TABLE XII.--_Estimated Home Production and Imports of Butter into the United Kingdom for the Ten Years ended 30th June 1900._
+------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+ | Year ended | Home | Imported | Imported | | | 30th June. | Production, | Colonial. | Foreign. | Total. | | | _estimated_.| | | | +------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+ | | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | | 1891 | 84,961 | 2,883 | 99,598 | 187,442 | | 1892 | 86,022 | 6,323 | 101,796 | 194,141 | | 1893 | 84,078 | 9,408 | 105,712 | 199,198 | | 1894 | 79,196 | 15,550 | 107,534 | 202,280 | | 1895 | 82,168 | 17,807 | 116,730 | 216,705 | | 1896 | 83,640 | 12,949 | 133,249 | 229,838 | | 1897 | 79,734 | 18,111 | 138,800 | 236,645 | | 1898 | 83,039 | 17,732 | 141,426 | 242,197 | | 1899 | 87,326 | 22,443 | 142,193 | 251,962 | | 1900 | 83,760 | 37,534 | 133,957 | 255,251 | | +-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+ | 10 Years' | | | | | | Average | 83,392 | 16,074 | 122,099 | 221,565 | +------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
The rapid headway which colonial butter has made in British markets is shown by the fact that for the five years ended 30th of June 1900 the import had grown from 12,949 tons to 37,534 tons per annum, or an increase of 24,585 tons. It is during the mid-winter months that the colonial butter from Australasia arrives on the British markets, while that from Canada begins to arrive in July, and virtually ceases in the following January. The bulk of the Canadian butter reaches British markets during August, September and October; the bulk of the Australasian in December, January and February.
