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 COMMERCE

317

18%

1 1897

Country

Imports Exports

Imports

Exports

therefrom thereto

therefi'om

thereto

British Countries : —

1 £ 1 £

£

£

United Kingdom

5,923,417 6,704,104

6,004,798

9,559,249

Australian colonies.

6,265,987 5,356,036

6,813,772

4,969,120

India ....

220,253 175,751

282,090

325,261

Ceylon ....

127,232 44,147

143,030

59,812

Canada ....

19,523 ) —

11,682

424

Other British possessions. Total.

291,639 115,832

335,341

162,583

12,848,051 12,395,870

13,590,713

15,076,449

Foreign Countries : —

Belgium ....

136,492 272,780

142,915

198,525

France ....

166,032 732,154

142,924

740,638

Germany. . . . j

469,797 439,516

546,589

480,840

Sweden and I^orway.

95,831 399

104,761

2.136

Java and Philippine Islands

154,164 18,423

157,615

12,949

China. . . . |

83,547 78

48,446

314

United States. . . |

516,863, 283,754

590,744

185,344

Others. . . . '

Total. All countries.

84,060 1 55,544

129,775

42,475

1,706,786 1,802,648 14,554,837 14,198,518

1,863,769

1,663,221 16,739,670

15,454,482

The following are the values ^ of the principal articles imported and exported in 1897 : —

Imports

Exports

Articles

Value

Articles

Value

Wool

£ 1,964,731

Gold (inclusive of specie)

6,472,318

Woollen and woollen

Wool ....

3,999,813

piece goods

604,895

Live stock.

329,860

Cottons

919,661

Leather, leatherware,

Sugar

785,717

and leathern cloth.

370,495

Tea.

273,338

Breadstuff's

277,466

Live stock.

528,787

Tea (re-export).

155,896

Timber

251,451 !

Sugar (chiefly refined in

Iron and steel (exclu-

Victoria).

160,554

sive of railway rails,

1

Apparel and slops

164,285

telegraph wire, &c. ).

535,666

Tallow

162,585

Coal

228,647 1

All other articles.

4,646,398

All other articles

9,361,589 ;

Total.

Total.

15,454,482 ■

16,739,670

^ In the case of (Uiti;i1»ln imports the rticoixJed value is the value in the prinfipal markets of the country of cxjiort as established by declaration and the jirodiiction of original in- voices, with 10 per cent, added. The value of goods free from duty, of which the prjncijml are wool, skins, and tAllow. is the value at the place of import as d^rlarfd by importers