ENGLAND'S IMPORTED FOOD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1330, 17 March 1883, Page 2

ENGLAND'S IMPORTED FOOD.

The [growing dependarice of the United Kingdom 1 on foreign countries for; its suppiies.;of food is clearly shown by some. elab orate statistics lately published there in tabulated form. From these it appears that during the fifteen years. between i 867 and 1881, the .papulationihas increased five millions, or about one-sixth, necessitating, a pro-portionately.'.'-larger;.' importation ; of .fpreign : food|but..in ; addition to this, the consumption, per;heaii, of imported food products which- are also raised in the United Kingdom, has increased as follows fcpnsum'ptiott'pf bacon: and hams per head of the .'population increased forom 1.92 pounds' hi 1867, to 13.93 pounds in 1881; that' of buttor, from 9.14 t0.,6,3,6 pquntjs: of oheeHe,'from 3.32' to'S.77 pounds; of 'eggs, .from. 13.19 to 21.85; pounds j of potatoes, from 5.1.0 to. 12.85 pounds j of and of wheat and'nour, frbm140.24 to 216.92!p6unds 1 ' : : i Tlmsmair increase of only about. 50 per cent per. head. in ; the use of] imported, butter is due to! the j fact that it "a aperish'able'article, and the home productjon;h'as increased owing to {lie substitution of dairy, farming for grain growingi in raatrjr casss under stress of -foreign competition. litripbrts -of potatoes,- it will be seen, (had ; increased tenfold per: ; head in fifteen ll : years.- : Much^-of : this great interest is imported food products is, no a v m^ among; '^an ; to!a--sersbuß diminution inhome production,

It 1b whispered about that the Duke of Edinburgh is anxious to go to sea, and would prefer a command in the Mediterranean or .some distant station. Should this ba the case, it is probable that East 'well will be shut up; and the Duchess and her obiUren will reside abroad .during hii absence, either at;St, Petersburg or Coburg.

KNEW, BOOKS. J i —^^Tt'\ < The polishers' t Oirciila'r gives the follo|ing'pai|icultu|4ith,vreference te ' the? number 'of nWv,books and new ec(ii|ioiiS...^published r during-'the past year:—Theology ,'sermons," biblical, <k, 596 new books, 193 new editions; I educational, classical, and philological,' 435 new" Books,~-90~'newi editions;, juvenile works and tales, 727 new, books, 260 new editiqns; novels, tales, and other fiction, 306 new books, 1241 eew editions; law jurisprudence, 4c, 52 new books, 23 new editions; political and social economy, trade and commerce,'/ 145 new books, 44 new editions; avts, sciences, and illustrated woiks, 264 new books, 80 new editions j voyages,M;rayels, geographical research, 204 new' books', 40 new ''editions; history, biography, <k, 361 new books, 91 new editions; poetry' and the drama, 258 new books, 23 new editions ; year books and serials in! volumes, 255 new books,'l4 new editions; medicine, surgery, <kc, 119 new books, 58 new editions; belles lettres, essays, monographs, &c,, 92 new books, 14 new editions; miscellaneous, including pamphlets, not sermons, 264 new books, 92 new editions—total number of new works, 3978; of new editions, 1146. Taken together the number of publications issued is 5124. This shows a slight falling off in the production of books, as last year the figures were—4llo now nooks; 1296 new editions: total, 5406.- The Circular, however, remarks;—" It is not improbable that the real value- of the literary works of 1883, whether viewed from an intellectual or from a material standpoint, is superior to that of its forerunners." •, ,•' ...-•',- : • : ;<; ; ■....