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 222 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

The principal articles of import and export for 1918 and 1919 were : —

Imports.

1918

1919 £ —

Exports.

1918

1919

&

£

Apparel.

2,948,324

3,118,241

Angora Hair.

. 1,641,889

1,654,235

Arms and Ammuni-

Bark


 * 287,220

386,096

tion

322,965

207,551

Blasting Compound

i 158,003

82,902

Bags

1,348,322

1,329,696

Butter & Substitutes

37,972

Cotton Manufactrs.

12,835,732

1>,050,S96

Coal 2

1,033,064

928,772

Drugs and Chemicals

1,254,223

1,007,316

Cotton Manufactures

353,640

Electrical Wire and

Diamonds.

7,063,043

11,546,768

Fittings

374,969

963,379

Feathers, Ostrich

88,628

1,646,014

Food and Drink

4,722,118

4,851,859

Fish.

189,038

240,224

Furniture

422,607

462,805

Hides and Skins

2,300,479

4,992,597

Glycerine

423,882

137,601

Maize

1,600,137

1,145,40S

Haberdashery

1,406,774

1,209,260

Maize Meal

662,332

1,836,180

Hardware <fe Cutlery

1,137,692

2,242,950

Meats

i 497,699

1,213,620

Hats and Caps

403,505

382,221

Tobacco.

1 176,415

159,626

Implements : Agri-

Wines

121,881

115.524

cultural

495,155

765,992

Wool

9,689,630

17,919,0S8

India Rubber

Manufactures Iron and steel.

434.135 1,348,727

582,281 2,119,947

Leather Manufac-

tures : Mainly

Boots and Shoes.

1,807,048

1,763,950

Machinery

1,602,456

2,474,301

Nitrates.

253,474

305,153

Oils.

1,437,613

1,782,437

Printing Paper

492,573

507,959

Stationery & Books

1,092,356

1,161,218

Tobacco.

111,285

159,401

Vehicle* *

651,126

1, 932.79S

Wax (Paraffin and

Stearine)

530,227

346,139

Wood and Timber.

1,063,282 1,247,180

Woollen Manufac-

tures.

1,452,076 977,101

Zinc

239,457

175,830

1 Excluding tyres imported separately (included under rubber manufactures.)

2 Excluding bunker coal.

Imports of Specie amounted to 2,022,825/. in 1915, 785,036/. in 1916, 1,889,342/. in 1917; 2,059,477/. in 1918; 2,327,407/. in 1919 ; and exports to 194,382/. in 1915, 187,092/., in 1916, 153,305/. in 1917 ; 222,953/. in 1918; 48,246/. in 1919.

The following table gives the total values and percentages of general merchandise imported into Britiih South Africa, according to countries, for two years i

Country of Origin.

Value

Per cent, of Total

Value

Percent. of Total

United Kingdom

£

26,165,983

63-4

28,814,580

4754

Australia .... India

1,177,241 3,427,402

2-4 7-0 2 2 2-4

1,903,789 2,679,845 2,019,566 1,054,812

3 SO 5 85

Canada .... Other British Possessions.

1,050,209 1,180,019

4-08 211

Total British Poesessions.

6,834, S71 14

7,667,962

15-29

Total— British Empire, 1

38,000,864 !

67-4

81,472,492

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