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Rh Table XVII. shows the production, for the United Kingdom, of certain principal crops.

TABLE XVII. Principal Crops.

June 4th

Wheat Quarters

Barley Quarters

Oats Quarters

Potatoes Tons

Hops (England) Cwt.

1912 1914

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

7.175,288 7,804,041

9,239,355 7,471,884 8,040,352 11,643,000 8,665,000 7,104,000

7,275,900 8,065,678 5,862,244 6,612,550 7,184,843 7,760,000 7,213,000 8,211,000

20,600,079 20,663,537 22,308,395 21,333,782 26,020,909 31,196,000 25,495,000 22,609,000

5,726,342 7,476,458 7,540,240 5,468,881 8,603,820 9,223,000 6,312,000 6,374,000

373,438 507,258 254,609 307,856 220,719 130,000 189,000 281,000

Fisheries. The war had a profound effect upon British fish- eries. They were restricted not merely by military operations, but also by the diversion of so many fishermen and vessels to na- val service. The figures in Table XVIII. illustrate the limitation of production and the increase of prices.

TABLE XVIII. Fisheries.

Year

Wet Fish Landed

Value of ' Wet Fish

Value of Shell Fish

Eng. & W. Cwt.

Scotland Cwt.

Ireland Cwt.

U.K. Cwt.

1910

1913 1914

1915 1916 1917 1918

13,117,681

16,152,374 10,124,809

5,785,233 4,244,181 4,051,613 4,681,000

8,709,655 7,828,350 7,440,321 2,319,390 3,412,030 3,079,768 3,313,228

1,041,351 676,392 589,996 550,194 566,137 662,755 760,986

22,868,687 24,657,116 18,155,126 8,654,817 8,222,348 7,794,136 8,755,214

11,382,740 14,229,311 11,228,829

9,776,729 10,815,569

13.442,654 21,132,924

357,314 463,642 401,812

389,174 437,804

453,984 590,211

Minerals and Mining. Tables XIX. and XX. show the output and value of minerals raised and metals manufactured in the United Kingdom in 1910, 1914, 1917 and 1919, and illustrate the inflation of prices during and since the war. The figures for 1917 also indicate the effect of the war upon output, but at the same time demonstrate that coal production, in spite of all difficulties, was not permitted to decline to the extent that is seen in other cases.

For coal production and statistics see COAL. Iron ore raised in the various counties of the United Kingdom and in the most productive counties in England is shown in Table XXI. in tons for the years 1910, 1915, and 1919.

TABLE XXI. Iron Ore Production.

1910 Tons

1915 Tons

'919 Tons

England

Cumberland

I.334-75I

1,323,408

982,143

Lancashire ....

408,090

338,086

231,534

Leicester ....

560,410

685,137

534,595

Lincoln ....

2,128,161

2,806,989

2,787,322

Northampton

2,649,539

2,517,150

2,202,177

Stafford ....

913,006

703,231

704,376

York .....

6,198,411

4,821,465

3,732,476

England (including other

counties) ....

14,471,108

13,729,146

11,863,597

Wales

4M55

91,299

65,974

Scotland. .

648,415

375,241

308,721

Ireland

65,037

39,326

15,903

The home production of tin ore (almost exclusively in the S.W. of England) is shown in Table XXII. to have had some revival in 1910-14, with a marked increase in world prices in and about 1912, and a further increase during the war, followed by a, decrease at its close. ,

TABLE XXII. Tin Ore Production.

Year

Tin Ore Tons

Value

1910 1912 1914 . 1916 1917 1919

7.572 8,166 8,085 7,893 6,573 5,156

655,871 1,012,290 661,865 712,142

784,493 678,82^

Textile Industries. The quantities of raw cotton imported, ex- ported and retained for consumption are given in Table XXIII. for 1910, 1912, 1914 and subsequent years. The restriction of export imposed by war conditions is most clearly illustrated by the figure for 1918. The figures for wool are given in Table XXIV. on the following page.

TABLE XXIII. Cotton.

Year

Imported Ib.

, Exported Ib.

Retained Ib.

1910 1912

1914

1915 1916 1918 1919

1,972,741,120 2,805,817,800 1,864,133,300 2,647,616,100 2,171,002,200 1,489,083,000 1,958,286,700

256,100,768 323,801,100 216,263,500 343,638,000 237,472,800 352,ooo 121,131,600

1,716,640,352 2,482,016,700 1,647,869,800 2,303,978,100 1.933,529,400 1,488,731,000 1,837,155,100

TABLE XIX. Mining Production.

1910

1914

1917

1919

Description of Metal

Tons

Value

Tons

Value

Tons

Value

Tons

Value

Coal

264,433,028

108,377,567

265,664,393

132,596,853

248,499,240

207,786,894

229,779,517

314,113,160

Iron Ore

15,226,015

4,022,269

14,867,582

3,921,683

14,845,734

6,429,620

12,254,195

7,428,366

Clay and Shale

14,090,320

1,761,410

13,124,361

1,731,779

5.842,675

1,393,858

7,765,965

2,358,522

Sandstone

4,386,281

1,300,705

3,464,528

1,057,096

1,613,379

563,119

1,699,853

97L329

Slate ......

416,324

1,063,994

318,912

806,196

121,524

366,124

164,098

844,394

Limestone ....

12,512,736

1,296,169

12,158,441

1,295,512

10,454,717

1,722,199

9,537,495

2,431,627

(not chalk)

Igneous Rocks ....

6,608,705

1,263,410

7,135.243

1,369,242

4,239,405

1,049,121

4-387,703

1,720,932

Oil Shale

3,130,280

860,827

3,268,666

837,249

3,"7,658

1,280,007

2,763,875

1,567,050

Tin Ore (dressed).

7,572

655.871

8,085

661,865

6,576

784,493

5,156

678,823

Salt

2,050,630

581,504

2,069,989

560,893

2,013,388

1,318,944

1,908,080

2,079,011

TABLE XX. Output of Metals.

Description of Metal

1910

1914

1917

1919

Tons

Value

Tons

Value

Tons

Value

Tons

Value

_

Iron. Tin Lead. . . . . Zinc Copper Gold Bar Silver.

4-975,735 4,797 21,522 4,168

449 2,427 oz. 136,665 oz.

17,008,812 738,025 283,194 99,823 27,570 8,088 14,058

4,786,090 5,056 19,378 5,208

341 99 oz.

146,444 oz.

17,953,057 800,547

371,977 121,585

22,777 333

15,445

4,688,063 3,936 11,250

2,735 187

75,472 oz.

43,271,614'

935,407 337,500 142,699 25,141

12,854

3,808,095 3,272 10,277 2,436 144

68,414 oz.

51,511,064

842,485 289,769 102,951 14,176

16,266

1 Calculated on the value of pig iron exported.