1905.] Imports of Agricultural Produce. 6oy 



States, which only sent 8,077,000 cwt, in comparison with 

 18,676,000 cwt. in 1903. On a previous occasion, in 1902, when 

 the United States exports fell to a very low figure, the 

 deficiency was largely made up from Roumania ; but owing 

 to the drought in 1904 the export of maize from that country 

 was prohibited in August, and the receipts were only equal to 

 those of 1903, when the American exports were comparatively 

 large. Table V. 



Miscellaneous Imports. 





Quantities. 



Va 



ues. I 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



1904. 





8,619,919 





£ 



£ 



Onions ... ... bush. 



8,291,814 



1,003,016 



1,076,413 



Potatoes... ... cwt. 



9, 150,202 



10,003,267 



2,603,2^8 



2,440,001 



Tomatoes ... 



1,071,927 



1,134,697 



953,192 



1,007,278 



Vegetables, unenu- 











rated £ 







396,784 



457,49i 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 







Apples ... 



4,569,546 



3.77i,78l 



2,781,643 



2,118,374^ 



Pears 



271,518 



542,624 



326,463 



510,691 



Plums ... 



594,626 



493,984 



622,268- 



537,485 



Cherries... 



110,192 



260,830 



167,142 



319,969 



Strawberries 



32,644 



34,524 



49,362 



49.536 



Currants 



76,419 



H7,352 



110,535 



1 44, 39o 



Gooseberries ... 



34,312 





28,444 



21,116 



Hops 



113,998 



313,667 



578,739 



1,839,854 



Flax 



1,894,020 



1,498,340 



3,675,664 



3,185,475, 



Clover and Grass Seeds 



458,046 



426,475 



1,008,772 



869,838 



Wood and Timber (ex- 









cept Furniture Woods, 











Hardwoods, and 



Loads. 



Loads. 







Veneers) 



10,109,424 



9,306,278^ 



25,143,332 



21,592,844: 



Oilseeds — Cotton tons 



537,491 



468,653 



2,984,096 



2,537,499 



,, Flax or Lin- 







seed qrs. 



2,185,694 



2,785,783 



4,179,727 



4,502,116 



Rape „ 



308,296 



309,325 



417,271 



386,440 



Oilseed Cake ... tons 



367,791 



371,691 



2,165,430 



2,128,111 



Manures... ... ,, 



595,294 



599,126 



2,057,172 



2,067,351 



Flowers, fresh ... £ 







248,689 



242,454 



The chief feature of the above table, which shows the imports 



of various miscellaneous products, is the large purchases of hops 

 during the past year, which have considerably exceeded both 

 in quantity and value those recorded during the past twenty 

 years. The average declared value which stood at 83s. 6d. per 

 cwt. in 1902, and. at 101s. 6d. in 1903, further rose to 117s. 3d. 

 per cwt. in 1904. Wood was imported to a smaller extent, 

 and the decline in the value amounted to over three and a half 

 million pounds. 



