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 COMMERCE

77

Articles

Oranges. . . Thou-.

Bananas bunclx

Currants, dried.

Railing

Sugar (raw and refined)

Wine, Galls.

Spirits (British and

foreign) . Thous. Prf.

Beer (home-made) Thous. Stand. Brls. Thous. lbs. ,

(Pre-War)

5,540 6,564

1.244

life

33.626

11,565

31,734

2,801

374

334

21.548

7,099

18,560 16,13» 10 ibC

1918

3,640

729

281

18S

l-,007

11,317

K153

108JM

5,190 4,884 2,036 1,083

29.19:: 19,17*

21,7K

21.TU

Iu 1920 the United Kingdom imported about 30,000,000 cwt. of wheat from other parts of the Empire and about 79,000,000 cwt. from foreign countries. The great wheat sources were : —

United States Argentina Australia Canada

-2,000 cwt. 30,907,000 „ 19,966,000 „ 10,189,000 „

Wheat flour imported 1920, 11,970,000 cwt., of which 5,837,000 came

from the United States, 2,319,000 from Canada, and 1,481,000 from Australia.

Quantity of the principal food imports, tobacco, spirits (British and

foreign) and beer (British) retained for home consumption per head of

population : —

Articles

1911

ltl2

1913

1914

1919

Bacon and hams.

lbs.

14-04

1330

13 66

14-18

21-9

Beef 1.

21-1-2

20 27

22 12

19-98

156

Mutton l

13 21 7 25

12-35

1303

1243

9 9

Other meat.

6-55

6 99

8 39

12-1

Butter.

,,

10-30

9 56

9-68

9 46

3-8

Cheese.

,,

567

551

5 47

578

51

Eggs.

no.

49-99

4992

5617

46-30

14-7

Wheat.

lbs.

241 -40

268-07

258 32

250-89

173-1

Flour.

24-57

24-73

2874

23-91

429

Potatoes

7 94

14-11

22 90

8 05

24

Sugar (equivalent of

refined)

,,

80-17

7941

83 10

7980

—

Tea

647

6 49

6 68

6-89

8-4

Rice, rice meal, and

flour.

1301

I486

15-11

14 58

—

Tobacco

2-05

2 05

210

219

315

Spirits. . proof

pall.

68

0-67

70

69

47

Beer

gall.

27-20

26-83

27 50

27 60

16 9

1 Including estimated produce of meat from live animals imported for slaughter.

The total value of goods transhipped under bond was : 1915, 10,532,835/ : 1916, 10,148,357/.; 1917, 11,621,849*; 1918, 10,874,547/.; 1919, 15,783,234/. These amounts are not included above in the accounts of imports and exports.)