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arsenical pyrites, 15,318 tons, worth G1,931; of 

 barytes, 22,225 tons, worth 23,253; of ocher, 

 19,827 tons, worth 13,003; of other nomnetallic 

 minerals, 98,100 tons, worth 38,646; total value, 

 73,295,859, or including ores 77,415,063. There 

 was an increase over 1897 of 5,371,202 in the 

 value of minerals and of 1,449,421 in the value 

 of metals produced. Of the total value of mineral 

 products England furnished 55,400,674. Wales 

 10,474,426, Scotland 11,271,909, Ireland 214,- 

 126, and the Isle of Man 53,982. The number 

 of workers in the mines was 741,125, of whom 

 706,984 were in the coal mines and 34,231 in metal- 

 liferous mines, and in quarries 134,478 persons 

 were employed. The exports of coal in 1898 were 

 36,562,796 tons, valued at 18,135,502. The ex- 

 ports went to France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, 

 Russia, Egypt, Spain, Denmark, Brazil, Norway, 

 the Argentine Republic, Holland, Portugal, and 

 Algeria. The quantity of iron ore imported in 

 1898 was 5,468,396 tons, valued at 4,030,648, of 

 which five sevenths came from Spain. The quan- 

 tity of ore smelted in 378 blast furnaces was 

 20,958,167 tons in 1898, producing 8,609,719 tons 

 of pig iron. The quantity of pig and puddled 

 iron imported was 159,523 tons; pig and puddled 

 iron exported, 1,042,853 tons. The export of bar 

 and angle iron was 150,119 tons; railroad iron, 

 609,403 tons; wire, 44,123 tons; plates for tinning, 

 58,327 tons; tin plates, 250,953 tons; cast and 

 wrought iron, 355,662 tons; hoops and plates. 

 327,788 tons; old iron, 84,802 tons; steel, un- 

 wrought, 285,249 tons; steel and iron, 35,071 tons; 

 total iron and steel exports, 3,244,350 tons. The 

 import of copper ore and regulus was 164,707 

 tons; of copper, 72,957 tons; of lead, 194,479 tons; 

 of tin, 20,329 tons; of zinc, 77,470 tons. 



The quantity of raw cotton imported in 1898 

 was 2,128,548,352 pounds; retained for home con- 

 sumption, 1,925,475,888 pounds; exported, 203,- 

 072,464 pounds. The importation of raw wool was 

 694,299,738 pounds; retained for home consump- 

 tion, 410,881,985 pounds; exported, 283,317,748 

 pounds. Of the total quantity imported 447,- 

 587,548 pounds were Australian wool. The con- 

 sumption of cotton in 1899 was 1,759,000,000 

 pounds; of wool, 631,000,000 pounds; of flax, 

 227,000,000 pounds. The value of cotton manu- 

 factures exported was 67,555,000; of wool manu- 

 factures, 21,508,000; of linen manufactures, 

 5,584,000. The imports of raw cotton in 1899 

 were 1,626,000,000 pounds, of which 284,000,000 

 pounds were exported, leaving for home consump- 

 tion 1,342,000,000 pounds. The imports of sheep 

 and lamb wool in 1899 were 665,000,000 pounds; 

 obtained from imported sheepskins, 31,000,000 

 pounds; domestic production, 140,000,000 pounds: 

 goats' hair imported, 28,000,000 pounds; import of 

 woolen rags, 73,000,000 pounds; total wool supply, 

 937,000,000 pounds, from which are deducted 

 284,000,000 pounds of foreign and 22,000,000 

 pounds of domestic wool exported, which leaves 

 631,000,000 pounds retained for home consump- 

 tion. The imports of flax and tow in 1899 were 

 221,000,000 pounds and the home production 

 amounted to 15,000,000 pounds, while the exports 

 were 9,000,000 pounds, leaving 227,000,000 for 

 home consumption. The cotton yarn exported 

 in 1899 was 213,000,000 pounds in amount; woolen 

 yarn, 64,000,000 pounds; linen yarn, 18,000,000 

 pounds. The total value of cotton goods exported 

 in 1899 was 67,500,000; of woolen goods, 21,- 

 500,000; of linen goods, 5,600,000; total, 94,- 

 600,000. 



The total value of imports into the United 

 Kingdom in 1899 was 485,075,514; exports of 

 British produce, 264,660,047; exports of foreign 



and colonial produce, 65,019,549; total imports 

 and exports, 814,755,710. The per capita value 

 of the commerce passed 19, which was less than 

 in 1889, 1890, and 1891, but more considerably 

 than in the intervening years. The share of Eng- 

 land and Wales in the total trade of 1898 was 

 90.6 per cent.; of Scotland, 7.9 per cent.; of Ire- 

 land, 1.5 per cent. The total value of imports 

 in 1898 was 470,378,583; of exports of British 

 produce, 233,359,240; of exports of colonial and 

 foreign produce, 60,654,748; total trade, 764,- 

 392,571. The imports from British possessions and 

 the exports to them of British produce and manu- 

 factures in 1898 are given in the following table: 



The following table gives the values of imports 

 from foreign countries in 1898 and of the exports 

 to them of British produce and manufactures : 



The imports of live animals for food were 

 10,385,676 in value in 1898 and 9,515,012 in 

 1899; articles of food and drink free of duty, 

 166,913,341 in 1898 and 169,149,654 in 1899; 



