244 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



From this we get values of exports of 



United Kingdom. United States. 



Ores I 54,149,091 813,770,477 



Metallurgical Product 176,560,594 65,262,079 



Total $230,709,688 $79,032,556 



While the values of imports were : 



United Kingdom. United States. 



Ores $33,512,356 $ 9,033,986 



Metallurgical Product 33,433,902 54,775,490 



Total $66,9:16,258 $63,809,476 



The first table shows us that the United Kingdom exports three 

 times as much of minerals and their products as the United States, 

 while she import.'* one-third more than the United States. 



From the second table we gather that the United Kin rdom im- 

 ports about four times as much ore matter as the United States and a 

 little more than one-half the crude metalhirgical product. 



The imports of ores to the United Kingdom are chiefly copper 

 oi-es and regulus, silver ore, iron ore, iron pyrites and phosphates, 

 with lesser quantities of ores of lead, manganese and gold ; while the 

 United States imports her largest quantities in coal, silver and iron 

 ores and salt, with smaller quantities of clays, copper ores, phosphates 

 and asbestus, and a small quantity of most other economic minerals. 



In crude metallurgical productions the United Kingdom imports 

 very large amounts of copper, lead, tin and zinc, while the importation 

 of the United States is chiefly made up of iron and steel, with tin, 

 earthen and China-ware next in importance, and lesser amounts of 

 fertilizers, lead, zinc and marbles. 



6. A Table " D " has also been prepared shewing the trade carried 

 on by the United Kingdom with Canada, with her other colonies 

 and also with the rest of the world in mining and crude metallurgical 

 product. 



This shews that the colonies do as yet but a small proportion of 

 business compared with that carried on by the United Kingdom with 



