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articles of food and drink paying duty, 26,817,470 

 in 1898 and 26,375,134 in 1899; tobacco, 3,- 

 887,010 in 1898 and 5,616,458 in 1899; metals, 

 21,852,381 in 1898 and 28,263,843 in 1899; 

 chemicals, colors, and tan, 5,484,420 in 1898 and 

 5,768.890 in 1890; oils, 8,356,405 in 1898 and 

 9,688,760 in 1899; raw textile materials, 71,- 

 268,713 in 1898 and 65,683,636 in 1899; raw 

 materials for sundry industries and manufactures, 

 52,226,006 in 1898 and 56,666,589 in 1899; 

 manufactured articles, 87,076,479 in 1898 and 

 91,293,485 in 1899; miscellaneous articles, 14,- 

 797,076 in 1898 and 15,914,563 in 1899; imports 

 by parcel post, 1,313,606 in 1898 and 1,139,400 

 in 1899. The exports of live animals were 1,103,- 

 5)84 in value in 1898 and 1.003,075 in 1899; ar- 

 ticles of food and drink, 12,104,608 in 1898 and 

 12,568,666 in 1899; raw materials, 21,076,823 

 in 1898 and 26,581,956 in 1899; yarns and tex- 

 tile fabrics, 94,508,128 in 1898 and 99,454,533 

 in 1899; metals and metal manufactures other 

 than machinery, 32,746,790 in 1898 and 40,- 

 912,443 in 1899; machinery and mill work, 18,- 

 389,973 in 1898 and 19*650,881 in 1899; ships 

 not registered as British, not recorded prior to 

 1899 and in that year, 9,195,192; apparel and 

 articles for personal use, 9,577,084 in 1898 and 

 9.554,511 in 1809; chemicals and chemical and 

 medicinal preparations, 8,389,215 in 1898 and 

 8,855,523 in 1899; all other articles either manu- 

 factured or partly manufactured, 33,322,975 in 

 1898 and 35,016,514 in 1899; exports by parcel 

 post, 2,139,660 in 1898 and 2,467,353 in 1899. 

 The imports of wheat, not including flour, were 

 15,569,370 quarters in 1899, against 15,240,000 

 quarters in 1898, 14,656,600 quarters in 1897, 

 14,063,760 quarters in 1890, 12,752,800 quarters 

 in 1880, and 7,131,100 quarters in 1870. Including 

 flour, the imports of cereals were 194,297,767 hun- 

 dredweight in 1899, against 191,827,817 hundred- 

 weight in 1898, and 179,762,948 hundredweight in 

 1897. The imports of wheat in 1899 were 17,- 

 151,730 hundredweight from British possessions 

 and 49,485,248 hundredweight from foreign coun- 

 tries. Of the total 34,650,640 hundredweight came 

 from the United States, 11,368,600 hundredweight 

 from the Argentine Republic, 8,192,200 hundred- 

 weight from India, 5,256,500 hundredweight from 

 Canada, 3,703,030 hundredweight from Australia 

 and New Zealand, 2,518,800 hundredweight from 

 Russia, 466,030 hundredweight from Germany, 

 265,600 hundredweight from Chili, 32,100 hundred- 

 weight from Roumania, and 27,300 hundredweight 

 from Turkey. The quantity of flour imported was 

 22,945,708 hundredweight, of which the United 

 States supplied 18,405,796 hundredweight. The 

 imports of tea in 1898 were 271,593,000 pounds. 

 In 1878 China supplied 80.85 per cent, of the tea 

 imported into the United Kingdom, India 17.29 

 per cent., the Netherlands 1.54 per cent., and other 

 countries 0.32 per cent. In 1899 the proportion 

 of India was 51.38 per cent., while Ceylon sent 

 35.94 per cent., China only 9.91 per cent., the 

 Netherlands 1.37 per cent., and other countries 

 1.40 per cent. The imports of potatoes in 1899 

 were 5,157,811 hundredweight; of rice, 5,749,223 

 hundredweight; of bacon and hams, 7,783,204 hun- 

 dredweight; of fish, 2.4S2.093 hundredweight; of 

 refined sugar, 17,808,100 hundredweight; of raw 

 >ugar, 13,121,709 hundredweight; of tea, for con- 

 sumption, 242,560.814 pounds; of butter, 3,389.851 

 hundredweight; of margarine, 953,175 hundred- 

 weight: of cheese, 2,389,313 hundredweight; of 

 beef. 3.9HO.S05 hundredweight : of preserved 

 meat. ti.V2.424 hundredweight; the number of 

 sheep and lambs, 607,755; the number of cattle, 

 503,504; imports of eggs, 16,174,760 great hun- 



dreds; of spirits, for consumption, 8,643,661 proof 

 gallons; of wine, for consumption, 16,661,975 gal- 

 lons. The value of the grain and flour imported 

 was 62,909,264 in 1898 and 58,088,561 in 1899; 

