — Statement showing the Quantities of Certain 

 Articles of Agricultural Produce Imported 

 into the United Kingdom in the five months 

 ending May 31st, 1897, and in the corresponding 

 periods in 1896 and 1895. 



(Compiled from the Trade and Navigation Returns.) 



Five Months ending May 31st. 



Articles. 



Horses - " ; - - No. 



Cattle - - - ,, 



Sheep - - ,, 



Bacon - - - cwts. 

 Beef: 



Salted - - - „ 



Fresh - - „ 



Hams - - 



Meat, unenumerated 



Salted or fresh - ,, 

 Preserved, otherwise 



than by salting - ,, 



Mutton, fresh - 



Pork: 



Salted (not Hams) - ,, 

 Fresh - - - ,, 

 Rabbits - - - ,, 

 Butter - - - ,, 

 Margarine - ,, 

 Cheese - - 

 Milk, condensed or pre- 

 served - - ,, 

 and cream, fresh - 

 Eggs - - gt. hundreds 

 Corn : 



Wheat - - cwts. 

 Wheat Meal and Flour - ,, 



Barley - - ,, 



Oats - - - ,, 



Maize - - ,, 

 Fruit : 



Apples - - bushels 



Hops - - - cwt«\ 



Onions - - busbeh 



Potatoes - - - cwts. 



Lard - - ,, 



Tallow and Stearine - ,, 



Hides, wet and dry - ,, 



Wool, sheep or lambs' - lbs. 



Poultry and Game - 

 Vegetables - 



value £ 



328,806 

 534,447 



1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



22,985 

 231,459 

 262 913 

 2,121,736 



17,744 

 231,648 

 3S5,n8 

 1,801,748 



11,063 

 134,457 

 370,637 

 1,763,449 



69,120 

 1,114,057 

 602,231 



105,165 

 1,033,260 

 537,o88 



89,631 

 853,902 

 5°3,»76 





128,411 



123,124 



251,291 

 1,255,084 



287,153 

 1,291,664 



3oo,oS6 

 1,023,995 



100,084 



158,572 



89,445 

 1 367,011 



403,031 

 562,566 



110,672 

 107,928 



54,907 

 1,291,197 



384,456 

 612,404 



93,505 

 116,190 



41,802 

 1,242,205 

 389,422 

 576,188 



298,495 

 i,535 

 5,5oi,573 



232,460 



4» I 5 I 

 4,807,202 



221,388 

 116,459* 

 4,808,056 



27,303,260 

 8,296,425 

 6,692,210 

 4.997,110 



25,690,060 



24,979,58o 

 8,868,750 

 7,035,9io 

 4,924,800 



19,882,640 



30,088,175 

 7,546,410 

 7,872,347 

 5,325,i5o 



11,417,580 



1,982,737 

 53,546 

 2,445,591 

 581,265 

 692,663 

 727,337 

 467,395 

 431,768,906 



949,5i6 

 93,886 

 2,228,524 

 707,609 



715,939 

 993,8o8 

 360,772 

 411,361,624 



1,322,263 

 100,889 

 2,089,302 

 1,868,547 

 783,772 

 8o9,793 

 495,968 

 445,818,138 



313,24^' 

 447,752 



269,267 



384,706 



* Gallons. 



