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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — AUSTRALIA

the Commonwealth in four years, according to the British Board of Trade Returns : —

-

1913 (pre-war)

1917

1918

1919

Imports from Commonwealth —

£

£

£

£

Wool

12,301,380

29,400,631

20,104,417

57,522,055

7,087,169

7,361,789

4,549,249

10,644,191

Butter

3,210,733

5,213,397

6,722,621

5,251,176

4,426,629

S,920,735

1,895,057

13,623,692

Wheatmeal and Flour

188,218

2,453,767

2,366,294

2,289,891

Leather

430,034

620,820

243,997

2,409,369

Hides, raw

682,431

304,974

463,570

553,964

Skins and Furs

1,826,898

777,124

1.100,388

4,431,631

Copper and ore

1,811,118

1,423,191

2,533,182

1,906,718

Tallow, unrefined, and stea-

1,560,571

1,013,131

415,4^9

2,00^,110

Lead, pig and sheet

1,308,185

2,763,486

2,513,989

2,869,146

Total, including articles not

specified ....

38,065,250

64,2S9,253

45,352,276

111,403,971

Exports (British produce) to

Commo nwealth —

Apparel and haberdashery

1,242,749

707,879

642, 1S2

616,327

Books, printed

599,583

392,770

562,178

463,450

Cotton, yarns and manu-

factures

4,481,517

6,479,317

10,712,310

6,546,686

Linen manufactures

651,425

580.784

538,071

616,851

Woollen and worsted yarns

and manufactures.

2,921,022

3,885,153

3,797,442

2,781,904

Machinery ....

2,467,197

861,095

664,038

1,376,121

Iron, and iron and steel manu-

factures ....

6,437,940

1,669,100

2,35R,074

5,262,503

Chemicals ....

553,998

816,982

897,786

693,038

Spirits

802,045

947,392

863,963

419.2UH

731,219

353,937

326,708

210,464

Total, including; articles not

specified ....

34,470,452

22,114,912

26.254,252

26,306,421

Total of foreign and colonial

3,359,080

900,974

1,813,6S4

1,491,888

The quantities of wheat, wool, and meat imported from Australia into the United Kingdom in five years were : —

Wheat. . cwt.

Wool (sheep's or lamb's) lbs. Beef, frozen. . cwt. Mutton, frozen. cwt.

1916 3,699,620"

1917

9,243,700

241,722,083 338,225.043 765,493 1,107,704 261.Ua 496,114

1918

1919

2,013,700 14,942,710

204,756,535 587,557,420

547,«60 I 622,318

26,163 1 758,579

Shipping and Navigation.

Number and net tonnage of the registered vessels :

Sailing

Steam

Total

No.

Tonnage

No.

Tonnage

319,878 324,776 349,087 341,874 323,205 313,432

No.

Tonnage

1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1,599 1,337 1,338 1,307 1,280 1,235

116,258 52,398 53,051 47,628 46,949 44,255

1,172 1,166

1,170 1,140 1,108 1,082

2,771 2,503 2,508 2,447 2,388 2,317

436,136 377,174 402,188 389,502 370,154 357,687