620 Imports of Agricultural Produce. [jan.,, 



(12,636,000 cwt.), Canada (11,310,000 cwt.), and Australasia 

 (7,864,000 cwt.). The United States, which in 1905 only sent 

 ^>63 5,000 cwt., has, it will be seen, recovered its former position 

 as the principal source of our wheat supply, the imports from 

 Russia, Argentina, and India having all diminished. The 

 decline in the importation of American flour, which was a 

 noticeable feature of the trade in 1905, has been checked, the 

 receipts from this source being 9,810,000 cwt, compared with 

 5,685,000 cwt. in 1905, 8,253,000 cwt. in 1904, and 16,224,000. 

 cwt. in 1903. 



The average declared value of wheat was 7s. per cwt., and 

 of flour 9s. 7d. per cwt. 



Miscellaveojis Imports. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Val 



Lies. 



1905. 



1906. 



1905. 



1906- 











£ 



£ 



Onions ... 



bush. 



7,587,025 



8,310,534 



1,094,802 



953,615 



Potatoes... 



cwt. 



3,664,294 



3,816,373 



1 ,404,607 



1,332,027 



Tomatoes 





1,137,193 



1,124,472 



970,579 



953,191 



Vegetables, unenume- 











rated ... 



cwt. 







419,752 



404,870 



Apples ... 



5 ) 



3,494,650 



2,808,732 



2,065,193 



1,753,577 



Pears 





417,919 



576,220 



407,817 



571,722: 



Plums ... 



> 5 



480,211 



. 891,513 



524,673 



759,082 



Cherries... 





186,682 



190,87^ 



253,042 



246,383, 



Strawberries 



J J 



29,399 



52,251 



40,120 



64,799 



Currants 



> J 



82,286 



106,795 



94,408 



139,794- 



Goo.«eberries . . . 



5 J 



17,159 



39,374 



11,941 



22,921 



Hops 





108,953 



232,619 



456,280 



852,476. 



Flax 



> 5 



1,801,960 



1,747,300 



3,581,808 



3,558,567 



Clover and 



Grass 











Seeds... 



cwt. 



316,111 



300,939 



651,576 



615,920' 



Wood and Timber (ex- 







cept Furniture Woods, 











Hardwoods, 



and 











Veneers) 



loads 



8,962,259 



10,079,087 



21,282,227 



25,580,239 



Oilseeds — Cotton 



tons 



568,928 



624,767 



2,973,520 



3,716,567 



,, Flax or 



Lin- 











seed 



qrs. 



1,924,008 



1,588,100 



3,541,333 



3,274,988. 



,, Rape 





81,326 



118, 149 



286,073 



234,639 



Oilseed Cake ... 



tons 



357,577 



360,188 



2,206,165 



2,362,471 



Manures... 





601,993 



618,969 



2,069,537 



2,184,123. 



Flowers, fresh ... 









202,217 



233,884 



Owing to smaller receipts from Russia the imports both of 



barley and oats declined. Maize, on the other hand, reached a 

 higher total than in the two preceding years, Argentina sending 

 us the largest contribution (24,524,000 cwt.), the United States 

 taking the second place with 18,618,000 cwt. 



