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THE GRAIJT CHOPS. 



various kinds, imported into the United Kingdom, exclusive of 

 flour and meal, rice, sago, &c., averaged 8,085,903 quarters. 



The flour and meal imported, omitting sago, arrowroot and 

 otlier starclies, averaged in the same period 4,143,603 cwts. 

 annually. 



The annual imports of breadstufi*s for food, taking the average 

 of the four years ending with 1852, may be thus summed up—- 



Tons. 



Corn and grain, 8,085,903 quarter 

 riour and meal 

 Eice 



Potatoes . 

 Sago, arrowroot, &c. 



s, at 60 lb. the bushel 



Total 



173,270 

 207,180 

 40,817 

 42,440 

 5,000 



468,707 



Some portion of this quantity is doubtless consumed in the 

 arts — as starch for stiffening linens, &c., and for other purposes 

 not coming under the term of food, but I have purposely left out 

 in the calculation about 30,000 to 40,000 quarters of rice in the 

 husk annually imported. 



Ireland took, in 1849, of foreign grain 2,115,129 quarters ; 

 1,683,687 quarters in 1850 ; and 2,504,229 in 1851 ; as well as 

 256,837 cwts. of various kinds of meal and flour in 1849; 1^20,107 

 cwts. in 1850; and 341,680 cwts. in 1851. England also sup- 

 plied her with about 500,000 quarters of grain and 350,000 cwts. 

 of meal in each of those years. 



• The comparative returns of the importations of grain into the 

 United Kingdom for the last four years, are as follows, in 



quarters : — 











1852. 



1851. 



1850. 



1849. 



Wheat ... 



.. 3,068,892 . 



.. 3,812.009 



... 3,738,995 



... 3,845,378 



Barley- 



656,737 



829',o64 



... 1,035,903 



... 1,381,008 



Oats 



995,480 



.. 1,198,529 



... 1,154,473 



... 1,267,106 



Eye 



10,023 



24,609 



98,836 



240,566 



Beans 



371,250 



318,502 



443,306 



457,933 



Peas 



107,017 



99,399 



181,419 



234,366 



Maize 



.. 1,479,891 



.. 1,807,636 



... 1,277,071 



... 2,224,459 



Other sorts 



8,085 



3,432 



868 



1,150 



Quarters 



6,667,375 



.. 8,124,280 



... 7,930,871 



... 9,651,966 



The meal and flour imported in the 



same years, m 



cwts., were 



as follows : — 











1852. 



1851. 



1850. 



1849. 



Wheat 



3,889,583 .. 



6,314,414 

 34 



... 3,819,440 .. 



. 3,349,839 



Barley 



212 ... 



108 . 



224 



Oats 



521 .. 



2,525 



5,999 . 



40,230 



Eye 



92 ... 



6,493 



964 . 



18,468 



Indian corn . . 



742 ... 



9,561 



11,334 .. 



101,683 



Other sorts 



54 ... 



343 



163 .. 



1,396 



Cwts. .. 



. 3,891,195 .. 



. 5,323,370 



... .3,838,008 . 



. 3,511,840 



Before the famine in Ireland the im.ports seldom reached 20 mil- 

 lions of bushels of grain and meal of all kinds. In 1848 our imports 



