310 REPORT—1904. 
Belgium. 
1 =1,000,000 francs. 
— 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 
Value of Exports of Cut Diamonds 58 67 67 43 44 
Value of Total Exports (including 
above) One 3 ms . 1,626 1,787 1,949 1,923 1,828 
Value of Imports of Rough Dia- 
monds : 55 60 60 40 42 
Value of Total Imports (inclnding 
above) . . . . 1,873 2,045 2,260 2,216 2,221 
{ 
Germany. 
1=1,000,000 marks, . 
Imports : Special Trade Exports : Special Trade 
Year 
From Hanse For P To Hanse After : 
Towns Improvement Residue Towns Improvement Residue 
1881 572 _ 2,391 630 _ 2,347 
1882 552 _ 2,577 685 _ 2,505 
1883 556 _ 2,708 725 _ 2,547 
1884 557 62 2,704 770 82 2,434 
1885 502 | 57 2,442 | 693 78 2,167 
1886 493 | 57 2,395 | 756 79 2,229 
1887 537 61 | 2,588 | 826 89 2,309 
1888 518 | 59 2,773 791 91 2,415 
1899 50 96 3,965 105 135 3,062 
1890 17 96 | 4,145 105 132 3,223 
Excluding improve- Including improve- || Excluding improve- Including improve- 
ment trade and ships | ment trade and ships || ment trade and ships | ment trade and ships 
| 
1895 4,121 — 3,318 — 
1896 4,307 = 3,525 = 
1897 4,524 4,681 3,500 3,635 
1898 4,958 5,081 3,619 3,757 
1899 5,345 5,483 4,069 4,207 
1900 5,637 5,766 4,448 4,611 
1901 5,309 5,421 4,309 4,431 
1902 5,514 5,631 4,559 4,678 
E. The Discrepancies between Statistics published by Different 
Countries. 
Many attempts have been made to reconcile the statistics of different 
countries, but invariably without success. For examples see the official 
publications, ‘Trade between the United Kingdom and France,’ 1881, 
‘Trade of the United Kingdom with Germany,’ 1904, and ‘ Reports on 
Tariff Wars between certain European States,’ 1904 ; see also Sir Robert 
Giffen’s paper on the ‘Use of Import and Export Statistics,’ 1882, and 
Mr. Ellinger’s papers in the ‘Economic Review,’ 1902, and at the Man- 
chester Statistical Society, 1904 (see Section J below). 
In no case that the Committee know of do the values registered by 
country X of goods imported from country Y correspond at all closely 
with the values registered by Y as exported to X. 
As just explained, it is not in general necessary to assume inaccuracy 
