1906.] Imports of Agricultural Produce. 591 



quantities, but oats seem to have been in more demand. The 

 total value credited to the imports of the foreign grain shown in 

 the table amounts, it will be seen, to £65,419,000. 



During the past twelve months the leading sources of our 

 wheat supply have been Russia (24,703,200 cwt), Argentina 

 {23,236,400 cwt), India (22,807,400 cwt.), Australasia (10,404,600 

 cwt), Canada (6,522,000 cwt), and the United States (6,634,700 

 cwt). For the past two years India, Russia, and Argentina 

 have contended for the first place in this trade, the United 

 States, whence our supplies in former years had chiefly been 

 received, occupying a comparatively minor position. The de- 

 cline in the importation of American flour, which has been 

 another feature of this trade, continued during the past year, 

 only 5,685,400 cwt. being received, compared with 8,252,600 cwt. 

 in 1904 and 16,223,600 cwt. in 1903. The quantity of wheat 

 flour imported was less than in any year since 1881, the diminu- 



Table V. 



Miscellaneous Imports. 





Quantities. 



Val 



ties. 













Description. 













1904. 



1905. 



1904. 



1905. 









£ 



£ 



Onions ... ... bush. 



8,292,136 



7,585,951 



1,076,472 



1,094,693 



Potatoes... ... cwt. 



9,993,965 



3,664,294 



2,437,971 



1,404,607 



Tomatoes ... 



i 3 i34>72i 



1,137,193 



1,007,274 



970,579 



Vegetables, unenume- 











rated ... 







457,491 



419,752 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 







Apples 





3,494,650 



2,118,294 



2,065,193 



Pears 



535 5 6i4 



417,654 



503,573 



407,679 



Plums ... 



493,984 



480,291 



537,485 



524,673 



Cherries... 



260,724 



186,682 



319,824 



253,042 



Strawberries ... .... 



34,524 



29,399 



49,536 



40,120 



Currants 



116,888 



82,438 



M3,983 



94,590 



Gooseberries ... 



36,215 



17,159 



21,024 



11,941 



Hops 



3*3,667 



108,953 



1,839,854 



456,280 



Flax 



1,498,340 



1,801,960 



3,185,475 



3,581,808 



Clover and Grass Seeds 



426,475 



316,111 



869,838 



651,712 



Wood and Timber (ex- 









cept Furniture Woods, 











Hardwoods, and 



Loads. 



Loads. 







Veneers) 



9,305,844 



8,964,143 



21,592,784 



21,285,165 



Oilseeds — Cotton tons 



468,653 



568,928 



2,537,499 



2,973,250 



Flax or Lin- 









seed qrs. 



2,785,983 



1,923,940 



4,502,064 



3,541,163 



„ Rape „ 



309,325 



178,098 



386,420 



280,290 



Oilseed Cake ... tons 



371,809 



357,577 



2,128,817 



2,206,290 



Manures... ... ,. 



599,175 



602,031 



2,067,400 



2,069,637 



Flowers, fresh ... 







242,454 



202,217 



