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tween 200 and 500 acres, 23,041 between 100 and 

 200 acres, 57,454 between 50 and 100 acres, 74,081 

 between 30 and 50 acres, 133,308 between 15 and 

 30 acres, 155,0(54 between 5 and 15 acres, 02.030 

 between 1 and 5 acres, and 02,189 not exceeding 

 an acre. 



The value of the fish landed on the coasts 

 of the United Kingdom in 1898 was 8,493,498. 

 The quantity, not Including shellfish, was 777,- 

 916 tons, valued at 7,936,017. The imports 

 of fish for consumption were 103,071 tons, valued 

 at 2,808,381. The value of herrings exported 

 was 1,304,374: of all fish, 2,037,794. 



The quantity of iron ore raised in 1897 was 

 13,787,878 ton's, value 3,217,795, containing 

 4,730,607 tons of iron, value 11,394,779; iron 

 pyrites raised, 10,583 tons, value 4,525; lead 

 ore, 35,338 tons, value 275,409, containing 26,- 

 562 tons of metal, value 332,578; tin ore raised, 

 7,120 tons, containing 4,453 tons of metal, value 

 291,33(5; copper ore raised, 7,132 tons, value 

 18,706, containing 518 tons of metal, value 27,- 

 096; bog iron ore raised, 7,124 tons, value 1,781; 

 copper precipitate raised, 220 tons, value 2,320; 

 alum, clay, and shale raised, 13,938 tons, value 

 2,899, containing 310 tons of metal, value 45,- 

 880; sodium, 85 tons, value 12,750; nickel ore, 

 300 tons, value 300, containing 7 tons of metal, 

 value 1,050; gold ore raised, 4,517 tons, yield- 

 ing 2,032 ounces, value 7,185; silver extracted, 

 249,156 ounces, value 28,614; total value of 

 metallic minerals raised, 3,853,389; total value 

 of metals extracted, 12,268,091. The quantity 

 of coal mined was 202,129,931 tons, value 59,- 

 740,009; clays, 12,705,106 tons, value 1,453,128; 

 sandstone, 4,964,109 tons, value 1,524,700; slate, 

 609,194 tons, value 1,649,576; limestone, 11,- 

 003,524 tons, value 1,155,998; salt, 1,903,493 

 tons, value 620,898; oil shale, 2,223,745 tons, 

 value 555,936; granite, 1,847,323 tons, value 

 552,604; basalt, etc., 2,355,554 tons, value 441,- 

 391; chalk, 3,858,448 tons, value 163,595; gravel 

 and sand, 1,356,787 tons, value 111,332; gyp- 

 sum, 181,385 tons, value 66,978; arsenic and 

 pyrites, 17,302 tons, value 85,529; barytes, 22,- 

 723 tons, value 24,117; ocher, 14,422 tons, 

 value 12,997; other minerals, 119,307 tons, 

 value 33,629; total value of nonmetallic min- 

 erals, 68,190,412. The total value of minerals, 

 including metallic ores, was 72,043,801, of 

 which 50,285,601 represent the produce of Eng- 

 lish mines, 11,778,614 of Welsh, 53,116 of 

 Manx, 9,727,402 of Scotch, and 199,068 of 

 Irish. The number of persons employed in and 

 about the mines was 728,713, of whom 558,305 

 worked underground. The coal exports in 1897 

 were 37,096,918 tons, valued at 16,654,955. The 

 imports of iron ore, exclusive of 467,318 tons of 

 purple ore, in 1897 were 5,968,680 tons; value, 

 4,436,004. The exports of iron ore were only 

 2,588 tons. Of the imports, 5,067,148 tons came 

 from Spain. The 380 blast furnaces in operation 

 in 1897 smelted 21,327,013 tons of ore, making 

 8,796,465 tons of pig iron. The exports of pig 

 and puddled iron were 1,201,104 tons; imports, 

 158,003 tons. The exports of bar and angle iron 

 were 167,688 tons; of railroad iron, 782,045 tons; 

 of wire, 51,472 tons; of plates for tinning, 58,648 

 tons; of tin plates, 271,230 tons; of cast and 

 wrought iron, 374,982 tons; of hoops and plates, 

 345.947 tons; of old iron, 86,833 tons; of un- 

 wrought steel, 299,719 tons; of wrought steel and 

 iron, 46,438 tons; quantity of iron and steel ex- 

 ported, 3,686,106 tons. The imports of copper ore 

 and regulus in 1897 were 171,186 tons; of unmanu- 

 factured copper, 64,360 tons; of lead, 167,441 tons; 

 of tin, 26,786 tons; of zinc, 69,884 tons. 



