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Kay for all sorts of iisli, including bait and Crustacea. An agreement for the submission of the Newfoundland fisheries disputes to The Hague was concluded at Washington, January 27, 1909. The award was published in September, 1910, and was satisfactory to British claims. Among other things, it secured the right of Great Britain to make regulations without the consent of the United States, subject lo any limitations imposed by treaty. It also confirmed Great Britain's contention that the wliole extent of a bay from headland to headland is colnprised within territorial waters. Number of vessels engaged in Whaling trade (1911), 7. Catch : 10 sperm whales, 38 sulphur bottoms, 288 finbacks. The whale factories turned out 405,644 gallons of oil, 672 tons of guano and 516 cwts. of bone.

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The revenue and expenditure in five years ended June 30 have n (1 dollars 4s. lid.) :—

—

1907-S

1 1908-9 1900-10

1910-11

1911-121

Revenue Expenditure.

£ 581,520 572,644

574,090 602,868

£

708,753 642,032

£

725,020 689, 5K6

740,000 705,000

Of the Revenue for 1906-7, no less than 483,889Z., for 1907-8, 508,149^., for 1908-9, 498,553/., for 1909-10, 563,914Z., and for 1910-11, 59.5,826/. was from Customs. Public debt (1911) .5,586,276/.

Imports and exports for five years :-

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1907-OS 1908-09

1909-10

1910-11

1911-12

£ i £

£

£

£

Imports. . 2,367,201 2,343,814

2,631,049

2,751,137

3,028,551

Exports. . ; 2

428,797 2,230,054 j 2,430,694

2,461,681

2,852,044

The chief imports

and exports in 1910-11 were: —

Imports (1910-11)

Dollars

Exports (1910-11)

Dollars

Flour.

1,985,012

hii^d cod

3,544,604

Textiles.

1,708,798

Cod oil. ., i

300,940

Coal

730,117

Seal skins

275,287

Salt pork

561,693

Seal oil.

385,250

Molasses

333,139

Lobsters (tinned)

360,495

Hardware

743,911

Herring.

388,710

Machinery

1,041,533

Copper and ore

231,693

Tea

179,803

Iron ore, &c. . . ']

1,318,992

Of the imports (1911-12) the value of 4,024,474 dollars came from the United Kinc{dom; 5,165,939 dollars from British Possessions (mainly Canada); 5,074,371 dollars from the United States. Of the exports the value of 2,892,666 dollars went to the United Kingdom ; 2,423,949 dollars to British Possessions (mainly Canada); 1,401,865 dollars to United States; and 7,156,329 to other countries.

Shippiing". — Total tonnage of vessels entered and cleared in 1910-11, 2,251,595 tons, of which 1,245,751 tons was British. Vessels registered December 31, 1911, 3,307 sailing vessels of 131,854 tons, and 71 steam vessels of 14,700 tons ; total, 3,37S vessels of 146,554 tons. Fishing is

1 Estimated.