Sept. 1895.] IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 215 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Description. 



Eirst Six 

 Mouths of 

 1894. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1895. 



First Six 

 Months of 

 1894. 



First Six 

 Mouths of 

 1895. 



Wheat - 

 Wheat meal and flour - 

 Barley 

 Oats - 



Peas - - - 

 Beans - - - 

 ]\Iaize - - - 

 Other kinds of corn and 

 meal. 



Cwts. 



32 1 7.3 191 

 9,225,934 



14,261,355 

 6,183,109 

 1,005,186 

 2,764,343 



20,809,683 



Cwts. 

 39,019,905 

 9,158',580 

 9,212,817 

 7,312,900 

 993,481 

 2,032,758 

 13,822,410 



£ 



Q 00^ mifi 

 4,010,498 

 3,344,699 

 1,712,889 

 286,454 

 726,588 

 4,635,014 

 237,868 



£ 



lUjO / -t} L'±0 



3,752,658 

 2,131,104 

 1,754,217 

 275,611 

 523,359 

 3,409,995 

 292,062 



Total - 







23,959,316 



22,813,154 



The principal countries contributing to the wheat supply of 

 the United Kingdom in the period under review are shown in 

 the following statement :— 



Wheat and Wheat Flour. 





Quantities. 



Values. 



Countries. 



First Six 



First Six 



First Six 



First Six 





Months of 



Months of 



Months of 



Months of 





1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



Wheat :— 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 





£ 



From United States - 



13,317,044 



14,634,420 



3,837,969 



4,145,821 



„ Russia 



7,526,194 



10,499,535 



2,058,668 



2,673,974 



„ Argentine Re- 



5,.'>39,954 



6,684,860 



1,462,379 



1,852,505 



puhlic. 











„ British East 



2,482,771 



2,887,900 



695,692 



761,508 



Indies. 











„ other countries 



3,307,228 



4,313,190 



950,598 



1,240,340 



Wheat meal and flour : — 











From United States - 



8,261,616 



7,644,030 



3,511,482 



3,070,516 



„ Austrian Terri- 



528,033 



650,260 



328,480 



345,502 



tory. 











„ other countries 



436,285 



864,290 



170,536 



336,640 



It will be seen from the foregoing that Russia furnished 

 nearly half of the increased import of 7,000,000 cwts. of wheat in 

 grain, having sent 10,499,535, as compared with 7,526,194 cwts. 

 in 1894 and 3,084,445 cwts. in 1893. The receipts of wheat 

 from the Argentine Republic were over 1,000,000 cwts. in excess 

 of the quantity of Argentine wheat received in 1894, and more 

 than double those of 1893, when the importation amounted to 

 3,240,375 cwts. 



VIII. — Imports of Yegetables, Hops, and Fruit. 



There was an increase of 900,000 cwts. in the imports of 

 potatoes in the six months ended June last, as compared with 

 the same period of 1894, the receipts from Germany in the first 



