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THE EXPORTS OF BRITISH AXD IRISH 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 



The great and increasing volume of the imports of food 

 products is so important a feature of the economic conditions 

 existing in this country that the dimensions of our exports of 

 these articles may appear in comparison to be almost 

 insignificant. Still, relatively small as is the outward current 

 of trade in British and Irish agricultural produce, it presents 

 some features of interest. For the past three years the 

 average annual value of the total exports of articles declared 

 to be of home production has amounted to, roughly, 475,000,000, 

 exclusive of the exports of biscuits and bread. The various 

 products which contributed to this total may be grouped into 

 the several classes : live stock; meat; other animal products; 

 grain and flour : seeds and vegetables ; provisions and food 

 unenumerated ; and other products. It should, however, 

 be observed that although the articles included in these 

 groups are declared to be British and Irish agricultural pro- 

 duce, it is possible that some portion of them may not come 

 strictly within this definition. Subject to this qualification, 

 the aggregate value of the exports included in each class 

 is shown below : — 





1S94. 



lS 95- 



1S96. 



Meat 



Other animal products ... 

 Cereals and cereal products — 

 Vegetables, hops, and seeds 

 Provisions and raw materials for food - 

 Other products - 



r 



632.372 



36o ; 493 

 2.0S7.013 



416.574 

 591-442 

 685.022 

 20S.561 



£ 

 756.OII 



397,539 

 2,596,973 

 393,007 



r 



903.690 

 413:89s 

 2.199.9S4 

 417,672 



199.598 



122.642 



In the case of live stock, horses constitute the large-: 

 single item, the exports of these animals having amounted 

 in value to an average of over £550,000 annually in the 



