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BRITISH GRAIN IMPORTS.—From late official returns of the British 
Board of Trade, it appears that the total import of wheat into the 
United Kingdom during the first six months of 1876 amounted to 
21,702,299 cwt. against 18,986,424 cwt. during the corresponding 
period of 1875, an increase of 2,715,875 ewt., or 14.3 per cent. All the 
great wheat-raising countries from which supplies have hitherto been 
drawn have decreased their quota, while all the smaller grain countries 
have increased their supplies. The United States, contributing the 
largest share of the foreign import, decreased her contribution from 
11,099,066 cwt. to 10,748,803 cwt., and from over 58 per cent. of the 
total wheat import to less than 50 per cent. Russia fell off from 
3,804,880 ewt. to 3,410,241 cwt., and from 20 per cent. of the total 
import to 16 per cent. Germany declined from 2,029,830 ewt. to 
1,659,830 cwt., and from nearly 11 per cent. to less than 8 per cent. 
France decreased her import from 258,771 ewt. to 203,505 ewt.; British 
North America from 582,008 cwt. to 560,989 cwt. On the other hand, 
the Ottoman Empire, including Roumania, increased from 348,514 to 
824,472, and from less than 2 per cent. to nearly 4 per cent. of the total 
import; Egypt rose from 183,616 cwt. to 898,288 cwt., and from 1 per 
cent. to nearly 5 per cent. of the total import; British India, from 
118,746 cwt. to 1,166,358 cwt., and from 0.6 per cent. to over 5 per cent. 
of the total import; Denmark from 71,235 cwt. to 248,975 ewt.; Chili 
from 311,047 to 442,774 cwt.; other countries from 178,711 cwt. to 
1,538,720 cwt., and from less than 1 per cent. to over 7 per cent. of the 
entire import. The increase from Oriental countries is especially re- 
markable, and is due, at least in part, to increased facilities in trans- 
portation. 
The aggregate value of the wheat import rose from £9,629,968 to 
£11,529,304, or nearly 20 per cent. The rate of increase in the value 
being nearly 50 per cent. greater than that of quantity shows that 
prices ruled considerably higher in 1876 than in 1875. It is remarkable 
that the total value of American wheat rose from £5,680,608 to 
£5,826,036, an increase of 2 per cent., in spite of the decrease in quan- 
tity; in 1875 the value of the American import was nearly 60 per cent. 
of the whole; in 1876 it was a little over 50 per cent. Russia received 
in 1876 £1,725,002 for her wheat against £1,850,253 ; Germany fell from 
£1,084,245 to £945,337; France from £129,735 to £110,110. On the 
other hand, Denmark rose from £35,893 to £139,200; Turkey from 
£160,709 to £378,579; Egypt from £87,619 to £400,842; Chili from 
£160,254 to £231,401; British India from £56,015 to £584,177, or more 
than tenfold; British North America from £292,916 to £301,328; other 
countries from £91,741 to £887,292. 
In 1875 the average price of the whole import was 10s. 114d. per ewt. 
In 1875, American wheat was valued for import at 10s. 7id. per ewt.; 
in 1876 at 10s. 10d. per cwt.; Russian wheat rose from 9s. 82d. per cwt. 
in 1875 to 10s. 13d. in 1876; Danish wheat from 10s. 1d. per ewt. to 11s. 
?d.; German, from 10s. 8d. per cwt. to 11s. 44d.; French, from 10s. to 
10s. 10d. ; Chili, from 10s. 33d. to 10s. 53d.; British India, from 9s. 51d. 
to 10s. 2d.; miscellaneous countries from 10s. 44d. to 1ls. 54d. On the 
other hand, Turkish wheat fell from 9s. 22d. to 9s. 94d.; Egyptian, from 
9s. 63d. to 8s. 11ld.; British North America, from 10s. 91d. to 10s. 94d. 
Barley imports, in quantity, fell from 5,660,925 ewt. to 3,551,043 cwt., 
and in value, from £2,402,220 to £1,440,960, or from 8s. 53d. per cwt. 
to 8s. 13d. per ewt. Oats declined in quantity from 5,540,930 ewt. to 
5,012,236 cwt., and in value from £2,501,536 to £2,106,321, or from 9s. 
to 8s. 5d. per cwt. Pease declined from 890,546 ewt. to 779,394 cwt., 
