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the pre-war imported figure for foundry purposes alone, and a 

 very much larger quantity is required after conversion to steel. 



Turning' again to figures: the importations in 1913, of which 

 some part could be produced here, are as follows : 



i 



Machinery, agricultural • 209,212 



mining 829,615 



water-boring 37n3S3 



N.O.D. and parts 937-599 



Fencing material 593,542 



Hardware and cutlery and N.O.D. (pipes, 



plate, sheet) 1.704,241 



Railway and tramway material, including 



locomotives 308,1 10 



Raw or partly manufactured iron and steel 



(sections) 946,275 



^5-565.947 



The totals are obviously made up in very large part of 1 

 great variety of manufactured articles, which are the products 

 of specialized industries, which it would be impracticable for 

 various reasons to establish here, but to a varying extent in each 

 category we are either already manufacturing, or could manu- 

 facture in the country, and in the author's opinion it would not 

 be an unfair estimate of the possibilities if it were assumed that 

 goods to at least the following values could be locally ])roduced: 



£ 



Machinery, agricultural 50.000 



mining and water-boring 200.000 



N.O.D. and spare parts 100,000 



Fencing material, standards 60,000 



Hardware — axles, springs, bolts, nuts and 



rivets, stoves, etc 120,000 



Rails, sleepers, etc 100.000 



Raw and partly manufactured iron and steel 400.000 



£1,030,000 



Of the above total the major portion would be the product 

 of one or more iron and steel works, which would furnish raw 

 material for the remainder ; the annual production of such works 

 might be estimated to be as follows : 



£ 

 Raw and partly manufactured iron and steel 400,000 



Fencing standards 60,000 



Rails, sleepers, etc 100,000 



Raw material for remaining industries ... 150,000 



Say . . £700,000 