The quantity of raw cotton imported in 1897 

 was 1,724,160,368 pounds, of which 225,070,272 

 pounds were re-exported, leaving for home con- 

 sumption 1,499,090,096 pounds. The imports of 

 wool were 740,748,963 pounds, of which 371,502,- 

 812 pounds were re-exported and 369,246,151 

 pounds retained for home consumption. Of the 

 imports, 491,310,839 pounds came from Australa- 

 sia. The cotton manufactures of the United 

 Kingdom amount to about 100,000,000 a year, 

 woolen manufactures to 50,000,000, and linen 

 manufactures to 20,000,000. The capital em- 

 ployed in the textile industries is about 200,- 

 000,000, and they support a laboring population 

 of over 5,000,000. The average value of the cot- 

 ton exports for three years ending with 1898 has 

 been 66,000,000; of woolen exports, 23,000,- 

 000; of linen exports, 6,000,000; total textiles, 

 95,000,000. The average consumption of raw 

 cotton has been 1,668,000,000 pounds; of wool, 

 624,000,000 pounds; of flax, 236,000,000 pounds. 

 The imports of cotton in 1898 were 2,128,000,000 

 pounds; re-exports, 203,000,000, leaving for home 

 consumption 1,925,000,000 pounds; actual con- 

 sumption, 1,735,000,000 pounds. The imports of 

 wool in 1898 were 694,000,000 pounds, the quan- 

 tity clipped from imported sheepskins 26,000,000 

 pounds, the. domestic production 139,000,000 

 pounds, the quantity of goats' hair imported 24,- 

 000,000 pounds, and the import of woolen rags 

 68,000,000 pounds, making the total supply of 

 w r ool, hair, and shoddy 951,000,000 pounds, of 

 which 283,000,000 pounds of foreign and 12,000,- 

 000 pounds of domestic wool were exported, leav- 

 ing for home consumption 656,000,000 pounds. 

 The imports of flax and tow were 218,000,000 

 pounds in 1898, and the domestic production was 

 22,000,000 pounds, making a total of 240,000,000 

 pounds, of which 13,000,000 pounds were ex- 

 ported, leaving 227,000,000 pounds for home con- 

 sumption. The exports of cotton piece goods were 

 5,216,000,000 yards; of woolens, 160,000,000 yards; 

 of linens, 148,000,000 yards; total piece goods, 

 5,524,000,000 yards. The exports of cotton yarns 

 were 247,000,000 pounds; of woolen yarns, 59,- 

 000,000 pounds; of linen yarns, 17,000,000 pounds; 

 total yarn exports, 323,000,000 pounds. The 

 value of cotton manufactures exported was 64,- 

 900,000; of woolen manufactures, 20,100,000; 

 of linen manufactures, 5,300,000; total exports 

 of textiles, 90,300,000. 



The total value of merchandise imports in 1898 

 was 470,604,198, against 451,604,960 in 1897. 

 About 7 per cent, of the imports are subject to 

 duty. The exports of articles of British produce 

 and manufacture in 1898 amounted to 233,- 

 390,792, against 234,219,708 in 1897; exports of 

 foreign and colonial produce, 60,619,199, against 

 59,954,410; total value of imports and exports 

 of merchandise, 764,614,189, against 745,203,- 

 078 in 1897, 738,118,118 in 1896, 702,522,065 

 in 1895, and 682,130,677 in 1894. The share of 

 England and Wales in the total trade of 1898 

 was 676,376,000; of Scotland, 57,811,000; of 

 Ireland, 11,016,000. The imports of live ani- 

 mals were 10,385,676 in value, and exports 

 1,105,170. The imports of articles of food and 

 drink were 166,894,715 free of duty and 27,- 

 028,560 dutiable, and the domestic exports were 

 21,084,326. The imports of tobacco were 

 3,877,038. The imports of metals were 21,- 

 850,656; of chemicals, dyestuffs, and tanning sub- 

 stances, 5,483,230; of oils, 8,357,177; of tex- 

 tile materials, 71,268,397; of raw materials for 

 various industries, 52,228,035; of manufactured 

 articles, 87,119,504; of miscellaneous articles, 

 14,797,902; imports by parcel post, 1,313,308. 



