BRITISH TRADE 



The appointment was announced in April 1912, of a royal commission to inquire 

 into the natural resources and improvement of the trade of the Empire, following 

 upon a resolution passed at the Imperial Conference in May 1911. The following 

 were appointed: for the United Kingdom, Lord Inchcape (Chairman), Sir Edgar Vincent, 

 Sir Charles John Owens, Sir H. Rider Haggard, Mr. Tom Garnett (of Manchester), and 

 Mr. William Lorimer (of Glasgow); for Canada, Mr. George Eulas Foster, minister of 

 trade and customs; for Australia, Mr. Donald Campbell, formerly a member of the 

 legislature of South Australia; for New Zealand, Sir Joseph George Ward, recently 

 prime minister of the Dominion; for South Africa, Sir David de Villiers Graaf, minister 

 of posts and telegraphs; for Newfoundland, Mr. Edgar Bowring, M.L.C. 



Import and Export Trade (United Kingdom, 1911). The total imports into the United 

 Kingdom in 1911 were valued at 680,157,527, an increase of 1,900,503 (+0.27 per cent^ 

 on 1910. Of this total, British possessions contributed 171,453,587 (an increase of 815,971 

 or +0.47 per cent), and foreign countries 508,703,940 (an increase of 1,084,532, or +0.2 

 per cent). The total exports in 1911 were valued at 556,878,432, an increase of 22,732,61 = 

 (+4.082 percent) on 1910. Of this total, British possessions took 169,745,187 (an increase 

 of 12,289,933, or +7.2 per cent), and foreign countries 387,133,245 (an increase of 10,- 

 442,682, or +2.69 per cent). The proportion per head of population of the value of imports 

 into the United Kingdom in 1910 was 15:2:1, and in 1911, 15:0:4; that of exports of 

 native produce only (430,384,772 in 1910, and 454,119,298 in 1911) was 9:11:8 in 1910 

 and 10:0:7 in 1911, and that of net imports (i. e. less re-exports) was 12:15:10 in 1910 and 

 12:15:0 in 1911. Bullion and specie are excluded. Table XXIII shows the trade with 

 British possessions, and Table XXIV with foreign countries. 



Table XX I II. Imports from and Exports to British Possessions, 



Table XXI V. Imports from and Exports to Foreign Countries, 1911. 



