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Sheep-skins, without wool — j ; Total imports .. .. ..No. 2,487,370 339,111 20,052,000 3,102,881 (e) (e) (h) (h) (c) 29,264 (c) (c) (c) (c) Nil Nil Proportion supplied direct from N.Z. „ 1,123,354 193,714 10,533,714 969,246 191,061 22,839 163,566 30,617 12 2 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Rabbit-skins — Total imports .. .. .. „ 42,881,453 1,208,560109,669,000 5,021,193 (a) (a) (a) 772,549' (c) 368,775 (c) (c) (c) (c) Nil Nil Proportion supplied direct from N.Z. „ 9,363,200 367,323 7,466,858 443,955 8,790 414 80,482 2,382, 98,092 5,975 100,008 5,985 25,086 1,585 Nil Nil Wool — Total imports .. .. .. Lb. 811,440,900 62,676,574299,452,000 20,861,93413,434,4261,164,283 64,411,583 5,361,015 323,435,640 22,785,392 659,603,400 (a) 104,409,760 9,883,582 207,665 11,41S Proportion supplied direct from N.Z. „ 169,451,116 9,483,507 15,151,755 990,518 3,002,823 158,429 833,738 36,687 4,379,911 207,404 12,340,829578,377 1,329,755 57,828 Nil Nil Seeds; clover — Total imports .. .. .. | Cwt. 86,003 373,927 359,036 1,158,436 16,544 88,894 (i)120, 168 (i)244,377 342,212 1,266,912 Nil Nil (c) (c) (c) (c) Proportion supplied direct from N.Z. | ,, 5,337 39,546 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil (cj (c) Seeds, grass — Total imports .. .. .. „ 232,214 592,081 77,607 229,630 (a) 246,366 (a) (a) 106,674 208,382 (c) (c) 49,202 56,707 (c) (c) Proportion supplied direct from N.Z. ] ,, 9,853 41,184 11,159 49,296 1,295 5,264 28 156 463 2,750 Nil Nil Nil Nil (c) (c) Tallow — I Total imports .. .. .. Tons 46,788 1,959,426 (c) (c) (c) (c) 7,697 276,023 {a) (a) 38,482 (c) 10,700 583,215 Nil Nil Proportion supplied direct from N.Z. i „ 18,255 638,224 (c) (c) Nil Nil 355 10,325 447 16,151 Nil Nil 24 816 Nil Nil * (a) Not shown. (c) Information indefinite. (d) Quantities not comparable. (e) Total value of imports to Canada of sheep-skins with and without wool was £219,146. (/) Fresh. (g) Hams only. (h) Total value of all raw skins imported by Belgium in 1927 was £3,114,680. (i) Seeds of fodder plants. (k) Cream and milk, preserved, including dried. (m) Information incomplete.