462 



Imports of Agricultural Produce. 



ing by 840,000 cwts. the previous maximum of 22,106,000 

 cwts. in 1892. The values of wheat in grain are shown as 

 averaging 6s. 8d. per cwt. in 1899, compared with 8s. per 

 cwt. in 1898 ; and flour is valued at 9s. 4CL. instead of 1 is. 



The United States sent less wheat in grain, the total from 

 both sides of the American Continent being 34,651,000 cwts. 

 A bountiful harvest in the Argentine Republic enabled that 

 •country to take second place with 11,369,000 cwts., as against 

 .3,983,000 in 1898 and 933,000 only in 1897. The third place was 

 occupied by the British East Indies with 8,192,000 cwts., or 

 about 1,346,000 cwts. less than 1898. Canada sent 5,256,500 

 ■cwts., an increase over the previous year ; and Australasia, 

 which in 1897 had sent no wheat, and only 212,000 cwts 

 in 1898, has now supplied 3,703,000 cwts. Russia, usually 

 an important factor in our supply, failed to send more than 

 2,519,000 cwts., compared with 6,232,500 cwts. and 15,050,000 

 cwts. in 1898 and 1897 respectively. Four-fifths of the wheat- 

 flour came from the United States (18,406,000 cwts.) ; but 

 ■Canada sent 2,499,000 cwts., and it may be noted that the 

 amount of wheat, both grain and flour, from this colony was 

 the highest recorded. 



Table IV. — Imports of Gram and Flour. 



Description. 



Quantities. 



Values. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 



1S99. 



Wheat - 



Wheat Meal, and Flour 



Barley - 



Oats - - 



Oatmeal 



Maize - 



Maize Meal - 



Peas - 



Beans - 



Other Corn and Meal - 



Cwts. 

 65,227,930 

 21,017,109 

 24,457,004 

 i5>577,9oo 

 989,480 

 57,169,292 

 1,453,800 

 2,179,192 

 2,293,346 

 1,462,764 



Cwts. 

 66,636,978 

 22,945,708 

 17,189,358 

 15,626,630 

 789,810 

 62,699,650 

 1,8 14,766 

 2,752,950 

 1,877,220 

 1,964,697 



£ 



26,147,256 

 11,545,443 

 6,791,472 

 4,382,857 



615,925 

 11,282,310 



379.485 

 689,769 

 670,159 

 404,588 



- 



£ 



22,282,701 

 10,700,990 

 4,960,332 

 4.199,724 

 505464 

 12,967,202 



457,534 

 898.051 



573, 8 9i 

 541.772 



Total - - 







62,909,264 



5S,qSS,56i 



The diminished supply of barley is one of the most 

 noticeable features of the grain imports of the year. The 



