1909.] Imports of Grain in the Cereal Year. 473 



cwts., while Canada sent 2,056,000 cwts. The imports from 

 Austria-Hungary, at one time a considerable exporter, were 

 insignificant. 



While the home supply of wheat only represents about 25 

 per cent, of the total, home-grown barley and oats still furnish 

 the bulk of the supply. 



In 1908 the yield of barley in the United Kingdom was 

 7,696,000 quarters, while the imports were 6,152,000 quarters 

 (of 400 lb.), and in the preceding year the figures were 

 8,387,000 quarters and 4,890,000 quarters respectively. In 

 the case of oats, the proportion of the home produce is much 

 greater, 22,001,000 quarters being grown in 1908, and only 

 5,559,000 quarters imported, as against 22,961,000 quarters in 

 1907, and an importation of 4,746,000. 



The receipts of barley during the past year from abroad 

 were somewhat larger than in 1907-8 owing to increased 

 exports from Russia and the United States, while as regards 

 oats there was also some extension. 



The imports of maize, on the other hand, were barely equal 

 to those of 1907-8, and represent a lower figure than in any 

 year since 1894-5, when the imports only amounted to 24 

 million cwts. Russia, Roumania, and the United States were 

 all comparatively small contributors, though the supplies from 

 the Argentine Republic were fairly good. 



The aggregate imports of the principal cereals in each of 

 the past 12 years are given below : — 



Harvest Year. 



Millions of Cwts. 



Wheat. 



Wheat-flour. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Maize. 



1908-9 



93'i 



II'O 



22 "O 



I5'5 



39 "Q 



1907-8 



91*6 



I3'4 



I7-5 



13.2 



39'5 



1906-7 



947 



13-2 



195 



10-9 



5^7 



1905-6 



94 '6 



14-4 



20-3 



i6'o 



47*i 



1904-5 •• 



105*1 



ro - 9 



2 I/O 



17-2 



42-3, 



1903-4 



93' 1 



19-1 



3i*9 



15-2 



47 '6 



1902-3 



85-1 



19-2 



257 



16-6 



41 '6 



1901-2 



747 



19-1 



23:1 



167 



47 '2 



1900-1 



71-2 



233 



187 



22'I 



55'8 



1899-1900 



65-0 



21 "6 



152 



19-8 



577 



1898-9 



67-0 



22 -9 



22*9 



14-9 



57'5 



1897-8 



66 -4 



20 *o 



20'3 



154 



55-6 



It will be seen that, except in the case of wheat, practically 



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