GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.' 





loan of JLS3 1,850, the deficiency of savings hanks 

 uiul friendly societies, amounting to i' i ,500,279, 

 and 704,558 of liabilities under the imperial 

 defense act of 1888, swell the gross liabilities, 

 i:OMi,:>ii.;o?; but from this amount is to ! 

 deducted for sundry assets the sum of .t'.V-MMi,- 

 r.'\ leaving tin- total net liabilities l Jti;:),;;;i^,;;:!!.(. 



Agriculture and Other Industries. The 

 wheat i-rop in (Jivat Britain in 1S9:2 \\a- .")S.:i<>l.- 

 000 bushels, against 72,127,000 bushels in 181/1, 

 and upward of 7^,200,000 bushels in each of 

 the two previous years ; the yield of barley was 

 70,502,000 bushels, which was below the average 

 for the three preceding years; the yield of oats 

 was 110,295,000 bushels," which exceeded that of 

 any of the three preceding years except 1890. 

 In Ireland the yield of wheat in 1891 was 2,615,- 

 000 bushels, which was about the average for 

 the three preceding years; the crop of barley 

 was 7,420,000 bushels, which exceeded the aver- 

 age; the crop of oats was 54,080,000 bushels, 

 nearly 4,000,000 bushels in excess of the average. 

 The crop of potatoes was 3,087,000 tons, against 

 1,810.000 tons in 1890; and the crop of turnips 

 4,349,000 tons, against 4,250,000 tons in 1890. 

 In Great Britain the crop of potatoes in 1891 

 was 3,053,000 tons, and the crop of turnips 25,392,- 

 000 tons, which was somewhat below the average. 

 The farm animals in the United Kingdom in 

 1892 consisted of 2,007,549 horses, of which Ire- 

 land had 539,788; 11,519,417 cattle, Ireland's 

 share being 4,531,025, nearly equaling that of 

 England ; sheep, 33,042.808. of which 4,827,702 

 were in Ireland ; and 3.205,898 hogs, of which 

 1,115,888 were in Ireland. 



The output of coal during 1891 was 185.479,- 

 126 tons, valued at 74,099,810, against 181,614.- 

 288 tons, valued at 74,953,997, in 1890; and 

 that of iron ore 12,777,689 tons, valued at 3,355,- 

 860, against 13,780,760 tons, valued at 3.920,- 

 445, in 1890. The total value of the metallic 

 minerals raised, including iron, lead, tin, copper, 

 zinc, bog iron, copper precipitate, silver, gold, 

 iron pyrites, and antimony, was 14,014.380. 

 The quantity of iron produced was 4,528,812 

 tons, valued 'at 11.880,819. The total number 

 of persons employed in the coal mines in the 

 United Kingdom 'in 1891 was 048,450. 



Raw cotton to the amount of 1.994,885.312 

 pounds was imported into the United Kingdom 

 in 1891, and 1,812,877,284 pounds were retained 

 for home consumption, against 1,578,853,800 in 

 1890. The imports of wool were 720,014,070 

 pounds, of which 335,789,414 pounds were re- 

 tained for home consumption, against 292,315,- 

 828 pounds in the preceding year. In 1890 the 

 number of textile factories in England and 

 Wales was 0,180, with an aggregate of 50,211,- 

 216 spindles and 722.406 power looms ; in Scot- 

 land. 747 factories, with 2,413,785 spindles and 

 71,471 power looms; in Ireland, 263 factories, 

 with 1,010,111 spindles and 28.012 power looms; 

 making a total in the United Kingdom of 7,190 

 factories, 53.041,062 spindles, and 822,489 looms. 

 These factories employed 298,828 men, 610,008 

 women and girls over thirteen years old, and 

 s<.90:{ boys, all working full timeJK-sidos 40,558 

 boys and 45,941 girls working half time; the 

 total number of all classes being 1,084.631. The 

 number of factories working upon cotton was 

 2,538; upon wool, 1.793; upon shoddy, 125; 



upon worsted, 753 ; upon flax, 375 ; upon hcn,p, 

 lu.~>; upon jute, 1 10; uiion hiiir, 42 ; upon < 

 nut fiber,' 24; upon silk, W:! ; upon ia< -, 4<t;j ; 

 upon hosiery, 257; upon elastic. .Yl. .since 1885 

 the number of textile factories had dc- : 

 :.'/'">: but the number of spindles increased 500.- 

 9.">il, and of power loom>, 4H,785; while the num- 

 ber of persons employed increased 49,720. 



Coillllieree. Ihe total imports of mcrchan- 

 dise in IMI'J amounted to l4^:;>'.i:J,l?H. against 

 J-|:;.->.44 1,204 in 1891. The exports of domesi:.: 

 produce amounted to 227,600,224, against ^47,- 

 235,150 in 1891, and the exports of loreign and 

 colonial products to 64,400,4*0, against 01.- 

 s;s.:,<i8 in 1891; making the total volume of 

 commerce 715,352,822. against 744,5.-j4.!ts2 in 

 1891. In ism the share of England and Wales 

 in the trade was 90'9 per cent.; of Scotland, 7'7 

 per cent.; of Ireland, 1-4 per cent. 



The following table gives a summary of the 

 imports of the United Kingdom for the \ear 

 ending Dec. 81, 1892, compared with the preced- 

 ing year: 



The following table gives a summary of the 

 ex[K>rts for the year ending Dec. 81, 1892, as 

 compared with the preceding year: 



The quantity of wheat imported in 1892 was 

 12.979,800 quarters (1 quarter = 8 bushels), of 

 which 6,776,848 quarters cnme from the I'nit.d 

 Smtes 2.498.088 from India, 878,697 from Ku-- 

 sia. 775.996 from Canada, 457.511 from Chili, 

 40::. :;<>! from Australasia. 147..V>s from Kou- 

 mania. and 98,8510 from Turkey. The quantity 

 imported in ISill was lft62,699 quartc: 

 1890, 12,094.886. The imports of flour in 1^!"2 

 were equivalent to 4.421,202 quarters, of which 

 8,893,478 quarters came from the I'nited States. 



