GREAT BRITAIN AND IRF.LANM. 



036.432; import* by parcel port, 1,012.848; 



the imports of hU were 16.361.600 quart- 

 8 bashekcoaipr^! 



., , ... .-,, u ;-,,..*jO I88Q, : 11.100 in 



t..t*l imjN.rt* ,-f het and Hour. 

 30,69<800 hundmlwcigl. 



M .- ..i7-:i: .". - - ' B I -. i '-:.- 

 000 hundrrdwritfht fnm ti,.- Arj. I.IH.. Republic, 

 5.401.100 hundredweight frm lC..iimitnia, l.W.l"" 

 liundr*lwn,;hf fn-i: l.":Hi.l" hundnd- 



biwdredwelghl fr...n 

 .Mr..34o baBdndvdMil from I 

 S.617.906 hundredweight 



\ ..--.. 7o.o-J7.HNO 

 m. h :..;:RI.:H wa* U..- product 

 d 64^88^40 hundred wei^hl 

 reign conn trie*. The import* 

 of floor in 1896 were 21 JW820 hundredweight, of 

 -i 1 5.905. 100 cam > fr.m the United SUtM, The 

 .dsfuffs from the rnited Mate* and 

 ! in four >cars from 14.5OO.om to 

 ;.ooo quarter*, or from 64 to 54 JK r c ,-nt. <.f the 

 total importation. while those from KttrOM and 

 north 8 UHM 



quarter*. .r from 11 to 2W per rent. of the total 

 quantity uu|".r igregate import* ofoi 



ml flour were 180.641.47'.' hundredweight, against 

 179.9*7,4410 htn. i in IHSI.V TI,,- quantity 



of bacon and hams iin|*>rted was 6,006,93* hnodrea- 

 3.087,947 hundredweight: <>f 

 985.984 hundredweight; of cheese; 

 dred wn. f. -J.'.MHJ.UI^ hun.ln-.l- 



weigbt ; of fnesb mutton. 2^95,1-Vs hundrt-lwi-i-ht ; 

 of prwrrred meat, 701,970 buBdredweigbt. Tin 

 ebeiin imports, which used to come mainly from 

 1 States, are now funiMi<-<l larj.-ly l.y 

 British colonies. Of 2^84,568 bondradweiihl im*- 



portcd in the financial year l>!(7. tin- ookmlei --MI 

 58 percent; 1^29J874 h'undrcd weight from Canada 

 and 68.530 hundredweight from Australia, com- 



pared with 556. 7.VI hundredweight from the 

 States. The butter imports in 1HJ7 reached 3,086,- 

 400 hundredweight, rnininj; from Denmark. France. 

 Sweden. Holland. Australia, the I'nit 

 Germany, and New Zealand. The number of , 

 imported in 1896 was 562,558; of sheep and lamb*. 

 769.592. The imports of raw sugar were 1 ~.7< 

 hundredweight, and of refined sugar 11.71 

 hundredweight. The imports of spirits f,, r con- 

 sumption were 8,174.296 proof gallons; of 

 15.861.251 gallons. The tea importation amounted 

 to 227.785.509 pound*, \alu.d at :!n.;:,i. _:,:;. In 

 180548-81 percent of the tea imported came from 

 India, 82HJ* per cent, fn.m <Vjl..n. i.v.VJ jn-r 

 from China and Hong-Kong, I-:| per c,-nt. from 

 Holland, and 2-16 per cent, from other com 

 Tberaloe of the grain and flour imjK.i 

 was 52,792497; of the raw cotton imported. 

 172.099: of wool. 43J.95&346 : of,,,. 

 of Umber and wood. 19.202.961; of raw and n-fin.-d 

 lpr. 18^88.765; of butter and >- 

 4UON: of *ilk manufiu! f ani- 



mal*. 1 10.488.699; of flax, h.-mj.. and jir 



''j; 0010 ? , m * nuf * cturwi 



' - ' '-:. ': '..: , . ., , .,;. 



