To; IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 


about Io per cent. more than in 1899, but their declared value 
fell from 89s. 1od. to 80s. 2d. percwt. With regard to wood 
and timber, the total value of the imports rose by 164 per cent. 
from £22,188,000 to £25,874,000, an increase of no less than 
f,3,086,000 in this item, which does not include the amounts 
credited to furniture woods, hardwoods, and veneers, the 
addition of which would add to the total value a sum of over 
$2,000,000. 
