EGGS-- 1914. 1916. To Germany 3,101 11,825 To Britain 2,733 557 FISH-- To Germany 21,337 29,378 To Belgium -- -- MEAT-- To Germany 4,156 30,621 To Britain 25,460 555 POTATO FLOUR and its products-- To Germany 13,991 43,861 To Britain 8,831 5,520 COFFEE-- To Germany 17,429 39,684 COCOA POWDER-- To Germany 598 3,302 To Britain 2,155 1,437 BUTTER-- To Germany 4,010 10,237 To Britain 1,387 33 CHEESE-- To Germany 4,120 25,437 To Britain 5,624 407 One has only to cast the eye down these figures to see what Holland means as a depôt for Germany's food. During the first four months of 1916 Holland had imported by consent of Great Britain 432,702 tons of cereals. No less than 283,792 tons were re-exported from Holland and consequently did not go into home consumption there; 272,630 tons of this went over into Belgium. It is important, also, to note that of the cereals imported 102,722 tons of maize were included in the total. Most of this maize was used for fattening pigs, which were eventually slaughtered and sent to Germany. This abundance of pig food allowed by us to be consumed by the Dutch pigs in fact enabled the Dutch to fatten the immense supply which they sent over to Germany. The meat figures given above must be read in the light of this fact. The more we sent into Holland for her home supply, the more she could release of her home-grown products to the enemy. As between Holland, Germany and ourselves, we lost tremendously. Germany and Holland were of immense assistance to each other, at our expense. A weekly circular of the London Rice Brokers' Association shows the following striking contrasts in exports from London: EXPORTS OF RICE FROM LONDON. January 1st to May 27th, 1915. Same period, 1916. Cwt. Cwt. To Holland 247,869 905,078 (say 45,000 tons) To France 22,607 430 Thus the export to Holland had greatly increased and the supply to France had dwindled almost out of existence. During the single week ended May 27th, 1916, 224,252 cwt. (say 11,212 tons) were shipped to Holland from London.