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New Zealand Mail, Issue 753, 6 August 1886, Page 14

The annual production of canned frnifr, meat, fish and vegetables in the United States is placed at 500,000,009 tins, or about ban tins for every man, woman and child ia the country. The quantity of meat thrown, into tbe Atlantic (the St James’s Gazette remarks) must be a great boon to the fishes. From the report of the Agricultural Department of the Privy Council Office for the past year,.recently issued, it appears that from Canada there were imported iu 1885 to the ports of Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, and Southampton, 200 cargoes of animals, consisting of 68,556 cattle aod 39 734 sheep; Of these 302 cattle and 799 sheep were thrown overboard during the voyage ; 3 cattle and II sheep were landed dead ; and 27; cattle and 48 sheep had to be slaughtered at the place of landing owing to injuries received in transit. From the United States theaawere imported in 1885. to the ports of Bristol, Glasgow, Hull, Liverpool, London, and Plymouth 45J cargoes, consisting of 137,377 cattle,. 11,829 sheep,, and 57 swine ; of the cattle 2107, and. of the sheep 226, were thrown overboard daring the voyage; 72- cattle 38 sheep were; landed dead ; 30 cattle 9.?heep were so much Injured that it was Sound necessary toslaughter them at tbe place oS landing. It thus appears that 124 animals were landed dead, 114 were so much injured or exhausted that they were, killed at the place of landing, while no less a. number than 3434 unhappy animals were pitohed overboard, making a grand total ol 3672 auisaals which were either losfc on the passage, nr fatally ioj,arecL.