Sates BOB 
This makes a total of 528,141,861 cwt. of wheat, (or its equivalent im 
flour,) imported into Great Britain in the past fifteen years. This is a 
yearly average of 35,209,487 cwt., or 65,724,319 bushels of sixty pounds. 
each. The requirements of the past five years have exceeded this aver- 
age, though in 1870 by a small excess. The amount for 1872 is about 
eighty-eight million bushels. Many have supposed that Russia is the 
heaviest contributor to these supplies, but these official figures show,,. 
when subjected to analysis, that the United States furnishes the largest 
proportion, the total for fifteen years being 143,817,686 cwt., or 27 per 
cent. of all, while the proportion for Russia is 24 per cent., or 126,756,477 
ewt. Germany (exclusive of the duchies up to 1860) contributes 17 
per cent., (93,437,841 cwt.,) and France 9 per cent., (51,342,638 cwt.) 
British America has sent 5 per cent. These prominent contributions 
(with fractions of percentage omitted) make 84 per cent., leaving but 16 
to ail other sources of supply. 
The absurdity of the theory that there is a surplus of wheat produced 
is strongly shown in the fact that only the United States and Russia are 
reliable in a series of years for any surplus whatever, that their excess. 
is nearly all required to make up the deficiency of a single country, and. 
that there never is any other outlet for such excess. Estimates have 
been rife, in commercial quarters, of a requirement of two hundred mil- 
lions of bushels by nations having deficient wheat-crops. It is utterly 
impossible to find such a surplus, if necessary, or indeed much more 
than half of it. If official and other accounts are true the aggregate 
wheat exports of each nation of the continent of Europe, minus its im- 
ports, will scarcely exceed the exports of this country, though there 
will be exports from Russia, although her accustomed home supply may 
be short, and replaced in part by coarser grains. 
The following table gives the official figures for nine months of 1875, 
with the cost in dollars, and the cost per bushel: 
Quantities and declared value of British imports of wheat and wheat-flour for the nine months. 
ending September 30, 1873. 
eves United States gold | Value per 
Importations. Declared value. Sat oats 
| 
1872 | 1873. 1872 | 1873. 1872. 1873. 1872..| 1873. 
| 
| 
Wheat from— | Cwt | - Cwt. | 
Tlic ee 12, 983, 710) 7, 319, 200] £7, 583, 886) £4, 577, 332 $37, 919, 430 $22, 886, 660/32 9293 13 
Denmark to: 226/32. : 153, 196) 257, 184] 100, 919) 173, 478 504, 595) 867, 390] 3 29) 3 33 
Germany, : é.0-/2.2-2s- 2,740,997) 1, 412,575) 1,840,650) 1,002,320 9,203,250) 5, 011, 600] 3 36) 3 53 
EAMIC ia et ee eis 743, 560) 1, 169, 193 480, 377) 746, 892) 2,401,885} 3, 734, 460) 3 23/ 3 18 
Austrian territories. ... 42, 232) 15, 009 25, 229 10, 239 126, 145 51,195] 2 99) 3 42 
Turkey, Wallachia, and } 
tue Ee ee Ts 727, 543 279, 974 387, 914) 162,310) 1, 939, 570. 831, 550} 2 66, 2 97 
MSR EIS SS aR 1, 777, 045) 1, 136, 748 881, 505 624, 436} 4, 407, 525) 3, 122,180) 2 48) 2 74 
Taited SRE ey eae le iy 5, 344, 619) 13, 065, 441) 3, 437,847) 8, 479, 601) 16, 189, 235) 42, 398, 005) 3 14) 3 24 
GHalites os eee acess 1, 170, 359| ie 317, 840 767, 768 824, 258] 3, 838, 840|- 4, 121, 290} 3 28] 3 12 
British North America. 637, 662) Q) 013, 042 415, 093) 1,321,974) 2,075,465) 6, 609, 870) 3 20) 3 28 
Other countries ........ 1, 076,982} 2,772,199] 717, 628) 1,875,000) 3,588,140} 9,375,000) 3 33) 3 38 
Wheat-meal and flour 
from— et | 
PERU oo = Sanne hoo efi 700, 581 463, 707 644, 283 455, 7414 3, 221,415) 2,278,705) 4 60) 4 89. 
PBMC Cn Sages nen oe 508, 668) 1,577, 774 455, 029) 1,504, 746) 2,275,145) 7,523, 730) 4 47) 4 77 
United States ....-..-.. 345, 192 936, 392 277, 524 223, 143} 1, 387,620; 4,115, 715) 4 02) 4 39 
British North America. 199; 238) 318, 995 173, 918 282, 434 869,590) 1, 412,170) 4 36) 4 42 
Other countries ...-...-.- 664, 447) 1, 352, 216 679, any 1, 304, 046} 3, 399, 835) 6, 520, 230) 5 32) 4 8 
