The British Board of Trade returns for January show a falling-off in the number of sheep imported as compared with the corresponding month of the two preceding years. The total was 34,901, as against 59,784 in January, 1896, and 66,205 in January, 1895. The following figures showing the number sent during the first month of the year from the United States and Argentina respectively are curious :—
1895. 1898. 1897. United States .. .. 63,115 38,297 18,000 Argentine Republic .. 3,051 22,211 16,691 Turning to the figures of sheep exported from the United Kingdom daring January, it is noteworthy that the average value per head is usually high in that month. The number sent abroad last month was more than usual, being 1760, and the value was £25,742, or an average of £14 lis apiece. In January last year the number was 1139, the total value £14,209, and the average per bead £12 9s. ; In January, 1895, the number was 740, but the value was exceptionally high, amounting to £11,468, or an average of £15 per head.. : ■ . ; ' '...■>. f
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10418, 16 April 1897, Page 5
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