COMMONPLACE NOTES. 



701 



When, however, it is remembered that the above table is constituted 

 largely of such fruits as could be grown in this country, it affords us 

 considerable matter for reflection, especially when we compare its figures 

 with those in 



TABLE II.— SHOWING THE EXPORTS OF FRUIT &c, 1902-1904. 





Quantities 



Values 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1902 



1903 



1904 



Fruit : 









£ 



£ 



£ 



Lemous .... (cwts.) 



24,260 



26,816 



22,203 



12,071 



13,684 



9,286 





383,923 



340,600 



248,527 



145,412 



136,582 



103,965 



Fruit, Dried : 















Currants „ 



23,674 



23,944 



23.281 



22,785 



20,429 



19,939 



Raisins „ 



25,259 



18,248 



20,194 



44,185 



32,300 



29,58 



Pickles, vinegar, sauces, and condi- 















ments (including chutney) value £ 



- 







670,742 



577,178 



630,464 



Provisions, unenumerated 









1,389,302 



1,044,599 



934,144 



Confectionery, jams, and preserved 















fruits .* . . (cwts.) 



333,763 



319,736 



314,780 



846,609 



801,067 



811,877 



Imports and Exports of Wood and Timber. 



The two following tables show the imports and exports respectively of 

 wood and timber during the same period — 1902-1904 — and it will be 

 fairly admitted that they afford even more food for reflection than the 

 Tables I. and II. which refer to fruit and vegetables. Against imports 

 to the value of nearly twenty-five and three-quarter million pounds, we 

 have exports to the value of only a little over the three-quarters of a 

 million, thus leaving us twenty-five million excess of imports over exports, 

 and, rather than this being an abnormal quantity, it will be seen that the 

 imports during 1904 were lower than those in either of the two preceding 

 years. 



TABLE III. — SHOWING THE" IMPORTS OF WOOD AND TIMBER 

 DURING 1902-1904. 





Quantities 



Value 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1902 



1903 



1904 



Wood and Timber : 

 Hewn : Fir, oak, teak, &c. (other 

 than pit props or pit wood) 



(loads) 



Hewn : Pit props or pit wood „ 



Total of wood hewn . „ 



Sawn or split, planed or dressed „ 



Staves of all dimensions . „ 

 Furniture woods, hardwoods, and 

 veneers : 



Mahogany . . (tons) 

 Other sorts . . . „ 



Total of wood and timber £ 



Manufactures op Wood and 

 Timber : 

 Furniture and cabinet ware . 

 House frames, fittings, and joiners' 



Other sorts (including wood ware 

 and wood turnery) 



Total of manufactures of wood 

 and timber (including furni- 

 ture) £ 



832,239 

 1,978,485 



916,070 

 2,321,348 



3,237,418 

 



775,361 

 2,332.577 



£ 



3,340,298 

 2,094,906 



£ 



3,844,589 

 2,535,365 



£ 



3,074,410 

 2,485,113 



2,810,724 



3,107,938 



5,435,204 



6,379,954 



5,559,523 



6,676,726 



6,742,233 



6,066,162 



17,171,422 



18,192,519 



15,505,625 



119,992 



61,896 

 227,350 



129,773 



88,942 

 175,724 



132,178 



103,770 

 197,937 



668,630 



532,438 

 1,379,025 



570,859 



797,125 

 1,182,499 



527,696 



892,728 

 1,152,500 









25,186,719 



27,122,956 



23,638,072 





— — 



_ 



J 1,145,154 

 1,320,520 



( 707,414 

 | 469,227 

 1,168,621 



588,219 

 332,627 

 1,162,475 









2,465,674 



2,345,262 



2,083,321 



