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Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



The average value of the imported potatoes last year was 

 oS. 2-fd. per cwt. The imports of tomatoes, which were 39,000 

 short of those of 1900, were of the average declared value of 

 1 8s. 6d. per cwt. Compared with the figures for 1900, there 

 were decreases last year of 298,000 cwts. in the imports of 

 apples, 128,000 cwts. in pears, 159,000 cwts. in plums, and 

 30,000 cwts. in cherries. Of bananas 2,228,672 bunches were 

 received, valued at ^875,542, as compared with 1,287,442 

 bunches, of the value of ^548,956, in 1900. The imports of 

 hops were 82,000 cwts. short of those of 1900, and their de- 

 clared value per cwt. was a shilling less, or 79s. 2d. as against 

 80s. 2d. 



The imports of timber 'other than furniture woods, hard- 

 woods and veneers) have decreased by about 700,000 loads, 

 and their value by over three and a quarter millions 

 sterling. The value per load in 1900 was 52s. 3d., while in 

 1901 it was 48s. 1 id. 



