March 1895.] IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 377 



From the table given below it will be observed that there 

 was a decline of nearly 8,000,000 cwts. in the receipts of wheat 

 arriving in the form of grain from the United States, but this 

 falling off was more than made up by an increase of over 

 6,000,000 cwts. in the imports from Russia and by an increase 

 of nearly 5,500,000 cwts. in the importation of wheat from the 

 Argentine Republic. As regards flour, there was a slight falling 

 off in the total quantity entered in 1894 as compared with the 

 entries of 1893. The receipts in 1894 from the United States 

 were indeed quite 2,000,000 cwts. less, but arrivals from other 

 countries balanced half of t.his reduction, so that the aggregate 

 was over 1 ,000,000 cwts. below that of the previous year. The 

 importation was 3,000,000 cwts. short of the quantity imported 

 in 1892. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Countries. 





















1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



Wheat : — 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 







Erom United States - 



32,262,848 



24,658,245 



10,610,530 



6,854,594 



„ Russia 



10,061,988 



16,775,881 



3,095,501 



4,284,862 " 



„ Argentine Re- 

 public. 



7,84.5,587 



13,272,152 



2,432,674 



3,400,954 



„ British East 

 Indies. 



6,196,096 



5,349,056 



1,951,816 



1,429,433 



Wlieat flour : — 



From United States - 



17,995,601 



15,925,486 



8,400,236 



6,530,249 



„ Austrian Terri- 

 tories. 



1,099,614 



1,106,971 



743,934 



667,880 











„ British North 

 — America. 



1,080,986 



1,195,421 



508,144 



481,005 











„ other countries 



231,967 



906,727 



109,196 



315,539 



Imports of Vegetables, Hops, and Fkuit. 



The imports of vegetables, hops, and fruit in the 12 months 

 ended 31sfc December 1894 and in the previous year are shown 

 in the following table, from which it will be seen that there was 

 a comparatively large increase in the importation of onions 

 into this country, the entries recorded for 1894 being about 

 5,288,000 bushels, as against 4,672,000 bushels in 1893, and- 

 4,420,000 bushels in the px^evious year. 



