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604, containing 4.268 tons of metal, valued at 

 587,869; copper ore, 9,108 tons, valued at 34,- 

 503, containing 705 tons of metal, valued at 

 59,995; copper precipitate, 380 tons, valued at 

 2,450; zinc ore, 24.675 tons, valued at 97,606, 

 containing 9,066 tons of metal, valued at 118,- 

 573; bog-iron ore, 4,153 tons, valued at 1,038; 

 alum clay and shale, 7,087 tons, valued at 1,514, 

 containing 560 tons of metal, valued at 72,800; 

 gold ore, 20,802 tons, valued at 42,925, con- 

 taining 14,004 ounces of metal, valued at 52,- 

 147; silver, 190,850 ounces, valued at 22,465; 

 total value of minerals, 5,282,922; total value 

 of metals extracted from British ores, 21,030,- 

 719. The quantity of coal produced in 1900 was 

 225,181,300 tons, value 121,652,596; clays, 14,- 

 040,694 tons, value 1,571,043; sandstone, 5,019,- 

 874 tons, value 1,586,045; slate, 585,859 tons, 

 value 1,528,336; limestone, 11,905,477 tons, 

 value 1,300,314; salt, 1,861,347 tons, value 

 611,920; oil shale, 2,282,221 tons, value 627,- 

 844; granite, 4,634,301 tons, value 1,238,747; 

 chalk, 4,373,331 tons, value 208,032; gravel and 

 sand, 1,837,202 tons, value 138,163; gypsum, 

 208,038 tons, value 69,642; arsenic and pyrites, 

 13,654 tons, value 75,738; barytes, 29,456 tons, 

 value 29,244; ocher, 15,200 tons, value 13,398; 

 value of other minerals 23,692; total non-me- 

 tallic minerals, 130,674,754 tons, value 135,- 

 957,676. Of the 'total mineral product the value 

 of 93,722,160 was mined in England, 21,736,- 

 719 in Wales, 20,198,599 in Scotland, and 239,- 

 840 in Ireland. The total number of persons em- 

 ployed in mining was 814,517, of whom 780,052 

 worked in 3,384 coal-mines and 34,465 in 764 met- 

 alliferous mines. In quarries 93,895 persons were 

 employed. The exportation of coal in 1900 was 

 46,098,228 tons, value 38,619,856. Of the ex- 

 ports of coal and coke, 8,635,030 tons went to 

 France, 5,336,157 tons to Italy, 5,985,161 tons to 

 Germany, 3,229,294 tons to Russia, 3,048,458 tons 

 to Sweden, 2,619,681 tons to Spain, 2,125,493 tons 

 to Denmark, 1,971,121 tons to Egypt, 1,901,550 

 tons to the Netherlands, 1,436,958 tons to Nor- 

 way, 1,191,649 tons to Belgium, and smaller quan- 

 tities to Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Portu- 

 gal, and Algeria. The importation of iron ore 

 in 1900 was 6,297,963 tons, valued at 5,639,003; 

 exportation, 3,414 tons, valued at 7,461. Of the 

 iron ore imported, 5,551,559 tons came from 

 Spain, value 4,914,239. The total net supply 

 available for smelting in 1900 was 20,873,670 tons. 

 The quantity smelted in 403 furnaces was 22,100,- 

 774 tons. The quantity of pig iron made was 

 8,959,691 tons. Imports of pig and puddled iron 

 were 181,151 tons, and exports 1,427,525 tons; 

 exports of bar and angle iron, 157,164 tons; of 

 railroad iron, 463,731 tons; of wire, 38,441 tons; 

 of plates for tinning, 66,278 tons; of tin plates, 

 272,877 tons; of cast and wrought iron, 338,637 

 tons; of hoops and plates, 331,957 tons; of old iron, 

 93.937 tons; of unwrought steel, 308,448 tons; of 

 iron and steel, 41,694 tons; total, 3,540,689 tons. 

