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Table XII . — Number of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs imported 
into Great Britain from Ireland in each Year from 1884-90. 
\_From Agricultural Returns.'] 
— 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
1890 
Horses : 
Stallions . . . 
Mares .... 
Geldings . . . 
74 
10,722 
16,290 
64 
11,603 
16,496 
43 
12,497 
16,239 
68 
11,801 
15,769 
67 
12,388 
17,373 
80 
13,647 
18,097 
105 
14,625 
19,422 
Total . . 
27,086 
28,163 
28,779 
27,638 
29,828 
31,824 
34,152 
Cattle: 
Oxen, 1 Fat . . 
Bulls [store. . 
and [ Other 
Cows / cattle . 
Calves .... 
255,026 
387,352 
2,220 
71,245 
243,348 
342,938 
1,884 
52,300 
■ 285,156 
388,917 
1,247 
42,069 
331,119 
302,878 
2,283 
32,973 
282,537 
405,540 
2,941 
47,698 
248,362 
372,682 
1,432 
47,367 
216.339 
360,758 
1,152 
53,449 
Total . . . 
715,843 
640,470 
717,389 
669,253 
738,718 
669,843 
631,698 
Sheep : 
Sheep .... 
Lambs .... 
355,466 
177,819 
430,410 
198,680 
493,983 
240,230 
321,644 
226,924 
400,836 
236,748 
373,313 
240,374 
387,220 
249,761 
Total . . . 
533,285 
629,090 
734,213 
548,568 
637,584 
613,687 
636,981 
Pigs : 
Fat 
Store 
437,227 
19,451 
370,639 
27,925 
391,509 
29,776 
438,155 
42,765 
495,680 
49,292 
428,103 
45,448 
543,417 
59,745 
Total . . 
456,678 
398,564 
421,285 
480,920 
544,972 
473,551 
603,162 
Table XIII . — Number of Horses, and their Declared Value, imported 
into, and exported from, the United Kingdom, in each of the 
undermentioned Years. 
\^From Agricultural Returns and Trade and Xavigation Retimis.] 
Year 
Imported 
Year 
Exported 
Number 
Value 
Number 
Value 
1887 
11,641 
£ 
197,679 
1887 
9,463 
£ 
547,396 
1888 
11,505 
192,624 i 
1888 
12,880 
14,260 
848,311 
1889 
13,832 
277,388 
1889 
984,611 
1890 
19,286 
21,715 > 
335,906 
1890 
12,916 
687,978 
1891 
436,128 1 
1891 
11,238 
625,041 
* Note. — The countries from which horses were imported in 1891 were as follows : — Germany, 
11,599 ; Denmark, 2,199 ; Holland, 1,304 ; France, 841 ; Belgium, 636 ; United States of America, 
590 ; Canada, 1,058 ; and 3,488 from other countries. 
Table XIV . — Quantities of Certain Articles of Foreign and Colonial 
Production imported into the United Kingdom in the Years 
1888-91. 
\Froin Trade and Navigation Returns^ 
— 
1888 
1889 
1890 
1891 
Bones (whether burnt or not) tons 
65,651 
62,855 
69,949 
82,945 
Cotton, Eaw 
. cwt. 
15,246,408 
17,169,316 
16,011,360 
17,811,476 
Gu^o • • • • 
, tons 
26,062 
26,804 
28,005 
23,623 
Hemp .... 
, cwt. 
1,822,065 
1,973,210 
1,890,367 
2,065,382 
Hides untanned : Di^y 
• 
585,254 
576,168 
455,098 
453,268 
.. „ Wet 
676,176 
647,250 
584,948 
555,692 
Petroleum . 
gallons 
94,177,807 
102,647,478 
104,809,146 
130,615,360 
Flax-seed and Linseed 
2,542,027 
2,272,019 
1,932,035 
2,200,112 
