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14 {| class="table horizborder p9" Foreign Countries.||From Self- Governing Colonies.||From Other British Possessions.''|||Total.
 * +IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURES, 1906.
 * || ||''From
 * || ||''From
 * A.||Iron and Steel, Manufactures thereof||8,348,110||992||10,650||8,359,752
 * ||Percentage||99.7|| ||&emsp;.3||
 * B.||Other Metals, Manufactures thereof||17,313,827||4,076,865||6,841,034||28,231,726
 * ||Percentage||61.3||14.4||24.3||
 * C.||Cutlery, Hardware, Implements||3,762,161||6,862||2,593||3,771,616
 * ||Percentage||99.7||&emsp;.1||&emsp;.2||
 * D.||Electrical Goods and Apparatus||1,186,631|| ||994||1,187,625
 * ||Percentage||99.9|| ||&emsp;.1||
 * E.||Machinery||5,023,649||93,537||9,786||5,126,972
 * ||Percentage||97.8||&ensp;1.8||&emsp;.4||
 * F.||Ships (new)||28,286|| |||114||28,400
 * ||Percentage||99.7|| ||&emsp;.3||
 * G.||Wood and Timber, Manufactures of||1,888,629||119,638||8,461||2,016,728
 * ||Percentage||93.5||&ensp;5.8||&emsp;.7||
 * H.||Yarns and Textile Fabrics||39,234,930||1,181||2,248,346||41,484,457
 * ||Percentage||94.8|| ||&ensp;5.2||
 * I.||Apparel||3,778,552|| ||5,926||3,784,478
 * ||Percentage||99.8|| ||&emsp;.2||
 * J.||Chemicals, Drugs, Dyes, etc.||8,894,668||246,429||963,014||10,104,111
 * ||Percentage||88.3||&ensp;2.4||&ensp;9.3||
 * K.||Leather Goods||9,158,895||799,079||2,787,156||12,745,130
 * ||Percentage||71.8||&ensp;6.7||21.5||
 * L.||Earthenware and Glass||4,215,588|| ||3,574||4,219,162
 * ||Percentage||99.0|| ||1.0||
 * M.||Paper||5,488,490||175,608||64,407||5,728,505
 * ||Percentage||95.5||&ensp;3.0||1.5||
 * N.||Miscellaneous||27,980,867||135,326||904,536||29,020,729
 * ||Percentage||96.4||&emsp;.6||&ensp;3.0||
 * |||Total&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;£&ensp;||136,303,283||5,655,517||13,850,591||155,809,391
 * || ||87.5||&ensp;3.8||&ensp;8.7||
 * }
 * H.||Yarns and Textile Fabrics||39,234,930||1,181||2,248,346||41,484,457
 * ||Percentage||94.8|| ||&ensp;5.2||
 * I.||Apparel||3,778,552|| ||5,926||3,784,478
 * ||Percentage||99.8|| ||&emsp;.2||
 * J.||Chemicals, Drugs, Dyes, etc.||8,894,668||246,429||963,014||10,104,111
 * ||Percentage||88.3||&ensp;2.4||&ensp;9.3||
 * K.||Leather Goods||9,158,895||799,079||2,787,156||12,745,130
 * ||Percentage||71.8||&ensp;6.7||21.5||
 * L.||Earthenware and Glass||4,215,588|| ||3,574||4,219,162
 * ||Percentage||99.0|| ||1.0||
 * M.||Paper||5,488,490||175,608||64,407||5,728,505
 * ||Percentage||95.5||&ensp;3.0||1.5||
 * N.||Miscellaneous||27,980,867||135,326||904,536||29,020,729
 * ||Percentage||96.4||&emsp;.6||&ensp;3.0||
 * |||Total&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;£&ensp;||136,303,283||5,655,517||13,850,591||155,809,391
 * || ||87.5||&ensp;3.8||&ensp;8.7||
 * }
 * ||Percentage||99.0|| ||1.0||
 * M.||Paper||5,488,490||175,608||64,407||5,728,505
 * ||Percentage||95.5||&ensp;3.0||1.5||
 * N.||Miscellaneous||27,980,867||135,326||904,536||29,020,729
 * ||Percentage||96.4||&emsp;.6||&ensp;3.0||
 * |||Total&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;£&ensp;||136,303,283||5,655,517||13,850,591||155,809,391
 * || ||87.5||&ensp;3.8||&ensp;8.7||
 * }
 * ||Percentage||96.4||&emsp;.6||&ensp;3.0||
 * |||Total&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;£&ensp;||136,303,283||5,655,517||13,850,591||155,809,391
 * || ||87.5||&ensp;3.8||&ensp;8.7||
 * }
 * || ||87.5||&ensp;3.8||&ensp;8.7||
 * }
 * }

Colonial preferences would inevitably entail a general tariff on all foreign goods, including manufactures, for raw materials and finished commodities are so interlaced that this result must follow. Besides, a tax on foreign manufactures is one of the main planks in the Tariff Reform platform. We are to tax these goods to give work to the home workers, already to be so overburdened with duties on their food and their raw materials. Our