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9,210,297. Including shell-fish, the value was 

 9,073,274. The number of men employed in the 

 fisheries in 1899 was 108,513; the number of boats, 

 20,573. The quantity of fish conveyed inland was 

 488,181 tons in 1899, and the net imports were 

 104,779 tons, valued at 2,693,940; exports of her- 

 rings, 2,205,217; total fish exports, 2,931,262. 



The production of iron ore in the United King- 

 dom in 1899 was 14,4(51,330 tons, valued at 3,- 

 895,485, containing 4,5)13,840 tons of iron, value 

 17,034,874. The production of iron pyrites was 

 12,230 tons, value 4,071; production of lead ore 

 30,999 tons, valued at 290,784, containing 23,552 

 tons of metal, worth 355,379; production of tin 

 ore, 0.392 tons, valued at 440,509, containing 

 4,013 tons of metal, value 508,094; production 

 of copper ore, 8,144 tons, valued at 33,798, con- 

 taining 037 tons of metal, worth 49,708; pro- 

 duction of copper precipitate, 175 tons, value 

 1.550: production of zinc ore, 23,135 tons, valued 

 at 139.482, containing 8,098 tons of metal, worth 

 220,132: production of bog iron ore, 4,321 tons, 

 value 1,080; production of alum clay and shale, 

 13,829 tons, valued at 2,599, containing 550 tons 

 of metal, worth 71,125; production of sodium, 

 380 tons, value 41,350; production of silver, 191,- 

 127 ounces, value 21,942; production of gold 

 ore, 3,047 tons, valued at 10,170, containing 3,327 

 ounces of metal, value 12,080. 



The total value of metallic ores was 4,826,178, 

 and of their metallic contents when extracted 

 18,314,750. The quantity of clay of all kinds 

 quarried in 1899 was 15,004,857 tons, value 1,- 

 542,057; of sandstone, 5,212,024 tons, value 1,- 

 053,704; of slate, 039,840 tons, value 1,787,071; 

 of limestone, 12,302,890 tons, value 1,335,007; 

 of salt, 1,914,893 tons, value 044,174; of oil 

 shale. 2,210,824 tons, value 553,003; of granite, 

 4,709,925 tons, value 1,095,703; of chalk, 4,678,- 

 132 tons, value 209,029; of gravel and sand, 

 1,771,270 tons, value 132,399; of gypsum, 212,- 

 503 tons, value 70,450; of arsenic and arsenic 

 pyrites, 17,348 tons, value 66,374; of barytes, 

 24,664 tons, value 25,644; of ochre, 16,314 tons, 

 value 13,579; value of other minerals, excluding 

 coal, 27,511; production of coal, 220,094,781 

 tons, value 83,481,137; value of all non-metallic 

 minerals, 92,644,168; value of total mineral 

 production in 1899, 97,470,296, of which 68,- 

 240,751 represent English, 15,102,883 Welsh, 

 13,843,230 Scotch, 220,130 Irish, and 63,302 

 Manx products. The number of persons employed 

 in mines was 764,166, of whom 729,009 worked in 

 3,216 coal-mines and 35,157 in 794 metalliferous 

 mines. The value of the mineral products of the 

 United Kingdom in 1898 was 77,415,063, the in- 

 crease of 20,000,000 in 1899 being due to in- 

 creased production and enhanced price of coal. 

 The exports of coal in 1899 were 43,111,404 tons, 

 valued at 23,093,250, compared with 36,562,796 

 tons, valued at 18,135,502 in 1898. Of the total 

 exports in 1899 France took 0,870,305 tons, Italy 

 5,520,995 tons, Germany 5,058,573 tons, Sweden 

 3,049,121 tons, Russia 3,397,692 tons, Egypt, 2,125,- 

 924 tons, Spain 2,291,439 tons, Denmark 2,052,807 

 tons, Norway 1,445,008 tons, the Argentine Re- 

 public 1,001,251 tons, Holland 1,288,829 tons, and 

 the rest went principally to Brazil, Belgium, Por- 

 tugal, and Algeria. The exports of coal in 1900 

 were 44,089,197 tons, of which 18,459,207 tons were 

 shipped from Welsh ports, Gloucester, and Bristol, 

 13,135,435 tons from Northumberland, Durham, 

 and other northeastern English ports, 5,779,153 

 tons from ports on the east coast of Scotland, and 

 1,597,941 tons from western Scottish ports. To 

 northern Russia, Denmark, Germany, Holland, 

 Belgium, Iceland, and the whale fisheries the 



quantity supplied was 18,108,371 tons; to France, 

 central Europe, the Balkan countries, southern 

 Russia, Egypt and other Mediterranean countries, 

 the Azores, and Madeira, 21,007,742 tons. From 

 Cardiff alone 13,383,319 tons were shipped. The 

 coal shipped for the use of steamers in 1900 was 

 11,752,310 tons, against 12,220,801 tons in 1899. 



