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NETHERLANDS

The principal articles of trade between the United Kingdom and the Netlierlands (Board of Trade Returns) in two years were :—

Imports into U.K.

1910

1911

Exports of ]»roduce and manuf. of U.K.

1910

1911

froni Netherlands

to Netlierlands

£

£

i

£

£

Peas. ..

115,912

156,540

I Cottons.

1,117,063

1,170,582

Rice.

,

455,946

461,709

! Cotton yarn

1,780,931

1,975,784

Eggs.

259,770

282,805

1 Coal ....

1,161,288

1,054,127

Fish.

230,035

194,797

Iron ....

1,251,130

1,414,149

Cheese

667,360

525,097

Machinery

479,225

589,770

Butter

843,318

586,479

New ships, &c.

233,957

248,319

Margarine

2,782,636

2,322,(368

Paper, &c.

1,018,651

1,084,040

1

Sugar.

2.043,724

2,868,-534

1

Hides.

151,120

112,917

Oil seed

721,266

622,526



Condensed

milk.

795,937

1,008,0.58

Mnch of the trade here entered as with the Netherlands consists of goods on transit from and to Germany, notahly the imports of silk goods and metal goods.

Total trade between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (in thousands of pounds sterling) for 5 years : —

1008

1909

£

16,830 11,718

1010

1 1911 1012

£

16, (113 11, 4 (-.7

£ £

liajports from Netherlands to U.K. Exports to Netherlands from U.K.

18,527 12,695

18,(i65 21,440 13,112 14,305

Shipping and Navigation.

The number of vessels belonging to the mercantile navy at the end of 1911 was : —

Sailing vessels 428, of 42.480 English tons; steamers 347, of 524,2/4 English tons.

The following table gives the number and tonnage (in English measure- ment) of vessels'which entered and cleared the ports of the Netherlands :—

Entered.

Year

1907 1908 1909 1910 1011

1007 1908 1900 1910 1011

With Cargoes In Ballast

No.

Tonnage | No.

Tonnage

13,692 12,988 13,243 13,3.59 13,S43

13,463,682 ' 712 12,671,4.30 813 13,396.068 1,151 13,427,928 ; 1,515 14,781,078 1,785

356,124 363,.558 532,080 631,800 716,496

Total

8,023

8,865

9,349

10,896

10.697

7,183,014 7,143,366 7,823,754 9,876,954 9,291,084

Cleared.

5,577 4,0:.(i 5,023 5,362 5,213

6,659,448 5,706,39 (•.,0(i2,45S 6,351,114 6,114,288

No.

14,4(H 13,801 14,.S04 14,864 15.62S

14,500 13,821 14,372 16,258 1.5,010

Tonnage

13,819,806 13.034,ObS 13,028,148 14.0.')0,S18

15,408,474

13,842,462 12,039,762 13,886,212 16,22S,0S 15,405,372