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Of the total value of the imports for 1891, 

 104,409,050 came from the United States, 44,- 

 777,460 from Prance, 32,234,398 from India, 

 31.201,571 from Australasia, 27,301,657 from 

 Holland, 27,031,743 from Germany, 24,110,251 

 from Russia, 17.252,365 from Belgium, 12,- 

 606,415 from British North America, 10,658,- 

 288 from Egypt, 10,523,875 from Spain, 8,509,- 

 651 from Sweden, 7,936,787 from Denmark, 

 6,254,428 from South Africa, 5,356,856 from 

 the Straits Settlements, 5,442,881 from Turkey, 

 5,038,091 from Roumania, 4,713,508 from 

 China, 4,249,909 from Brazil, 4,168,998 from 

 Ceylon, 3,710,356 from Chili and Bolivia, 

 8,451,228 from the Argentine Republic, 3,419,- 

 281 from Italy, 3,363,629 from Norway, 2,952,- 

 965 from Portugal, 2,421,227 from the Philip- 

 pine Islands, 2,166,486 from Greece, 1,901,961 

 from Java, 1,776,362 from British West Africa, 

 1,558,152 from the British West Indies, 1,464,- 

 106 from Austria, 1,400,130 from Central Amer- 

 ica, 1,201,486 from the Channel Islands, 1,152,- 

 585 from Japan, 1,101,702 from Hong-Kong, 

 969,814 from Peru, 885,606 from British Gui- 

 ana, 673,970 from Algeria, 611,445 from Mo- 

 rocco, 586,155 from West Africa, exclusive of 

 British possessions, 493,453 from Mexico, 476.- 

 081 from Tunis and Tripoli, 374,261 from 

 Uruguay, 329,244 from Colombia,290,997 f rom 

 Venezuela, and 268,066 from Mauritius. Of 

 the exports of British products, 27,544,553 went 

 to the United States. 31,177,968 to India, 25,- 

 500,194 to Australasia, 18,804,329 to Germany, 

 16,429,665 to France, 9,463,300 to Holland, 

 8,290,039 to Brazil, 7,957,878 to South Africa, 

 7,349,495 to Belgium, 7,245.771 to British 

 North America, 6.456,593 to China, 6,296,560 

 to Italy, 5,407,402 to Russia, 4,977,473 to 

 Spain, 4,246,700 to the Argentine Republic, 

 3,789,238 to Egypt, 2,988,449 to Sweden, 

 2,882,964 to Japan, 2,617,220 to Denmark, 

 2,531,328 to Hong-Kong. 2,463,543 to the 

 Straits Settlements. 2,246,700 to the Argentine 

 Republic, 2,217,802 to the British West Indies, 

 2,205,655 to Java, 2,018,597 to Portugal, 

 2,000,550 to Chili and Bolivia, 1.901,897 to 

 Norway, 1,695,774 to Mexico, 1,678,190 to 

 West Africa, 1,676,964 to Roumania, 1,481,381 

 to the Spanish West Indies, 1,279,708 to Co- 

 lombia. 1,227.967 to Austria, 1,205,655 to Java, 

 1,165,052 to Uruguay, 1,144,948 to Central 

 America, 1,124,571 to Greece, 1,037,455 to 

 Peru, 1,017,637 to West Africa, exclusive of 

 British possessions, 1.016,573 to Ceylon, 896,- 

 013 to Malta, 821,326 to Venezuela, 786,531 

 to the Philippine Islands, 759,425 to the Chan- 

 nel Islands, 692.348 to British Guiana, 592,- 

 767 to Morocco, 469.396 to Persia, 387,086 to 

 Algeria, 320,998 to Hayti and Santo Domin- 

 go, 290,614 to East Africa, and 259,871 to 

 Ecuador. 



The imports of gold coin and bullion in 1892 

 were 21,470,832, against 30,275,620 in 1891; 

 the exports, 14,832,122, against 24,167,925. 

 The imports of silver coin and bullion were 10,- 

 746,382, against 9,315.598 in 1891 ; and the ex- 

 ports, 14.078,568, against 13,060,366 in 1891. 



