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 144 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

The value of the leading articles of private merchandise (Indian produce only in the case of exports) was as follows in 1911-12.

Imports

Value 1911-12

Exports

Value

1911-12

Rs.

Rs.

Cotton manufactures.

49,57,03,012

Rice

29,05,17,072

Metals, hardware and

Wheat and wheat flour.

14,14,47,335

cutlery ....

17,87,48,070

Cotton (raw)

29,43,98,017

Silk (I'aw & manufactured).

3,71,33,339

,, (manufactured)

9,77,88,616

Sugar (refined & unrefined.

Opium ....

13,08,90.897

molasses <fe confectionery

Seeds (oil seeds mainly).

26,94,03.247

included) ....

11,93.31,830

Hides and skins.

13,92,84,808

Woollen goods

3,40,73,405

Jute (raw) ....

22,55,66,010

Liquors ....

1,93,95,(594

,, (manufactured).

10,00,05,753

Railway plant and rolling-

Tea

12,94,64,284

stock

4,43,09,549

Indigo

37,58,024

Oils

4,44,07,947

Other dyes and tans.

78,58,707

Machinery and Mill work.

4,25,72,040

Coffee

1,34,61,753

Coal

51,29,421

Wool (raw) ....

2,58,03,133

Provisions ....

3,19,05,901

Spices

92,90,598

Apparel (excluding hosiery)

3,53,32,382

Lac (excluding lac dye).

2,01,40,405

Salt

84,14,510

Sugar (refined & unrefined)

14,65,559

Spices

1,54,32,096

Silk (raw and cocoons)

45,33,853

Glass

1,54,37,019

,, (manufactured).

6,51,461

Chemicals, Drugs, &c.

2,07,49,043

Oils

1,60,84,782

Paper

1,17,75,651

Wood ....

95,16,950

Umbrellas and fittings

40,95,680

Wool (manufactured)

27,90,968

Grain and Pulse.

12,74,644

Provisions ....

1,08,49,545

Dyeing & tanning materials

1,26,17,685

Saltpetre ....

32,15,980

The share of each province iu certain exports of Indian produce in 1911-12:—

Eastern

Bengal

Bengal &

Bombay

Sind

Madras

Burma

Assam

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rice. .

6,47,50,183

1,93,038

20,33,114

25,53,875

1,71,73,900

20,32,12,950

Wheat. .

1,62,50,685

, —

1,49,09,716

10,23,23,751

428

—

Opium

0,71,48,200

—

0,37,42,091

—

—

—

Indigo. .

30,57,525

—

87,194

1,89,830

4,23,1(J0

375

Cotton, raw

81,54,864

4,07, 3(J0

21,02,00,540

2,68,87,009

3,90,22,402

30.59,842

Seeds. .

7,35,32,195

—

13,87,08,797

2,72,53,529

2,93,33,788

5,74,938

Jute, raw.

19,99,31,020

2,48,82,101

2,414

—

7,49,786

89

Tea. ..

8,85,29,130

2,77,78,(304

7,89,027

T,714

1,23,57,665

8,138

The trade between India and the United Kingdom (Board of Trade Returns) is as follows : —

—

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912!

Imports (Consignments) into U.K. from India

Exports of Bi'itish produce to Indial.

£

29,588,187

49,418,713

35,430,771 43,581,501

£,

2,703,715

45,998,500

£ 45,423,316

52,245,004

£

52,104,500

57,020,498

1 Excluding stores shipped for Ii.dian Government, which amounted in the years H»(i8-ll to 5,250,626/.; 3,051, 703L; 2,501,7511.; 3,311, 384Z. respectively.