July, 1912.] 



31 



Edible Products 





1906. 



1907. 



1908. 



1909. 



1910. 



United Kingdom :* 

 Quantity ... ewt. 

 Value ... £ 

 Average price per ewt £ 



37,243 

 64,070 

 172 



26,709 

 65,906 

 2-47 



38,612 

 88,772 

 2-3 



40,923 

 90,702 

 2-22 



42,939 

 100,771 



2 35 



Hamburg : 

 Quantity ... ewt. 

 Value ... £ 

 Average price per ewt. £ 



4,522 

 8,499 

 1-88 



6,422 

 10,449 

 1 63 



12,748 

 20,651 

 1-61 



10,583 

 20,842 

 1-97 



11,883 



25,539 

 215 



Austro-Hungary : 

 Quantity ... ewt. 

 Value ... £ 

 Average price per ewt. £ 



3,873 

 7,500 

 1-94 



2,394 

 4.292 

 1-75 



4,228 

 10,333 

 2-44 



3,122 

 7,792 

 2-5 



3,635 

 9,853 

 271 



* In 1911 the ginger imported to the United Kingdom was 69,989 ewt., valued at £156,656 

 (provisional figtires). 



Most of the ginger imported to the 

 United Kingdom comes from India and 

 the West Indies, a considerable quantity 

 is imported from Japan, but compara- 

 tively little of the Sierra Leone product 





British 

 India. 



British 

 West 

 Indies. 



Sierra 

 Leone, 



Japan 

 (Including 

 Formosa). 



Other 

 Countries. 



Total. 



1905 . 



.. cvvt. 

 £ 



35,519 

 41,276 



8 603 

 17,365 



12,836 

 13,521 



826 

 901 



2,856 

 4,076 



60,646 

 77,139 



1906 . 



ewt. 

 £ 



18,795 

 34,101 



5,558 

 12,728 



3,895 

 4,700 



7,397 

 9,373 



1,598 

 3,168 



37,243 

 64,070 



1907 . 



.. ewt. 

 £ 



11,203 

 26,160 



8,324 

 26,441 



5,312 

 7,221 



449 

 632 



1,421 



5,452 



26,709 

 65,906 



1908 . 



.. cvvt. 

 £ 



18,056 

 35,387 



12.659 

 43,326 



2,461 

 3,015 



4,442 

 5,702 



994 

 1,342 



38,612 

 88,772 



1909 . 



.. ewt. 

 £ 



22,026 

 45,589 



9,795 

 31,747 



1,136 

 1,728 



7.257 

 10,462 



709 

 1,176 



40,923 

 90,702 



1910 . 



.. ewt- 

 £ 



18,745 

 42,481 



10,821 

 32,496 



3,832 

 7,408 



8,894 

 17,387 



647 

 999 



42,939 

 100,771 



now enters this country. The following 

 table gives the countries of origin of the 

 ginger imported to the United Kingdom 

 during the years 1905-10 : 



