Hop Supply of United Kingdom. 



the native hops exported are valued at a much higher rate 

 than the foreign imported. 



Year. 



Average Value per Cu t. 





Average Value per Cwt. 



Imports. 



Exports. 

 (British Produce.) 



Year. 



Inports. 



Exports. 

 (British Produce.) 



i88g 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 



£ s. 



3 I 2 



4 13 



5 0 

 5 2 

 5 « 



£ s. 

 4 19 



8 1 



7 19 

 7 5 

 6,8 



1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 



1898 



£ s. 



: • 3 19 

 2 19 



2 17 



3 4 



4 4 



£ s. 

 4 18 



3 13 



3 6 



4 i 



t; 10 



Considering more particularly the sources of our supply of 

 hops during the past ten years, the changes in the quantities 

 received from different countries are best exhibited in the 

 accompanying table : — 



Imports of Hops, 1889-98. 



Year. 



United States 



Germany. 



Belgium. 



Holland. 



France. 



All other 

 Countries. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



1889 



77,529 



20.492 



38,858 



47,463 



14,401 



641 



1890 



73.448 



25,129 



40,498 



36,527 



10,383 



2,043 



- 1891 



80,226 



i7,i99 



42,637 



35,355 



15.893 



3,956 



1892 



80,829 



11,691 



39,o44 



38,384 



12,206 



5,353 



1893 



141,819 



3,7°3 



37,35i 



15,214 



2,481 



3,742 



1894 



109,731 



12,053 



33,622 



26,164 



5,980 



1,605 



1895 



153.046 



15,400 



25,4" 



19064 



2,866 



874 



1896 



135,822 



13,011 



32,984 



19=912 



3,996 



1,316 



1897 



84,905 



15,881 



36.-787 



20,667 



5,i59 



755 



1898 





8,280 



30,151 



9,169 



1,644 



3:357 



Our imports are thus chiefly derived from the United States. 

 Moreover, the predominance of that country as an exporter 

 of hops to the United Kingdom has been steadily accen- 

 tuated to such an extent that, whereas in 1889 the 

 receipts from the States formed 39 per cent, of our total im- 

 ports, they in 1898 amounted to 78 per cent. This increase 

 has been at the expense chiefly of Germany, Holland, and 

 France; the shipments from all these three countries to the 

 United Kingdom having largely diminished of late years. 

 Belgium, which has always during the decade ranked next to 

 the United States, has suffered somewhat less, but the total 

 received thence has nevertheless fallen off by 25-30 per cent. 

 The consignments received from Holland and Belgium are 

 really, in the main 5 of German origin. No other foreign 



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