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review are shown in the following table, together with the 

 amount imported from each : — ■ 





Quantities. 



Values. 













Description. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1895. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1896. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1895. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1896. 



Wheat : — 



From United States - 

 s , Russia 



. Argentina 

 „ British India - 

 „ other countries 



Cwts. 

 14,634,420 

 10,499,535 

 6,634,860 

 2,887,900 

 4,313,190 



Cwts. 

 15,415,500 

 9,174,000 

 3,168,300 

 1,187,400 

 4,415,590 



£ 



4,145,821 

 2,673,974 

 1.852,505 

 761,508 

 1,240,340 



4,668,033 

 2,623,793 

 944,453 

 342,837 

 1,270,796 



Wheat meal and flour : — 

 From United States - 

 „ Austrian Terri- 

 tory. 

 „ Fiance 

 „ other countries 



7,644,030 

 650,260 



8,010,400 

 680,700 



3,070,516 

 345,502 



3,309,468 

 367,558 



330,990 

 533,300 



831,610 

 615,380 



114,791 

 221,849 



339,962 

 240,979 



> 



It will be seen that the consignments from Argentina and 

 India were less than half those of the first six months of 1895, 

 and accounted for over 5 million cwts. of the total decline of 

 5£ million cwts. in the imports of wheat. 



The quantity of wheat imported from other countries includes 

 1,001,800 cwts. from Canada, compared with 521,900 cwts. in 

 the corresponding period of the previous year, while Turkey and 

 Roumania supplied 2,456,000 cwts. during the present year, 

 •against 800,000 cwts. in 1895. 



The most noteworthy item in the importation of flour was 

 the remarkable increase in the consignments of this article from 

 France. 



Imports of Fruit, Vegetables, and Hops. 



The importation of fruit generally was less than in the 

 corresponding period of last year, though there was a con- 

 siderable augmentation in the quantity of lemons imported. 

 As regards vegetables, the principal feature was a decline of 

 nearly a million cwts. in the imports of potatoes, comparing the 

 two half years. There appears to have been a decided fall in 

 the price of imported onions, the declared values in the first 

 six months of the current year representing an average of 2s. 4sd. 

 per bushel as compared with 3s. \)d, in 1893. 



The principal source of the potato supply was the Channel 

 Islands, whence 1,161,000 cwts. were exported to this country; 

 while 485,000 cwts. came from France. The exceptional supply 

 which was sent from Germany in tjie first half of 1895 was not 

 maintained, and the importation from that country fell from 



