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Appendix F
RETURNS OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, QUEENSLAND, 1899
Shewing the Rate per Head of the Population.
| 1897. | 1898. | |
| Population on December 31st | 478,440 | 492,602 |
| Imports | £5,429,191 | £6,007,266 |
| Imports per head of population | £11, 6s. 11½d. | £12, 3s. 11d. |
| Classification of Articles, &c. | 1897. | 1898. |
| £ | £ | |
| Gold, in Dust and Bars | 2,568,702 | 2,855,781 |
| Specie (Coin) | 60,254 | 218,547 |
| Silver Lead Bullion and Silver Gold Bullion, and Silver Precipitates | 55,785 | 41,951 |
| Silver Ore and Gold Ore Slag | 10,863 | 23,037 |
| Copper—Ore, Regulus, Smelted and Matté | 21,388 | 6,430 |
| Tin—Ore, Slag, and Smelted | 36,670 | 31,871 |
| Drapery, Apparel, Silks, &c. | 14,835 | 12,006 |
| Shell Fish (Oysters) and Bêche-de-mer | 24,265 | 16,069 |
| Fruit—Green | 87,450 | 96,313 |
| Grain, Pulse, &c. | 17,887 | 5,222 |
| Hides and Skins | 438,211 | 466,265 |
| Live Stock by Sea | 7,980 | 16,487 |
| Live Stock Overland (Horses, Cattle and Sheep) | 821,526 | 798,949 |
| Pearl Shell and Tortoise Shell | 130,053 | 111,975 |
| Preserved Meat (Salt Meat, &c.) | 365,045 | 482,676 |
| Frozen Meat | 662,994 | 676,698 |
| Rum (Colonial) | 1,900 | 2,081 |
| Sugar (Colonial) | 681,038 | 1,329,876 |
| Tallow | 272,528 | 328,531 |
| Timber | 7,791 | 8,254 |
| Wool | 2,509,342 | 3,018,098 |
| All Other | 295,050 | 309,010 |
| Totals | £9,091,557 | £10,856,127 |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| Exports per head of Population | 19 0 0½ | 22 0 9 |
