434 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. [March 1897. 



This was, moreover, accompanied by a large increase in the 

 flour, mainly from the United States, but also in some measure, 

 and under special conditions, from France, where an arrange- 

 ment exists respecting the temporary admission of foreign grain 

 for re-export, which is apparently equivalent to a bounty on the 

 export of flour. The totals from the countries undernoted were 

 as follows : — 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Countries. 





















1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



Wheat :— 



From United States - 

 „ Russia 

 „ Roumania 

 „ Argentina 

 „ British North 



America. 

 „ British East 



Indies. 

 „ Australasia - 

 „ other countries 



Cwts. 

 27,084,120 

 23,017,035 



2,022,200 

 11,400,360 



1,844,600 



8,802,950 



3,486,620 

 4,092,070 



Cwts. 

 30,694,800 

 17,241,600 

 5,401,300 

 4,927,600 

 3,617,900 



2,112 ; 940 



8,500 

 6,023,240 



j£ 



7,760,967 

 6,048,929 



537,756 

 3,142,378 



556,920 



2,342,132 



1,014,747 

 1,127,347 



& 



9,704,950 

 5,187,240 

 1,696,170 

 1,439,715 

 1,092,372 



625,092 



2,400 

 1,930,765 



Total - 



81,749,955 



70,027,880 



22,531,176 



21,678,704 



Wheat flour : — 



From United States - 

 „ British North 



America. 

 „ France 

 „ Austrian Terri- 

 tories. 

 „ other countries 



13,131,850 



2,343,300 



1,125,990 

 1,305,760 



461,510 



15,905,100' 

 1,932,720 



1,692,540 

 1,388,300 



374,56 ) 



5,384,658 

 1,003,779 



414,203 

 706,818 



169,555 



6,786,600 

 816,950 



716,534 

 768,396 



127,568 



Total - 



18,368,410 



21,293,220 



7,679,013 



9,216,048 



The change in wheat values in the closing months of the year, 

 it may be remarked, which substituted an average price of 6s. lOd. 

 per cwt. for one of 5s. lOd. during the first eight months of the 

 year, had a very notable effect upon the import totals of our 

 trade accounts by nearly doubling the supplies of wheat from 

 the Atlantic ports of the United States, from Canada, and from 

 Roumania, entering the ports of the United Kingdom after the 

 1st September, as compared with the arrivals from the same 

 quarters in the last four months of the preceding year. 



Imports and Exports of Wool (Sheep and Lambs'). 



The total imports of this commodity in 1896 fell off from 

 the large amounts noted in 1895, and were but little higher 

 than the imports of two years ago. The decline is due to 

 restricted shipments from Australasia. From British possessions 

 in South Africa there is considerable improvement, and the 



