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in 1899 were still much in excess of even the high level at- 
tained in 1897 and 1898. The imports of peas, beans, and 
other corn and meal were all below those of the preceding 
year. 
Miscellaneous imports of vegetable produce are shown in 
the following table :— 
Table V—Muscellancous Imports of Vegetable Produce. 





Quantities. Values. 
Description. 
1899. 1900. 
| & Za 
Onions - - bush. | 7,018,299 7,082,334 845,752 853,903 
Potatoes - ewts. | 5,159,011 8,903,534 1,577,720 2B O BAZ 
Vegetables, unenume- 
rated (including Toma- 
HOGS) 6 SA alee = = 1,744,558 | 1,557,733 
Bush. Cwts. 
Apples c rm ale hh -8 3,861,172 228A 1,186,143 1,224,655 
Pears” - : - - Ee Os2 476,908 AK A511 04 366,871 
Plums - - - - 559,273 423,019 294,052 392,606 
Cherries - - - - 281,236 242,505 153,042 308, 395 
Rive > - tons 131,546 109,708 429,799 = 
Straw - ay eee 64,827 55,460 145,112 — 
Hops - - ewts. 180,233 198,494. $09,842 795,470 
Flax - - - tons 99,052 71,588 2,927,864 2,509,810 
[RGIS eae 91,973 106,097 || 2,664,647 | 3,384,160 
Wood and Timber (ex- 
cept Mahogany), loads | 9,430,641 9,899.686 || 22,188,238 | 25,873,564 
Clover and Grass Seeds 
cwts. 299,268 261,957 549,743 508,913 



The imports of potatoes were greater than in any year since 
Loco mmancdmexceeded those Of 13890 by nearly 73) per cent; 
the average value, on the other hand, fell to 5s. per cwt., from 
nearly 6s. 14d. in 1899, and 5s. 8d. in 1898, the latter being 
the lowest average price at which potatoes had been entered 
since 1881. The receipts from Germany and France amounted 
to 1,329,000 cwts. and 2,193,000 cwts. respectively as against 
758,000 cwts. and 1,750,000 in 1899, but the major part of the 
increase is due to much larger shipments from unspecified 
countries. Tomatoes from abroad were valued in the past 
year at 4,791,000 for 833,000 cwts. The imports of hops were 
