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EXHIBIT 30. Table showing the Various Sources of Supply of Meat (Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Live Cattle and Live Sheep) imported into the United Kingdom since 1900.

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(Compilei by Messrs. W. Waddel and Co., London.) Year. Australia. New Zealand. Canada. South Africa. Total Overseas Dominions. United States South America. oth J^ reign Countries. Total Foreign. Percentage of Total Importation. Overseas „, t-. . . Foreign. Dominions. Total Importation. 1901 1906 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Thousands of Tons. 38 33 100 94 151 144 126 52 Thousands of Tons. 86 99 112 121 122 142 158 158 Thousands of Tons. 31 53 14 3 1 4 6 Thousands of Tons. 2 2 Thousands of Tons. 155 185 226 218 274 286* 290* 218* Thousands of Thousands of Thousands of Tons. Tons. Tons. 102 318 420 214 266 480 408 66 474 427 22 449 447 11 458 404 13 417* 324 53 377* 267 49 316* Percentage. 27 28 32 33 38 41 43 41 Percentage. 73 72 68 67 62 59 57 59 Thousands of Tons. 575 665 700 667 732 703* 667* 534* * Plus large quantities diverted from the United Kingdom to the Continent for British Army purposes.