 The importation of copper ore and regulus was 

 188,492 tons; of unmanufactured copper, 78,643 

 tons; of lead, 195,380 tons; of tin, 33,118 tons; of 

 zinc, 69,536 tons. The quantity of raw cotton im- 



pounds; exports, 196,207.261 pounds; retained 

 for consumption. 362.743,267 pounds. Of the 

 wool imports 386.367,117 pounds came from Aus- 

 tralia. The imports in 1901 were 696,000,000 

 pounds, in addition to which 30.000,000 pounds 

 were clipped from imported sheepskins, 20,000,000 



pounds of goats' hair were imported, and 67,000,- 

 000 pounds of woolen rags, and 138,000,000 

 pounds of wool were produced in the United 

 Kingdom, making the total supply 951,000,000 

 pounds, less 293,000,000 pounds of foreign and 

 20,000,000 pounds of domestic wool exported, 

 leaving for consumption 638,000,000 pounds. Im- 

 ports of cotton in 1901 were 1,830,000,000 pounds, 

 and exports 206,000,000 pounds, leaving for con- 

 sumption 1,624,000,000 pounds; actual consump- 

 tion, 1,647,000,000 pounds. The imports of flax 

 were 160,000,000 pounds, the home product 18,- 

 000,000 pounds, and the exports 3,000,000 pounds, 

 leaving for consumption 175,000,000 pounds. The 

 exports of cotton piece goods in 1901 were 5.365,- 

 000,000 yards ; of cotton yarn, 170,000,000- 

 pounds; of woolen piece goods, 157,000,000 yards; 

 of woolen yarn, 48,000,000 pounds; of linen piece 

 goods, 150,000,000 yards; of linen yarn, 13,000,- 

 000 pounds; value of cotton manufactures ex- 

 ported, 73,700,000 ; of woolen manufactures,. 

 19,500,000; of linen manufactures, 5,800,000; 

 total textile manufactures, 99,000,000. 



The total value of imports of merchandise into 

 the United Kingdom in 1901 was 522,238,986; 

 exports of British products, 280,498,889; ex- 

 ports of foreign and colonial products, 67,846,- 

 843. In 1900 the merchandise imports were 

 523,075,163 in value; exports of British prod- 

 ucts, 291,191,996; exports of foreign and co- 

 lonial products, 63,181,758. Of the total im- 

 Eorts, England and Wales received 472,370,000, 

 cotland 38,691,000, and Ireland 12,015,000. 

 Of the exports, England and Wales exported 

 258,681,000 British and 61,475,000 foreign, 

 Scotland 32,167,000 British and 738,000 for- 

 eign, and Ireland 344,000 British and 968,000 

 foreign. The share of England in the total trade 

 was 90.3 per cent., the share of Scotland 8.2 per 

 cent., and that of Ireland 1.5 per cent. The im- 

 ports of live animals for food in 1901 were 

 9,400,033 in value ; of articles of food and drink 

 free of duty, 162,949,666; of dutiable articles of 

 food and drink, 47,505,501; of tobacco, 4,819,- 

 473; of metals, 30,787,452; of chemicals, dyes, 

 and tanning substances, 6,129,559; of oils, 11,- 

 030,606; of textile materials, 79,401,772; of 

 materials for various manufactures, 57,954,510; 

 of manufactured articles, 93,609,754; of miscel- 

 laneous articles, 17,298,198; by parcel post, 

 1,262,462. The quantity of imports of bacon 

 and hams retained for home consumption in 1900 

 was 19,620,000 pounds; of fresh mutton, 9,280,000 

 pounds; of butter, 9,110,000 pounds; of cheese, 

 7,260.000 pounds; of eggs, 49,480.000 in number; 

 of wheat and flour, 245,240,000 pounds; of pota- 

 toes, 24,130,000 pounds; of sugar, 87,710,000 

 pounds; of tea, 6,110,000 pounds; of rice, 10,200,- 

 000 pounds; of tobacco, 1,960,000 pounds. The 

 imports of wheat in 1901 were 16,296,220 quar- 

 ters, against 16,044,270 quarters in 1900. The 

 imports of cereals and flour were 196,388.807 hun- 

 dredweight; of potatoes, 7,076,882 hundredweight; 

 of rice, 6,757,323 hundredweight; of bacon and 

 hams. 7,633,018 hundredweight; of fish. 2,301.315 

 hundredweight; of refined sugar, 21.591,051 hun- 

 dredweight; of raw sugar, 13,419,775 hundred- 

 . weight; of tea for consumption, 255.873,087 

 pounds; of butter, 3,702,810 hundredweight; of 

 margarine. 960,082 hundredweight: of chccso. 

 2.586,885 hundredweight; of beef, 4.715.260 hun- 

 dredweight: of preserved meat. 760.364 hundred- 

 weight: of fresh mutton. 3.608.229 hundredweight; 

 of sheep and lambs, 381,481 in number: of cattle, 

 494.225 in number; of eggs, 17,072.795 great hun- 

 dreds; of spirits for consumption, 8,837.185 proof 

 gallons; of wine for consumption, 15,280,576 gal- 