 of raw cotton, 34.125,554 in 1898 and 27,673.039 

 in 1899; of wool, 22,437,188 in 1898 and 23,- 

 579,769 in 1899; of sugar, raw and refined, 17,- 

 222.001 in 1898 and 18,058,928 in 1899; of butter 

 and margarine, 18.346,167 in 1898 and 19,- 

 762,892 in 1899; of timber and wood, 21,283,947 

 in 1898 and 22,880,645 in 1899; of silk manu- 

 factures, 16,623,210 in 1898 and 16,109,583 in 

 1899; of flax, hemp, and jute, 9,042.711 in ISitS 

 and 9,248,421 in 1899; of tea, 10.335,643 in 

 1898 and 10,751,164 in 1899; of woolen manu- 

 factures and yarn, 11,901,747 in 1898 and 12,- 

 173,292 in 1899; of seeds, 6.012,692 in 1898 and 

 6,277,100 in 1899; of fruits and hops, 8,000.!>4'2 

 in 1898 and 7,971,590 in 1899; of currants and 

 raisins, 1,965,532 in 1898 and 2.130,800 in 18!>!>: 

 of leather and dressed hides and skins, 7,778,261 

 in 1898 and 8,581,310 in 1899; of wine, 6.575J691 

 in 1898 and 5,632,647 in 1899; of cheese, 4,- 

 970,242 in 1898 and 5,515,091 in 1899; of copper 

 ore and regulus, 2,614,188 in 1898 and 3,514.736 

 in 1899; of copper partly wrought, 3,597,665 in 

 1898 and 4,313,455 in 1899; of iron ore, 4.034,- 

 648 in 1898 and 5,375,038 in 1899; of iron in 

 bars, 556,549 in 1898 and 577,358 in 1899: of 

 iron manufactures, 7.321,577 in 1898 and 7,- 

 905,415 in 1899; of lead, 2,521,356 in 1898 and 

 2,888,837 in 1899; of tin, 1,389,601 in 1898 and 

 3,298,182 in 1899; of zinc and zinc manufactures, 

 1,920,291 in 1898 and 2,257,311 in 1899; of 

 eggs, 4,457,117 in 1898 and 5,044,392 in 189!): 

 of coffee, 3,590,871 in 1898 and 3,470,796 in 

 1899. The value of cotton manufactures exported 

 in 1898 was 55,977,505 and of cotton yarn 

 8,923,272, making a total of 64,900,777, whereas 

 in 1899 the export of cotton fabrics was 50,- 

 501,957 and of yarn 8,054,664, a total of 58,- 

 556,621. The exports of woolen manufactures 

 were 13,699,435 in 1898 and of woolen yarn 

 6,443,739, a total of 20,143,174, and in *1899 

 the figure for woolen manufactures was 14.- 

 784,837 and for yarn 6,723,023, a total of 21,- 

 507,860. The exports of linen manufactures were 

 4,392,854 in value in 1898 and 5.075,280 in 

 1899: of linen yarn, 885,330 in 1898 and 909,012 

 in 1899; of jute manufactures, 1,854,567 in 1S9S 

 and 1,962,860 in 1899; of jute yarn, 469.10.*) 

 in 1898 and 460,860 in 1899; of apparel and 

 haberdashery, 6,200,179 in 1898 and 6.170.083 

 in 1899.. The value of the exports of pig iron 

 was 2.739,093 in 1898 and 4,784.357 in 1S9!: 

 of bar, angle, bolt, and rod iron, 993,973 in 1S9H 

 and 1,227,336 in 1899; of railroad iron of all 

 sorts, 3,011,645 in 1898 and 3,130,512 in I8'.i<> : 

 of wire, 772,604 in 1898 and 888,201 in 18W: 

 of tin plates, 2,744,077 in 1898 and 3,167.6S:$ 

 in 1899; of hoops, sheets, and plates, 3,311..~>.">7 

 in 1898 and 4,053,790 in 1899: of cast and 

 wrought iron of all sorts, 4,732,459 in 1898 and 

 5.232.098 in 1899: of old iron, 238,561 in ISiis 

 and 390,524 in 1S99; of steel and manufactures 

 part of iron, 4,086,693 in 1898 and 5.218.279 

 in 1899. The value of hardware and cutlery ex- 

 ported in 1898 was 1,986,692, and 2,140,236 in 

 1S99: of copper, 2,796,739 in 1898 and :<.748.766 

 in 1899: of machinery, 18,389,973 in 1S98 and 

 19,650,881 in 1899; of coal, pressed fuel. etc.. 

 18,135,502 in 1898 and 23.105.691 in 1S99. The 

 value of goods transhipped in transit in 1898 \va- 

 9,792,635, against 10,752,108 in 1S!7. and 10.- 

 260.. - 579 in 1896. 



The value of gold imports in 1899 was 32,- 

 533,497, and of gold exports 21,536,052: of silv, 



