464 IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 


A rise in value was also the principal characteristic of the 
past year’s import trade in bacon and hams, the average 
value of the former article having been 41s. gd. per cwt., or 
about 5s. 11d. more than in the preceding year; while in the 
case of hams the value rose by 5s. 5d. to 46s. g}d. per cwt., 
these figures being in both instances the highest declared 
value since 1894. The quantity of bacon imported in the past 
year was 163,000 cwts. less than in 1899; the United States 
sent 3,957,000 cwts., Denmark 1,095,000 cwts., and Canada 
530,000 cwts., these contributions representing decreases ot 
132,000 cwts. and 116,000 cwts. and an increase of 75,000 
cwts. respectively, as compared with the previous year’s 
figures. In hams also there was a decline of 176,000 cwts., the 
importation from the United States (1,602,000 cwts.) being 
222,000 cwts. less, and from Canada (196,000 cwts.) 45,000 
cwts. more than in 1899. The only other item of interest in 
this table is the increase in the importation of rabbits, 
owing to much heavier shipments from Australasia. 
Ifthe amount of dead meat represented by the imported 
live animals b2 added tothe quantity of imported dead meat in 
the above Table, it would appear that our imports of all 
kinds of meat in the past year amounted to about 21,521,000 
ewts. of the declared value of £ 45,767,000. 
Table 11 —Imporis of Datry Produce. 

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Quantities. Value. 
Description. | ; i 
1899. | 1900. 1899. 1900. 
Cwts. | Cwts. £3 ve 
Butter - - - -| 3,389,851 | 3,378,516 || 17,213,516 | 17,450,432 
Margarine - - = 953,175 | 940,416 2,549,476 2,464,839 
Cheese - = ¥: ia 2,384,069 | 2,711,805 5,503,004 | 6,853,317 
Milk, Condensed - -j} $24,599 | 986,741 1,455,033 ; 1,743,475 
Milk and Cream, Fresh - | 7,859 |} 15,638 16,068 | 26,837 
Gt. Hundreds|Gt. Hundreds 
Eggs a 5 S | 16,174,756 16,881,838 5,044,402 5.406, 141 
With respect to the imports of dairy produce it will be 
seen from the foregoing Table that there was an increase in 
