(iUKAT BRITAIN AND IKKLAXI). 



331 





1.655.362: lead. 1.654.063 : /inc. raw and manu- 



ired, l,:;o<i.0l>2 : iron bars. 549.522. For 



. man. woman, ami child England imports an 



average iiuanlity annually "!' 256 pounds of Hour or 



wheat, ?{ pnun . 13} pounds of bacon and 



hams, 3 do/en e:n:-. *0 pouml< uf -uirar. 7^ jioiinds 



of butter, ti; pounds of chi uidsul' tea, and 



.ml ol' tota 



Tlie imports of gold in 1895 amounted 

 006.03s and the exports to 21.269.323 ; the imports 

 of silver were 10,669.082 and exports 10,367.436 

 in value. 



The values of the imports from and the exports 

 of British produce to the colonies and dependencies 

 of Great Britain in 1894 were as follow : 



Total 93.912,106 



The imports from foreign countries in 1894 and 

 the trade with them in British produce and manu- 

 factures are shown in the follow table : 



FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Imports. ' Domestic exports. 



Total 314.432.044 



The domestic exports of live animals for food 

 during the year ending Dec. 31. lS!t."i. were valued 

 at 790.812"; of articles of food and drink. 11.051.- 

 200; of raw materials. 18.334.292: of textile 

 fabrics and yarns, 101,423,997; of metals and 



metal goods. 2*.907.347: of machinery, 15.215.- 

 1 Hi : (if apparel and articles of personal u>c. 9,319,- 

 93!) : of chemicals and medicinal preparation?-. 

 !>.295.4oO ; of all other manufactured or partlv 

 manufactured articles. 31.493.137 : exported by 

 jiarcel post, f l,:]:7.!)ol : total exports uf British 

 produce. 22(1. KJ9.174 ; exports of foreign and 

 colonial produce. L < 5n.!i7<i.7(i:j : total exp> 

 i:!!i.!:jr. The exports of cuiton manufactures wen- 

 valued at (;:). 772.054 in 1MI5, including yarn of 

 the value of i''J.292.5!4. The exports of woolen 

 manufactures were 25.1 24.920 in value, of which 

 sum 5.:574.> ;s o repre.-ents woolen and worsted 

 yarn. The exports of manufactured linen were 

 5.:!57.140 in value, and of linen yarn !)(i5.4f'.7. 

 Those of jute manufactures were 3,383,427, and 

 of jute yarn 356,118. The exports of apparel and 

 haberdashery were 5.886.490. The total value of 

 the exports of iron and steel were 19.ii!'5.:> 

 which 4.244.795 represents tin plato. 3.740,887 

 cast and wrought iron. 3,352,874 hoop, sheet, 

 and plate iron. 2.570.6*2 wrought and nn wrought 

 steel, 2.075.549 pig iron. 1.901.802 railroad 

 iron of all sorts. 849.050 bar. angle, bolt, and 

 rod iron. 711.070 wire, and 248.673 scrap iron. 

 The exports of hardware and cutlery amounted to 

 1 >62.!)58. Copper exports were 2,825,486 in value. 

 The value of the coal exported was 15.442.702. 



In 1894 a royal commission was appointed to in- 

 vestigate the agricultural and industrial capabilities 

 of Ireland. The commission reported that Irish 

 crops and live stock, the product of which was 

 115,000,000 in 1894. might be doubled by means 

 of improved methods : that the yield of potatoes, 

 for instance, which averages 2'6 tons per acre, could 

 be made to approach the 15 or 20 tons that are 

 raised on the Continent, and that Ireland could 

 supply a large part of England's demand for butter, 

 bacon, and eggs by the use of better dairy machinery, 

 a rational method of feeding hogs, and the breeding 

 of improved races of poultry. These and the flax 

 industries have declined, owing to Continental com- 

 petition. To restore flax-growing the Irish fanners 

 should have technical instruction, such as has been 

 imparted by trained instructors to the farmers of 

 Holland and Belgium. Instead of shipping live 

 cattle to England, they should be slaughtered in 

 Ireland, by which course employment would be 

 found for much Irish labor and the Irish leather 

 industry would be restored. 



Navigation. The number of vessels engaged in 

 foreign commerce that were entered at the ports of 

 the United Kingdom during 1S94 was 61.931. of 

 39.818.000 tons, of which 37.970. of 29.033.000 tons, 

 were British and 23.961. of 10.785.000 tons, were 

 foreign; the number cleared was 62. 237. of 40.71*.- 

 000 tons, of which 37.874. of 29.649.000 tons, were 

 British and 24.363. of 11,070.000 tons, were foreign. 

 The tonnaire of vessels entered with cargoes was 

 31.141.000. of which 22.727.000 tons were British 

 and 8.414.000 tons were foreign: the tonnage of 

 ired with cargoes wa<35.7r*.ooO. of which 

 2H.'i*3.000 tons were British and 9.095.000 tons 

 foreign. Of a total foreign tonnage of 21.s54.712 

 tons entered and cleared. Norway had 5.418.954; 

 Germany. 8,828,128; Holland. 2,278,387; Sweden, 

 2.'is'.U30: Denmark. 2.000.127: France, 1.766.021! ; 

 Spain. 1.253.133: Belgium, 1,023,812 ; Ku.->:a. 648,- 

 868; the United States. 53('i.44(i: Italy. 452,516; 

 and Austria. 201.2*1 tons. The tonnage entered 

 and cleared at the port of London was 14,433,580; 

 at Liverpool. 10.4*9.57*: at Cardiff. 10.478.391; at 

 Newcastle, 4.848.113; at Hull. 3.933.123: at North 

 and South Shields. 3.707.oo2 : at Glasgow, 2,760,274 : 

 at Newport. 2.3*3.(!51 ; at Southampton. 2.323.5K1: 

 at Sunderland. 2.0*4.519. 



The number of British vessels engaged in the 



