438 Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1897. 



over the receipts of 1S96 ; but salt beef remains 

 a relative!)* unimportant item in our Trade Accounts. 



Articles. 



i3 



96. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



(quantities. 



\ antes. 







j6 1 





jQ 



Horses - - - - No. 



40,077 



1,027,736 \ 



49,519 



1,254,342 







9,305.055 







Cattle - ,, 







10.461.236 



Sheep - 



760' -<£ 



r, 133,634 



011,504 



;:;.cc-5 



Bacon - Cwts. 





7,854,515 



5,004,915 



:. ::- ilz 



I eef: 









Salted - 



247,536 





175,236 



2l6,2j.I 



Fresh ... n 





5.028,823 



3,010,387 



5 .-S;.ff- 







3> 1 36jo89 



1,725,875 





ISIeat unenumerated * 









Salted or fresh - - , , 



27Q, ^00 



DD4, U "4 J 



364,822 



727,2:3 



Preserved otherwise 











than by salting - . , 



701,750 , 



1.77^.^07 

 A , 7/3, O w / i 



609,755 



1,701,306 



Mutton, fresh - - 



2,805,153 



. : 



3,193,276 



4.327,Sf 3 



Pork: 











Salted (not Hams) - „ 



255,339 



291,966 



237,206 





Fresh- - - - „ 



290,411 



687,241 l! 



347,617 



765,123 



Rabbits- - - - „ 



170,873 



401,614 1 



276,458 



543,494 



Com : 











Wheat --- 



70,025,930 



01,678,089 I 



[62,743,280 





~Vheat ileal and flour ,, 



21,320,200 







~ : : - : ; 1 ; 



Barley - - - 



•"J4//JO"" 









Oats - 





4.226,317 



l6,Il6,8lO 





Maize ... n 



51,772,100 



9,422,539 







Bv ::er - - - - 



3t°37i7 lS 



15.344,364 







Margarine - 



925.934 



2,498,425 







Cheese - 



2,244,525 



4,900,342 



2,603,603 





Milk, condensed or preserved ,, 



611,335 



1,170,352 j 



751.743 





,, and cream, fresh 



Galls. 22,776 



5,489 



cwts. 10,006 



= .=45 



Eggs - - - Gt. hundreds 



13,245,011 



4,184,656 



14,031,752 



4,356,799 



Fruit: 











Apples - Bushels 



6,176,956 



1,582,495 



4,159.971 



i . i S 7 . 3 a 3 



Pears - 



483,823 



206,674 



1,051,694 





Onions ... Bushels 



6,086,905 



681,940 



6,108,928 



760,630 



Potatoes - - - Cwts. 



2,244,627 



907,975 1 





1,200,390 



Hops - Cwts. 



207,041 



591,582 i 





524.2C- 



Tallow- and Stearine - „ 



2,049,749 



2,178,652 





1.3-0,2:9 



Hides, wet and dry - Cwts. 



973.797 



2,224.941 





2,750,154 



Lard - 



1.739.463 



2,268,693 



1,740,468 



1,993,143 



Poultry and Game ... 









730.725 



VesetaKe? (uritr.uir.tratid ) 





1,284,753 





1,454,720 



Hay - - . Tons 



107,963 





121,492 





Wool - Lbs. 



713,575.173 







24,436,872 



For imported fresh mutton the demand also rose above the 

 level of 1896, since the live and dead consignments during 

 the past year, which, in the aggregate, represented about 

 3,541,028 cwts, of mutton, were 206,000 cwts. in excess of those 

 of the former period. Foreign and colonial bacon and hams 

 continue to find an increasing market in this country, the 

 weight of these articles entered in 1S97 having been 

 6,731,000 cwts., this supply being 722,000 cwts. more than 

 the previous year's entry, and the largest annual importa- 

 tion recorded. About 385,000 cwts. of pork, fresh and salted, 

 were received, and meat unenumerated, salted, fresh, and 



