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meal, &c., into the United Kingdom during tlie first eight months of 

 1874 and 1875, respectively, were as follows : 



Wheat from — 



Kussia 



Denmark 



Germany 



ITrance - 



Austrian territories 



Turkey, Moldavia, and Wallachia 



Egypt 



United States 



Chili 



British North America 



other countries 



Total of wheat. 



Barley 



Oats 



Peaso 



Beans 



Maize 



Total of grain . 



Flour and wheat-meal from- 



Germany 



France 



United States 



British North America . 

 Other countries 



Total of flour and wheat-meal. 

 Indian-corn meal >- 



Total value of imports . 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1874. 



Cwt. 

 984, 460 



94, 822 

 828, 651 



55, 475 

 1,047 

 449,118 

 267, 820 

 158, 390 

 3.^0, 730 

 437, 248 

 933, 572 



27, 591, 333 

 5, 472, 274 

 8, 026, 820 

 1, 129, 014 

 1, 507, 563 



13, 860, 699 



57, 587, 703 



508, 204 

 216, 983 

 2, 539, 942 

 293, 511 

 913, 953 



4, 472, 593 

 5,159 



Cwt. 

 5, 849, 644 



147,766 

 3, 303, 407 



492, 760 

 13, 286 



515, 436 



031, 699 

 16,217,734 



418, 736 

 1,530,642 



912, 312 



30, 093, 432 

 7, 189, .590 

 8, 863, 443 

 1, 101,658 

 2, 103, 878 



13, 3t<6, 164 



62, 978, 165 



475, 057 



1, 245, 916 



1,535,985 



171,117 



486, 656 



1873. 



£1,848,376 



04, 552 



1, 330, 616 



34, 593 



810 



2G9, 380 



1.57, 692 



10, 510, 285 



887, 984 



1, 504, 709 



1, 284, 905 



17, 893, 904 



2, 704, 677 



3,613,551 



515,109 



708, 540 



5,891,511 



31, 103, 723 



3, 915, 731 

 5, 691 



501, 043 

 234, 643 

 2, 321, 045 

 2.58, 965 

 932, 876 



4, 248, .572 

 8,998 



£2, 949, 519 



76.423 



1, 840, 436 



258, 836 



6,997 



243, 969 



312, 120 



8, 413, 585 



221, 983 



814,350 



491, 643 



15, 629, 861 



2, 975, 811 



3, 899, 701 

 508, 406 

 984, 791 



5, 502, 822 



29,501,592 



380, 166 

 962, 157 

 1, 150, 330 

 121, 008 

 465, 480 



3, 079, 141 

 8,065 



35,361,293 32,588,798 



From the foregoing it appears that the wheat supply from Russia 

 increased nearly 100 per cent, over the previous year iu quantity, and GO 

 per cent, in value. Denmark increased 50 per cent, iu quantity, and 

 nearly 20 per cent, in value. Germany increased 84 per cent, in quantity, 

 but Jess than 40 per cent, in value. France increased her small supply 

 to nearly ninefold in quantity, eight-fold in value. The Austrian terri- 

 tories inci-eased their still smaller supply to thirteen-fold in quantity, 

 and eight fold in value. The Turkish Empire added 15 per cent, in 

 quantity, but lost nearly 10 per cent, in aggregate value. Egypt more 

 than doubled her quantity, and nearly doubled her value. The United 

 States slightly exceeded her previous year's export, but lost 20 per cent, 

 in value. Chili fell off over 70 per cent, iu quantity, and 80 per cent, 

 in value. British America lost 50 per cent, in both. Other countries 

 lost nearly 60 per cent, in quantity, and over 70 per cent, in value. 

 The entire wheat import increased 9 per cent, in quantity, but declined 

 nearly 13 per cent, in value. 



Of the other grains, total barley import increased 30 per cent, in quan- 

 tity, and 10 per cent, in value ; oats, 10 per cent, in quantity, and 8 per 

 cent, in value ; beans, nearly 45 per cent, in quantity, and 40 per cent, 

 in value. The import of pease decreased 2 per cent, in quantity, and 1^ 

 per cent, in value. The entire raw grain import increased over 9 per cent, 

 .in quantity, but declined 5 per cent, in value. Flour and wheat-meal fell 

 off 12 per cent, in quantity, and nearly 25 per cent, in value. France 

 alnoe increased her quota, raising it to six-fold in quantity, and four-fold 

 iu valeu. The United States declined 40 per cent, in quantity, and 50 

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