446 



Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



pete more or less directly with produce grown in the United 

 Kingdom : — 



Table VI. 



Miscellaneous Imports of Vegetable Produce. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Value. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 













£ 



Onions - - - - 



bush. 



6,108,924 



6,002,515 



760,560 



792,907 



Potatoes - - - - 



cwts. 



3,921,205 



6,752,728 



1,200,328 



1,913,912 



Vegetables unenumerated 









1,456,701 



1,680,734 



Apples - - - - 



bush. 



4,199,971 



3,458,646 



1,187,303 



1,107,058 



Pears - . . - 



5 J 



1,051,877 



491,649 



377,900 



221,772 



Plums - - - - 



>5 



1,043,819 



922,212 



497,783 



434,666 



Cherries - - - - 



> J 



312,294 



401,810 



178,131 



230,828 



Hay . - - - 



tons 



121,541 



116,107 







Straw . . - . 





91,724 



71,966 







Hops - - - - 



cwts. 



164,154 



244,136 



524,297 



1,030,140 



Flax . - - . 



tons 



98,802 



97,252 



3,203,184 



2,932,621 



Hemp - - - - 





89,019 



94,442 



1,763,402 



2,308,480 



Wood and Timber (except Maho- 











gany) 



loads 



9,976,902 



8,834,250 



22,990,142 



20,594,494 



Clover and Grass Seeds - 



cwts. 



299,946 



342,673 1 



579,258 



654,941 



Potatoes, it will be seen, showed a large augmentation 

 from 3,921,205 cwts. to 6,752,728 cwts., a total which has not 

 been touched since 1880, when 9,750,000 cwts. were imported. 

 While the Channel Islands, France, and other countries all 

 ghare to a greater or less degree in this increase, Germany, 

 whence we had of late received only small consignments, last 

 year furnishing 1,953,638 cwts., as compared with 358,008 cwts 

 in 1897. 



