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pounds in 1903 to 27,543 pounds in 1913; from Italy, from 7,872 

 pounds in 1903 to 161 pounds in 1913, and from Spain and Turkey 

 in Asia the decrease was about 2 million pounds each. 



Imports of currants in 1903 were 33,878,209 pounds, and 30,843,735 

 pounds in 1913, of which more than 98 per cent came from Greece, 

 with small amounts from Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. 

 Currants are really the Corinth raisin, so called because of their 

 origin in the Levant, some of which are grown in this country. 



Imports of dates in 1903 were nearly 22 million pounds, in 1913 

 over 34 million pounds, of which the largest amount came from 

 Turkey in Asia, nearly 15 million pounds in 1903, and over 27 million 

 pounds in 1913. 



Imports of bananas were valued at 8£ million dollars in 1903, and 

 14^ million dollars in 1913. We get the most of our bananas from 

 Central America, Cuba, and the British West Indies, having received 

 from the British West Indies alone in each of the years 1903 and 

 1913 about 3J- million dollars worth. The value of our banana trade 

 with Cuba increased from $670,690 in 1903 to $834,206 in 1913, and 

 for Colombia, from $612,114 in 1903 to $1,107,429 in 1913. 



In 1903 the imports of lemons were 152 million pounds, valued 

 at over 3 million dollars; in 1913 the imports were 151 million 

 pounds, valued at 4 million dollars, of which more than 95 per cent 

 came from Italy. 



The imports of pineapples in 1903 were valued at $634,945, and 

 $1,319,006 in 1913. Most of them came from Cuba, but a small quan- 

 tity came from the Straits Settlements, the Azores and Madeira 

 Islands, and Mexico. 



More than 97 per cent of the grapes came from Spain during the 

 five years 1909-1913, amounting to 1| million cubic feet capacity 

 of from 25 to 30 pounds annually at an average value of about $1 

 per cubic foot. Belgium, Canada, and the Netherlands each sup- 

 plied small quantities. 



The exports of dried peaches were first separately stated in 1906 and 

 amounted to 1,182,000 pounds, which increased to 7 million pounds 

 in 1911 and decreased to 6^ million pounds in 1913. Germany re- 

 ceived 211,355 pounds in 1906 and 2,432,000 pounds in 1913. Canada 

 took 479,431 pounds in 1906 and 2,365,000 pounds in 1913. 



Our export trade in fresh pears was valued at $631,972 in 1906 

 and increased slightly to $796,913 in 1913, Canada, the United King- 

 dom, Cuba, and Brazil being the largest purchasers ; a little less than 

 one-third went to Canada and more than one-half went to the United 

 Kingdom. Hongkong and the Philippines were the smallest pur- 

 chasers, Hongkong taking $25 worth and the Philippines $24 worth. 