The values of some of the principal imports 

 in 1892 were as follow ; Grain and flour, 58,- 

 178,451: raw cotton, 37,888,356; wool, 26.- 

 827,098; meat, 22,359,162 ; sugar, 19,770,837; 



butter and margarine, 15,678,168; wood and 

 timber, 17,180,739; silk manufactures, 11,- 

 289,692; flax, hemp, and jute, 9,029,930; tea, 

 10,090,106; woolen manufactures, 9,468,958; 

 animals, 9,360,715 ; oils, 7,076,035 ; chemicals, 

 dyes, etc., 7,707,390 ; seeds, 7,049,425 ; fruits, 

 7,105,962; leather, 6,397,831; wine, 6,035,- 

 929 ; cheese, 5,417,777 ; copper, 5,542,937 ; iron 

 ore,2,715,420; bar iron, 692,259; iron manufac- 

 tures, 3,034,692; lead, 1,976,436; tin, 2,743,- 

 814 ; zinc and its manufactures, 1,565,622 ; eggs, 

 3,793,018 ; coffee, 3,970,203 ; tobacco, 3,547,- 

 194. The values of the chief domestic exports were 

 as follow : Cotton manufactures, 56,269,618 ; 

 cotton yarn, 9,696,122 : woolen manufactures, 

 $17,902,841 ; woolen and worsted yarn, 4,056.- 

 734 ; linen manufactures, 5,167,295 ; linen yarn, 

 866,393; jute manufactures, 2,561,645; jute 

 yarn, 286,329 ; apparel and slops, 4,845,349 ; 

 iron and steel, 21,763,190, of which 5,334,058 

 represent tinned plates, 2,247,641 railroad bars. 

 3,343,423 hoops and plates, 1,144,162 bar, 

 angle, bolt, and rod iron, 4,360,428 cast and 

 wrought iron of all sorts, 1,976,490 pig and 

 puddled iron, and 2,233,932 wrought and un- 

 wrought steel; hardware and cutlery, 2.206,- 

 563; copper, 3,765,509; machinery, 14.798,- 

 716; coal and other fuel, 16.811,070; chem- 

 icals, 8,587,506. 



Navigation. The number of vessels entered 

 from foreign ports in 1891 was 61,380, of which 

 24,017 were foreign ; and the number cleared was 

 62,202, of which 24,589 were foreign. The total 

 tonnage of the vessels in the foreign trade en- 

 tered at British ports was 36,859,000 tons, of 

 which 26,637.000 were British and 10,222,000 for- 

 eign. The clearances amounted to 37,954,000 

 tons, of which 27,320,000 were British and 10,- 

 633,000 foreign. The total tonnage entered and 

 cleared was 74,813,000 tons, of which 53,957,000 

 were British and 20,855,000 foreign. Of the for- 

 eign tonnage, 5,045,538 tons were Norwegian, 

 4.400,474 German, 1,943,854 Dutch, 1,889,871 

 Danish, 1,851,100 French, 1,762,705 Swedish, 

 1,233,323 Spanish. 952,263 Belgian, 503,788 Rus- 

 sian, 476,722 Italian, 306,044 American, and 133,- 

 941 Austrian. The entries of vessels with cargoes 

 amounted to 28,101,000 tons, of which 20,347,- 

 000 tons were British and 7,754,000 foreign ; and 

 the clearances to 34,213,000 tons, of which 25,- 

 188,000 were British and 9,026,000 foreign. The 

 number of vessels that entered coastwise was 

 310,770, of 48,833,622 tons; and the number 

 cleared was 278,600, of 43,188,500 tons. The to- 

 tal number of vessels entered at the ports of the 

 United Kingdom in 1891 was 372,150, of 85,692,- 

 637 tons ; and the total number cleared was 340,- 

 802, of 81,142,105 tons. 



In 1891 there were engaged in the home trade 

 8,675 sailing vessels, of 556.968 tons, employing 

 36,714 men ; 2,211 steamers, of 354,714 tons, em- 

 ploying 25,107 men. The number of sailing ves- 

 sels engaged partly in the home and partly in 

 the foreign trade 'was 312, of 40,248 tons, em- 

 ploying 1,796 men ; and the number of steamers 

 286, of 166,813 tons, employing 5.169 men. In 

 the foreign trade exclusively there were engaged 

 2,127 sailing vessels, of 2,250,285 tons, employing 

 42,679 men; and 3,632 steamers, of 4,795.513 

 tons, employing 129.015 men. The total number 

 of vessels was 17,243, and the aggregate tonnage 



