470 Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests. 
TABLE VIII.— Number of Horses, and their Declared Value, im- 
ported INTO, AND EXPORTED FROM, THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN EACH 
OF THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. 
{From Annual Statements of Trade of the United Kingdom.'] 
Year 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
Imported 
Number 
13,023 
11,026 
11,641 
11,505 
13,859 
"Value 
£ 
195,624 
189,901 
197,679 
192,624 
275,401 
Tear 
Exported 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
Number 
6,196 
7,326 
9,463 
12,880 
14,267 
Value 
£ 
371,406 
409,045 
547,396 
848,311 
984,000 
NOTE. — The countries from which horses were imported in 1889 were as 
follows :— Germany, 6,954; Denmark, 2,685.; Holland, 1,660; France, 887 
Belgium, 591 ; United States of America, 236 ; Canada, 119 ; and 827 from 
other countries. 
TABLE IX. — Average Prices of Wool in each of the under- 
mentioned Years. 1 
Years 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
English 
Leicester Half-breds 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
8f to 9 | 
H „ 9 
9 „ 9 
9f „ 10f 
9* „ 10* 
9 „ 10 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
9 to 9i 
9§ „ 10f 
10 „ 11} 
H „ io| 
9 „ 10 
Kent 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
9 to 9| 
9 ,, 9u 
9i „ m 
ioi „ io| 
9^ „ 10* 
9 10 
Southdown 
Per lb. 
t. d. i. d. 
0 10 to 1 \\ 
0 9 „ 1 0\ 
o n „ 1 Ol 
0 101 „ 1 Of 
0 9| „ 0 ll| 
0 9 „ 1 0 
Austra- 
lasian 
South 
Africa* 
Per lb. 
j. d. 
Per lb. 
j. d. 
1 0^ 
o io£ 
1 
n 
0 
0 9* 
0 
H 
o ioi- 
0 
ioi 
0 104 
0 10i 
0 
9? 
0 
ioi 
TABLE X. — Quantities of Certain Articles of Foreign and Coloni 
Production imported in the Years 1886-89. 
[From Trade and Navigation Returns."] 
tons j 
cwt. 
Bones (burnt or not, or as] 
animal charcoal) 
Cotton, Raw 
Flax . „ 
Guano . . . tons 
Hemp . . . cwt. 
Hides untanned : Dry „ 
„ „ Wet 
Petroleum . . . gallons 
Oilseed Cakes . . tons 
Clover and Grass Seeds cwt. 
Flax-seed and Linseed qrs. 
Rape „ 
Sheep and Lambs' Wool lb. 
1886 
1887 
1888 
57,175 
51,882 
65,651 
15,187,299 
15,903,117 
15,246,408 
1,287,034 
1,560,696 
1,833,650 
68,744 
21,251 
25,052 
1,213,857 
1,472,857 
1,822,065 
721,964 
627,132 
585,254 
499,271 
523,393 
676,176 
71,026,962 
77,458,062 
94,177,807 
296,530 
265,694 
259,573 
289,214 
335,858 
334,432 
2,081,283 
2,341,175 
2,542,027 
372,613 
413,856 
279,615 
591,872,167 
574,196,058 
635,936,244 
1889 
62.85E 
17,159,316 
1,783,18? 
26,804 
1,973,21( 
575,16* 
647,26( 
102,647,47! 
256,291 
296,31 
2,272,01. 
. 458,94: 
696,396,181 
1 The prices of English wool have been calculated from the prices given 
weekly in the Economist newspaper. The figures relating to Australasian 
and South African wool have been taken from Returns furnished by the Board 
of Customs. 
