204 Stathtics a^ectmg British Agricultural Interests. 
Table XV. — Number of Carcasses oj Frozen Mutton imported into 
the United Kingdom from the Countries named in each of the 
Years 1880 to 1891. 
\_From Messrs. W. Weddel Co.'s “ Feview of the Frozen Meat Trade, 1891,’ 
corrected to date.'] 
Year 
From 
New Zealand 
From 
Argentine 
Republic 
From 
Australia 
From 
Falkland 
Islands 
Totals 
1880 


400 
— 
400 
1881 
— 
— 
17,275 
17,275 
1882 
8,839 
— 
57,256 
— 
66,095 
1883 
120,893 
17,165 
63,733 
— 
201,791 
1884 
412,349 
108,823 
111,745 
— 
632,917 
1885 
492,269 
190,571 
95,051 
— 
777,891 
1886 
655,888 
434,699 
66,960 
30,000 
1,187,547 
1887 
766,417 
641,866 
88,811 
45,552 
1,542,646 
1888 
939,231 
924,003 
112,214 
— 
1,976,448 
1889 
1,068,286 
1,009,936 
86,547 
— 
2,164,769 
1890 
1,533,393 
1,196,531 
207,984 
10,168 
2,948,076 
1891 
1,896,706 
1,112,618 
334,693 
18,897 
3,362,914 
Table XVI. — Home Product and Importations of Sheep and Mutton 
(United Kingdom) in each Year from 1883 to 1891. 
Year 
Population 
at the middle of 
each year 
Number of 
sheep and 
lambs 
enumerated 
annually in 
June (from 
Agric. Returns) 
Number 
assumed to be 
slaughtered 
annually, i.e. 
40 per cent. 
of those 
enumerated 
Number of 
live sheep 
imported 
in each 
year 
Number of 
carcasses 
of frozen 
mutton 
imported in 
each year 
1883 
(estimated) 33,6 1 2,000 
28,348,000 
11,339,200 
1,116,000 
201,791 
1884 
„ 35,962,000 
29,377,000 
11,760,800 
945,000 
632,917 
1885 
„ 36,325,000 
30,086,000 
12,027,200 
761,000 
777,891 
1886 
„ 36,707,000 
28,955,000 
11,682,000 
1,039,000 
1,187,547 
1887 
„ 37,092,000 
29,402,000 
11,760,800 
971,000 
1,542,646 
1888 
„ 37,-i34,000 
28,939,000 
11,576,600 
966,000 
1,975,448 
1889 
„ 37,S09,000 
29,486,000 
11,794,000 
678,000 
2,164,769 
1890 
„ 3S,iS7,000 
31,067,000 
12,667,000 
358,458 
2,948,076 
1891 
(census) 37,740,283 
33,534,000 
13,414,000 
344,604 
3,362,914 
“From the foregoing,” say Messrs. Weddel, “it may be gathered that 
Frozen Mutton importations now represent from 15 to 20 per cent, of the 
total consumption of mutton in the United Kingdom.” 
