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Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests, 
Table XYI . — Quantities and Values of Wool, Wood, Seeds, 
Manures, &c., Imported into the United Kingdom in the Years 
1906, 1907, and 1908. 
Quantities 
Values 
' 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1906 
1907 
1908 
Wool : Sheep 
and Lambs’ — 
Lb. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
£ 
£ 
£ 
Total Imports. 
639,342,939 
759,236,745 
719,074,887 
27,146,133 
32,692,967 
13,350,821 
27,997,328 
Re-exported 
Excess of 
269,135,040 
312,673,305 
325,450,849 
11,197,764 
15,156,593 
Imports . 
370,207,899 
446,563,440 
393,624,038 
15,948,369 
19,342,146 
12,840,735 
Wood and 
Timber : 
Loads 
Loads 
Loads 
Hewn 
Sawn or split, 
3,246,731 
3,512,984 
3,883,325 
6,411,243 
6,990,764 
6,884,084 
planed or 
dressed . 
6,692,260 
5,985,423 
5,488,447 
18,534,958 
17,146,790 
14,515,433 
Staves 
139,041 
171,721 
147,028 
632,568 
736,422 
682,105 
Seeds, &c. : 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Clover & grass 
300,689 
338,443 
310,826 
615,170 
683,248 
690,320 
Cotton 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
624,765 
758,152 
616,923 
3,716,567 
4,881,653 
4,150,457 
Flax or linseed. 
Qrs. 
1,588,100 
Qrs. 
2,071,534 
Qrs. 
2,067,200 
3,274,988 
4,397,247 
4,306,094 
Rape 
118,149 
261,960 
147,490 
234,644 
551,157 
313,520 
Oil-seed Cake . 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
360,198 
329,734 
332,482 
2,362,471 
2,134,724 
2,118,518 
Manures : 
Bones (burnt or 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
not) 
42,604 
46,115 
41,412 
194,633 
206,598 
180,840 
Guano 
24,906 
31,278 
34,417 
127,719 
148,723 
158,899 
Nitrate of soda 
Phosphate of 
108,486 
113,894 
145,724 
1,183,082 
1,256,658 
825,619 
1,455,000 
917,677 
lime and rock. 
442,970 
504,529 
530,177 
678,696 
Miscellaneous 
Tons 
Tons 
Tons 
Hay 
155,395 
78,509 
97,424 
1 
519,466 
338,426 
1 
Straw 
58,725 
1 
169,812 
127,199 
1 
Flax 
87,334 
103,598 
79,653 
3,557,101 
3,942,607 
3,672,298 
Hemp 
117,336 
134,529 
112,185 
3,712,179 
4,239,167 
2,965,995 
Hides, raw : 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Dry 
484,218 
406,314 
357,376 
1,602,944 
1,484,570 
1,215,000 
1,837,288 
Wet 
533,678 
546,939 
681,104 
1,493,859 
1,619,719 
Leather . 
1,291,937 
1,068,705 
1,176,115 
9,642,438 
8,909,964 
9,479,143 
Lard 
2,049,367 
1,965,131 
1,987,491 
4,361,399 
4,491,539 
4,407,410 
1 Figures not yet available. 
