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COMPARISON OF IMPORTS 



TABLE III. — COMPARISON OF IMPORTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND 

 BRITISH POSSESSIONS WITH PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED KING- 

 DOM. VALUES IN MILLION £. IMPORTS FROM ANNUAL STATEMENT 

 (CD. 7968) : UNITED KINGDOM PRODUCTION FROM AGRICULTURAL 

 OUTPUT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FOR I908 : 



It has been necessary to express the comparison in values, as the 

 relative quantities are not always available — e.g., though the weight 

 of imports of meat is known the home production has to be estimated 

 in numbers of animals. The consideration of values leads to certain 



