Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



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average declared value of the imports of barley was 5s. 5d. per 

 cwt., as against 5s. 2d. per cwt. in 1902. 



Table IV. 



Imports of Grain and Flour. 





Quantities. 



Value. 



Description. 





















1902. 



1903. 



1902. 



1903. 



Wheat 



Wheat Meal and Flour 

 Barley ... 



Oats 



Oatmeal... 

 Maize 

 Maize Meal 

 Peas 

 Beans 



Other Corn and Meal ... 



Cwt. 

 81,002,227 



19,386,341 

 25,200,837 

 15,857,167 

 612,602 

 44,492,977 

 242,841 

 2,035,110 

 2,065,593 

 L755,57o 



Cwt. 

 88,130,634 

 20,601.191 

 26,548,078 

 16,281,914 

 729,087 

 50,097,877 

 590,416 

 1,829,853 

 1,765,202 

 1,824,118 



£ 



27,079,823 

 8,925,617 

 7,131,712 



5,041,323 

 486,241 



11,713,132 

 83,270 

 740,123 

 703,659 

 539,372 



£ 



29,940,545 

 9,722,596 



7,219,314 

 4,263,928 



537,415 

 12,464,184 

 176,622 

 690,737 

 594,630 

 576,227 



Total 







62,444,272 



66,186,198 



There was only a slight increase in the imports of oats, the 

 quantity being still very much below that in 1900 and 1901. 

 Russia has again increased her pre-eminence in this trade, the 

 receipts from that country being 61 per cent, of the total. In 

 fact, it is interesting to notice that last year Russia supplied us 

 with nearly a third of our total importation of wheat, barley, and 

 oats. The average value of the imported oats shows a large 

 drop, the value being 5s. 3d. per cwt., as against 6s. 4d. in 1902 



The receipts of maize from the United States have recovered 

 from the very small amount imported in 1902, though they are 

 still nearly 7,000,000 cwt. less than in 1901. The supply from 

 Roumania, which was 18,591,914 cwt. in 1902, has fallen to 

 4,230,276 cwt., while that from Canada has increased from 

 104,993 cwt. in 1902 to 3,387,331 cwt. in 1903. The average 

 value of the imported maize has declined from 5s. 3d. per cwt. 

 in 1902 to 5 s. per cwt. 



The chief feature .of Table V., which includes miscellaneous 

 articles of vegetable produce, is the large increase in the imports 

 of potatoes and apples, the quantity of the latter article being 



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