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 COMMERCE

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Imports of Merchandise

Exports of Produce and Manufactures of U.K.

1896

1897

1896

1897

£

£

£

£ ""

Mexico

593,002

593,894

1,520,387

1,602,818

Philippine Islands

1,536,533

1,278,830

507,601

400,264

Colombia.

569,232

556,560

1,344,841

1,191,023

Venezuela.

57,426

63,382

789,767

564,697

Algeria

531,523

671,014

257,501

273,304

Morocco.

218,309

211,928

489,864

412,753

Ecuador.

153,812

92,412

372,167

418,049

Hayti, St. Domingo.

92,940

74,034

288,394

296,964

Tunis and Tripoli

400,590

326,871

■ 287,748

265,743

Foreign East Africa.

107,482

126,161

992,628

1,298,501

Persia

147,129

197,778

273,786

427,150

Siam

110,264

246,940

136,487

150,380

Bulgaria. Madagascar

368,732

396,832

273,409

385,901

92,535

67,859

146,966

158,610

Cochin China and

Tonquin

16,975

360,229

109,223

73,325

All other Countries. Total Foreign Coun-

1,044,024

1,187,915

1,569,146

1,687,131

tries Grand Total

348,600,875

357,010,027

156,008,614

153,544,645

441,808,904

451,028,960

240,145,551

234,219,708

The following table shows the value of the imports and exports of gold and silver bullion and specie in five years : —

Year

Gold

Silver

Imports

Exports

Imports

Exports

1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

£

27,572,347 36,005,999 24,468,337 30,808,858 43,721,460

£

15,647,551 21,369,323 30,123,925 30,808,571 36,590,050

£

11,005,417 10,669,662 14,329,116 18,032,090 14,677,799

£

12,165,049 10,357,436 15,048,134 18,780,988 15,623,651

The following is a summary of the imports and exports of the Clnited Kingdom for the years ended December 31, 1897 and 1898. The figures for 1898 are those of the preliminary report : —

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