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The principal articles exported are similarly treated in Table XXVI. 

 Table XXVI. Principal Articles Exported, 1911. 



The imports of gold and silver bullion and specie into the United Kingdom were as 

 follows in 1911, the increase or decrease per cent on 1910 being given in brackets. Cold 

 from British possessions 42,815,915 (+4-7), including Cape of Good Hope and Natal 

 37,218,665 (+9-.I); India 2,245,761 ( + 1.14); and Australia i,534-965 (~33-8): from 

 foreign countries 5,877,838 ( 64.3), making a total from foreign countries and British 

 possessions of 48,693,753 ( 15.1). Silver from British possessions 1,447,957 (~35-0; 

 from foreign countries 12,845,790 (+8.2), including United States of America 11,898,503 

 (+4.02); making a total of 14,293,747 ( + 1.37). 



Textile Industries. The imports of raw cotton in 1911 (with increase or decrease on the 

 preceding year) were as follows : total imports 2,207,088,100 Ibs. ( + 11.88); re-exported 

 291,180,600 Ibs. ( + 13.6); retained 1,915,907,500 Ibs. ( + il .6). The United States supplied 

 1,682,000,000 Ibs. ( + 14.4); Egypt 364,000,000 Ibs ( + IO.6), and British India 79,000,000 

 Ibs. (-26.9). 



Wool (sheep, lamb, alpaca and llama) was imported in 1911 to a total of 799,896,221 

 Ibs. ( 0.5); 304,525,910 Ibs. were re-exported ( 9.2); 495,370,311 Ibs. were retained 

 (+5-8). Table XXVII shows the countries of origin. 



Table XXVII. Countries of Origin for Wool Imports to U.K., IQII. 



Shipping. In IQII the total net tonnage of vessels entered and cleared with cargoes 

 and in ballast at ports of the United Kingdom was as follows, showing increase or de- 

 crease per cent on 1910: Steam, entered 67,253,999 tons (+3.9), cleared 67,844,960 

 (+3.7); Sailing, entered 1,910,516 ( 2.2), cleared 1,899,866 ( 2.5); Total, entered 

 69,164,515 (+3.7), cleared 69,744,826 (+3.5). Of these the British vessels alone 

 represented: entered 40,777,476 tons (+2.8), cleared 41,107,978 (+2.3). 



The total net tonnage of British vessels with cargoes entered and cleared in ports of 

 foreign countries in 1911 was as follows: entered 21,534,126 tons, cleared 29,237,582. 

 In British ports abroad: entered 7,920,081, cleared 7,856,500. 



The principal ports of the U.K., with the tonnage of vessels cleared and entered in 1911, 

 are shown as follows, with the increase or decrease per cent on 1910: London, ent. 11,973,- 

 249 ( 1.5), cl. 9,004,974 (+0.05); Liverpool and Birkenhead, ent. 7,887,719 (+3.9), cl. 



