Already in March, 1915, British Trade Reports showed that the meat trade in Great Britain was particularly dull on account of the extremely high prices ruling and the impossibility of retailers being able to get an equivalent in their shops. Since then, through the fact of the Governments of the belligerent powers being, as they are and are expected to be, large buyers, the conditions of the British Trade have been completely, if temporarily, changed by the War.[44] MEAT TRADE EXPORTS FROM 1885 TO 1913 ------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+---------- | Frozen | | Sundry | | | | & chilled | Frozen | frozen |Preserved |Extract of| Powder of | beef | mutton | meats | meats | beef | meat YEARS | | | | | | | $ gold | $ gold | $ gold | $ gold | $ gold | $ gold ------+-----------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+---------- 1885 | 1,680| 75,323| — | — | — | — 1886 | 12,800| 360,508| 1,876| — | 169,991| — 1887 | — | 963,112| 8,837| — | 75,888| 15,250 1888 | 3,326| 1,459,839| 38,343| 13,809| 128,080| 117,457 1889 | 58,742| 1,322,604| 17,930| 101,714| 105,668| 19,830 1890 | 53,029| 1,633,105| — | 42,661| 375,132| 19,175 1891 | 5,902| 1,862,247| 31,211| 258,926| 389,454| 62,116 1892 | 22,695| 2,034,898| 49,217| 633,601| 520,892| 226,288 1893 | 222,279| 2,003,254| 34,324| 196,080| 198,070| 75,497 1894 | 12,400| 1,864,110| 59,645| 65,250| 134,393| 21,562 1895 | 63,482| 1,675,273| 16,120| 92,325| 208,399| 21,217 1896 | 119,863| 1,804,205| 24,204| 204,315| 683,487| 13,551 1897 | 169,644| 2,035,778| 27,903| 115,127| 257,772| 5,582 1898 | 234,681| 2,393,358| 38,839| 162,294| 605,522| 58,034 1899 | 363,141| 2,265,069| 36,863| 181,600| 765,504| — 1900 | 2,458,957| 4,512,973| 70,797| 140,480| 230,416| — 1901 | 4,490,447| 5,041,023| 91,648| 94,717| 433,590| — 1902 | 7,001,833| 6,405,804| 163,820| 164,404| 592,696| — 1903 | 8,151,956| 6,251,959| 203,973| 374,154| 693,174| — 1904 | 9,774,354| 7,089,287| 272,308| 242,861| 414,188| 4,885 1905 | 15,285,693| 6,268,059| 356,299| 248,826| 870,950| 599,460 1906 | 15,380,897| 5,391,055| 400,275| 125,908| 842,142| 959,203 1907 | 13,822,162| 5,582,781| 450,198| 159,477| 1,791,574| 1,536,828 1908 | 18,081,443| 6,307,688| 740,421| 178,057| 1,379,952| 1,239,918 1909 | 21,065,747| 5,319,612| 649,206| 639,013| 2,702,988| 1,057,675 1910 | 25,370,815| 6,008,133| 721,618| 1,215,370| 3,046,680| 1,267,964