-' ' ' ' ' , '-.;.:,:.:.:.; of 



'- QIJ047 : of fnjit and ; 



i ,,f eggs 



: ofcoffc* f .-urrant^ 



ramns. lj000.05l : of iron manufa ' :",;;.- 



BBBj f ;r -'.:: l ,:,;'i.n:: : 



1358,468; of zinc and man 1 / v.1.- 



Tbe exports of lire animals in 189G were 940,- 



:i value; of artit-lt-s of f,.,,d and drink. I'll.- 



sanis 



and textile fabric*. ;U':.. ,-f metals and 



metal munufai ' ' machin. 



of machinery and miil^'ik. l ! .' . 



and article- ..f ncixma: 15; ,f 



chemicals and chemical and medicinal pi, | .nai inns. 

 8,248,601; of all other manufactured .-r partly 

 manufactured art id. rta l-\ par- 



ci-1 i British prod- 



The value of c<.ttn manufactures c\p<>rtl in 



was 59^88,830 : of ootton \arn. I'Hi.nj. 

 total cotton exportt, 69,881, 404. The total , xporti 

 of woolen and worsted g< . and 



i; total, I 

 ports of linen mannfactir 



>nd linen yarn at I'UUl.^ll. .lute iiianufac- 

 vahicd at ',",'. :' I l.7oo. a inl jute yarn at 



\p<>rN of apparel and haU-rda 

 . !.").(i7( in value. The total value , ; 



and steel , \port> \V,, ::iade up , 



565,504 for rail mad iron, iron. 



I for hoops, sheets, and plates. ' 

 for tin plat.--. J1.HU.::.VJ for bar. au-le. bolt, and 

 rod iron. J'.M|.lu:{ for \v . >r casl and 



wrought Iran, 888,882 for old iron, and 4 ::;.:ii-J.7ii 



'el manufactures, and mixed .*iecl and 

 ironpM.d*. I lard ware and cutlery e\j..,rt* amount eil 



rjl/jr,s : iiia-hiner\. rtS Of 



coal and coke u,r< I'l'i.l (,.") 7 7 in value. ( . pp. r 

 and its manufacture- \\viv exported for '. 

 The exports of chemical product.* were vali. 



:.001. 



Inansw-rto inquiries sent out from the Colonial 

 Office in November. 1 *!.">. tin- pivernors of the 

 I'.ritish colonies made reports touching tin- di-; 

 ini-iit of Mi-it ish by foreign u^ods which showed that. 

 in t lie selected classes of gooils in which for,: 

 compete the values of imports from f<>: 

 tries increased fn.nrJ.V71 in 1884 

 31-88 in 1804, and that of the total import* fn>m all 

 sources foreign countries furnished :;r."> percent. 

 in 1804, compared with 'J.YT'.i percent, in 1884. 

 eluding Australia, the import* from foreign coun- 

 tries of competing goods into the Mriti*h colotu'es 

 and dependencies, including India. \\a* nearly ."(> 

 per cent. of the total import- of such good* ii. 

 The countries that compete most seriously with 

 (Jn-at Mritain are the Tinted State* and (n-rmany. 



an i-nerp-tic c..mpetitor in 



lines. In the trade of the far Ka*t the competition 

 of Japan i* rapidly becoming; the leading feature. 

 In many places the foreign merobaotsdo more than 

 50 per cent, of a trade that was undeniably Mritish 

 a few years ago. The returns d< not reveal tin- 

 whole extent of foreign competition, as on!. 

 port .f *hipment,not the country of given, 



Cheapness, better fn,i*h. lett.-r packing, 



terms, the adaptation of p)od* to 

 the market, and commercial enterprise are *omc of 

 the reasons given for the preference f,,r f, 

 goods. The niei-eliandi-e-marks act i* -aid to 



f discouniL'in^. a demand for 

 the cheaper foreign articles ami to have tran*f- 

 t he orders for such PMM!S from London merchants 

 to the countries where they are made. In tl. 

 classes of goods the Mritisli manufacturers an- held 

 to be still supn-me. with certain exception*, such as 

 machinery and I rtain pattern* turned out 



in the I" nited States, in which Canadian manufac- 

 turers are now becoming active competitor*. Fin- 

 i-h-d eheaf) imitations are not made by Mriti-h 

 manufacttirer*. who reserve finish for the hij^h 

 grades, and hence when the colonial marke: 

 mand cheap arti-les of finished appearance 

 must be supplied by the Continent of Europe or the 