The imports of iron ore in 1899 were 7,054,578 

 tons, valued at 5,374,918, of which 0,180,022 

 tons, valued at 4,598,030, came from Spain. The 

 total quantity of iron ore produced and imported 

 in 1899 was 22,041,788 tons. There were 411 fur- 

 naces in blast which smelted 22,820,302 tons of 

 ore, producing 9,421,435 tons of pig iron. The 

 imports of pig and puddled iron were 171,373 tons 

 and the exports 1,380,342 tons. The exports of 

 bar and 'angle iron were 159,059 tons; of rails, 

 590,667 tons; of wire, 48,498 tons; of plates for 

 tinning, 85,729 tons; of tin plates, 250,373 tons; 

 of cast and wrought iron, 358,773 tons; of hoops 

 and plates, 347,937 tons; of old iron, 115,726 tons; 

 of steel, 329.309 tons; of steel and iron, 44,167 

 tons; total 'iron and steel, 3,717,180 tons. The 

 importation of copper ore and regulus was 207,- 

 381 tons; of copper, 65,784 tons; of lead, 198,377 

 tons; of tin, 27,173 tons; of zinc, 69,949 tons. 



The quantity of raw cotton imported in 1899 

 was 1,626,246,944 pounds; retained for home con- 

 sumption, 1,342,314,176 pounds; exported, 283,- 

 932,768 pounds. The importation of raw wool 

 was 668,817,315 pounds, of which 292,937,192 were 

 exported and 375,880,123 pounds retained for con- 

 sumption. The consumption of cotton in 1900 

 was 1,690,500,000 pounds; of wool, 616,000,000 

 pounds; of flax, 197,000,000 pounds. The value 

 of cotton manufactures was 68,665,000; of 

 woolens, 21,601,000; of linen, 5,867,000; total 

 textile manufactures, 96,133,000. The imports 

 of raw cotton in 1900 were 1,762,000,000 pounds, 

 of which 216,000,000 pounds were exported. The 

 supply of wool, hair, etc., was 821,000,000 pounds, 

 of which 559,000,000 pounds were sheep and lamb 

 wool, 30,000,000 pounds obtained from imported 

 sheepskins, 141,000,000 pounds produced in the 

 United Kingdom, 22,000,000 pounds imported 

 goats' hair, and 69,000,000 pounds imported wool- 

 en rags; exports of foreign wool were 195,000,000 

 and of domestic wool 25,000,000 pounds, leaving 

 for home consumption 601,000,000 pounds. The 

 imports of flax and tow were 160,000,000 pounds, 

 the home production 16,000,000 pounds, the ex- 

 ports 9,000,000 pounds, leaving 167,000,000 pounds 

 for home consumption. The exports of cotton 

 piece goods were 5,034,000,000 yards; of woolens, 

 173,000,000 yards; of linen, 155,000,000 yards; of 

 cotton yarn, 158,000,000 pounds; of woolen yarn, 

 57,000,000 pounds; linen yarn, 16,000,000 pounds. 

 The total value of cotton manufactures exported 

 in 1900 was 69,700,000; of woolen manufactures, 

 21,700,000; of linen manufactures, 6,100,000; 

 total textile manufactures, 97,500,000. 



The total value of imports into the United 

 Kingdom in 1900 was 523,633,486; -exports of 

 British and Irish produce and manufactures, 

 291,451,306; exports of foreign and colonial 

 produce and manufactures, 63,099,288. The 

 total value of the foreign commerce was 878,- 

 184,080, or 21 8s. 3d. per capita. The share of 

 England in the total commerce of 1899 was 90.6 

 per cent., that of Scotland 7.9 per cent., that of 

 Ireland 1.5 per cent. Of 485,035,583, the total 

 value of imports in 1899, British possessions sup- 

 plied 106,829,295, while 378,206,288 came from 

 foreign countries. Of 264,492,211, the value of 

 exports of British and Irish produce and manu- 

 factures, 87,597,468 went to British possessions 

 and 176,894,743 to foreign countries. The im- 



