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Commerce.

Special trade (in

sterling)

Precious Metals (in sterling)

(exclusive

oi precious irjetais;

Year

Imports

1

Exports

Imports

Exports

£

£

i £

£

1907

11:3,226,770

77,954,730

\ 6,725,740

232,440

1908

116,530,980

69,170,430

1 1,122,100

840,490

1909

124,468,417

74,675,582

' 760,032

2,162,708

1910

128,187,997

80,330,993

1.242,628

1,924,656

1911

129,622,414

83,735,400

1,158,860

1,683,672

1912

144,164,000

95,840,000

Provisional value in lire of the leading imports and exports in 1911 : —

Imports (1911)

Wheat.

Coal and coke

Raw cotton

Boilers and machinery

Timber.

Raw Silk

Wrought iron and steel

Wool

Cured lish

Scientific and electrical

instruments Rubber and guttapercha

(crude and prepared) Hides (fresh or dried) Buck wheat. Cattle. Silk manufactures. Dressed hides. bilk cocoons. Woollen manufactures Rye, oats, barley, dried

vegetables, &c. . Scrap iron, filings, &c, Horses. Stones and non-metallic

minerals Oil seed ... Copper, brass, bronze

scrap, filings, &c. Oils fixed (exclusive of

olive oil)

Lire

297,332,740

259,088,814

345,566,494

158,934,735

139,137,335

96,863,300

106,943,689

89,070,755

53,910,782

69,917,215

88,865,665 72,972,585 57,601,500 55,625,020 53,891,312 50,923,025 51,220,250 41,487,745

38,817,318 31,416,248 32,933,800

35,320,130 39,431,665

42,764,400

31,817,090

Imports (1911)

Various wares (including

glass, but excluding

wood) .... Coft'ee .... Precious stones (rough

and polished) Tobacco leaf, &c. Copper, brass, bronze in

plates, leaf, &c., and

wrought Colours .... Pulp of wood, straw, &c. Fats of all sorts Raw vegetable fibres

(exclusive of hemp and

cotton) Refining and melting

apparatus Yarn (linen, hemp, jute) Sulphates and silicates. Petroleum and benzine. Bed and ornamental

feathers Heavy mineral oils (of

resin and gum) . Mother of pearl (raw) Potassium and sodium

nitrates Cheese ....

Lire

25,721,120 33,110,550

31,456,829 27,992,886

26,830,280 21,991,555 18,199,584 26,081,840

22,864,750

19,788,952 17,980,597 29,281,347 25,191,975

14,482,785

20,510,395 13,565,430

14,512,919 11,994,120

Exports (1911)

Raw silk. Cotton tissues. Silk tissues, Ac. Olive oil. Wines Cheese. Dried fruits. Hemp (raw). Hides (fresh or dried)

Lire

334,823,600 159,833,313 103,285,252 58,755,992 57,438,389 62,230,170 57,547,929 40,084,499 39,091,275

Exports (1911)

Eggs

Acid fruits. Sulphur. Flour

Pulp of wheat Rubber and guttaperch (crude and prepai-ed) Spun cotton, j'arn, &c. Fresh fruits

Lire

44,289,600 44,521,231 41,025,286 34,066,320 29,615,122

35,638,185 34,935,820