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BRITISH FLOUR AND GRAIN IMPORTS.—The returns of the board of 
trade show the following imports of flour, meal, and grain for the first 
ten months, respectively, of 1875 and 1876: 
Quantity. Value. 
1875. 1876. 1875. 1876. 
Wheat from Russia....-.-.--.----.------------ ----| 8,143,034 | 6,611,977 |£4, 174, 025 | £3, 261, 708 
Denmark 339, 150 260, 260 184, 020 145, 343 
Germany s+---| 4,602,944 | 2,037,874 | 2,563,564 | 1, 163, 902 
HMTANCO oa. oman e nema Sac eeeee een 944, 060 236, 200 506, 152 128, 217 
ey including Roumania ewes 703,446 | 1,177, 555 336, 069 538, 434 
Ye Sera sah abate cee at crave 1, 357, 061 | 1, 932, 683 681, 745 818, 461 
Tokea Riateei ce see Ne REPRE E A do.....] 20, 462, 736 | 17, 033,575 | 10,774,772 | 9, 044, 677 
OU F. sobs s. FEA ee dos si: 630, 376 939, 364 348, 103 488, 060 
125i hE] 1 3 005 | OR lie eee ee ee meee MOe 720, 040 2, 387, 551 363, 018 1, 184, 194 
British North America...........--. dors: 2, 870, 458 | 2,029,586 | 1, 554, 609 1, 081, 961 
Othenconntries) so. 02 == =24- 65 se does 2: 1,111,631 | 3, 150, 717 637, 360 1, 762, 961 
Total wheat.....-. 022. s00002 do... 41, 884, 936 | 37, 797, 342 | 22, 193, 437 | 19, 617, 918 
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SHUG areata setae ania clcimainiel aw ae lel a ste acer erate dae". 8, 675, 124 6, 755, 628 3, 640, 361 2, 633, 233 
Qa cristae SESS 50) Or SO eer cee Stee Ser oes ey: dozsess 10, 646, 459 9, 359, 957 | 4, 649, 052 _ 3, 861, 944 
TES TCs et aR VT ae RDG Sree Re aN doz! 1,210,048 | 1, 202, 471 558, 653 530, 193 
PFC is eee a ee Ci eT AE SEE SYN dose eet 2, 760, 341 | 3,886,227 | 1,249,176) 1,558, 824 
MAIO Peet nts saeecebd tdadatien gestae cesaceseted. dotss 35 17, 658, 700 | 35, 343,867 | 7,075,266 | 11, 322, 369 
POHL PTA cocks fads se dees eatesccdoeces dons23. 82, 835, 608 | 94, 345, 492 | 39, 295,945 | 39, 524, 481 
Wheat meal and flour from Germany.......--. dos.2-. Tenge 820 736, 703 486, 875 603, 565 
Wrancevas-ssseoeae dosJsi. 1, 457, 659 870,719 | 1, 136, 904 705, 275 
United States...... ogee 1, 885, 228 | 2,010,156 | 1, 429, 462 1, 462, 687 
British N. America, do..-.. 244, 480 712, 999 178, 906 153, 064 
Other countries ...do. ...-. 644,391 | 1, 083, 010 607, 689 942, 298 
Total flour and meal.| 4,836,578 | 4,918,587 | 3, 839,836 3, 866, 889 
Indian meal, including maizena..-..-.--.---..--. do-s.4- 6, 252 6, 361 9, 470 13, 324 
Total grain, flour and meal......---..--. do.....| 87, 678, 438 “99, 270, 440 | 43, 145,251 | 43, 404, 694 
The above table shows that the total import, including grain, flour 
and meal, increased 13.2 per cent. in quantity, and 0.6 per cent. in value. 
Unmanufactured grain increased 14 per cent. in quantity, and 0.5 per 
cent. in value. The wheat import fell off 92 per cent. in quantity and 
114 per. cent. in value. The wheat import trom the United States de- 
clined 162 per cent. in quantity and 16 per cent. in value; that of 
Russia, 19 per cent. in quantity and 22 per cent. in value; that of Ger- 
many, 56 per cent. in quantity and 55 per cent. in value ; that of British 
North America, 29 per cent. in quantity and 30 per "cent. in value ; 
France, about 75 per cent. in quantity and value; Denmark, 23 per cent. 
in quantity and 21 per cent. in value. The other countries increased 
their import, viz: Turkey, 67 per cent. in quantity and 60 per cent. in 
value; Egypt, 42 per cent. in quantity and 20 per cent. in value ; Chili, 
49 per cent. in quantity and 40 per cent. in value; British India, 231 
per cent. in quantity and 226 per cent. in value; countries unenumerated, 
183 per cent. in quantity and 177 per cent. in value. These facts show 
a tendency to purchase cheaper wheats and to enlarge trade with coun- 
tries with which the United Kingdom has had but medium relations 
hitherto. All the great wheat countries supplying the British market 
have curtailed their contributions. The United States, the largest con- 
tributor, furnished 45 per cent. in quantity and 46 per cent. in value in 
1876, against 50 and 49 per cent. in 1875; Russia fell from 194 to 174 
per cent. in quantity and from 19 to 16 per cert. in value: Germany 
fell from 11 per cent. in quantity and 114 per cent. in value to 54 per 
cent. and 6 per cent.; France declined from about 24 per cent. of the 
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