Table XVII. shows the production, for the United Kingdom,
of certain principal crops.
TABLE XVII. Principal Crops.
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Wheat Quarters
Barley Quarters
Oats Quarters
Potatoes Tons
Hops (England) Cwt.
1912 1914
1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
7.175,288 7,804,041
9,239,355 7,471,884 8,040,352 11,643,000 8,665,000 7,104,000
7,275,900 8,065,678 5,862,244 6,612,550 7,184,843 7,760,000 7,213,000 8,211,000
20,600,079 20,663,537 22,308,395 21,333,782 26,020,909 31,196,000 25,495,000 22,609,000
5,726,342 7,476,458 7,540,240 5,468,881 8,603,820 9,223,000 6,312,000 6,374,000
373,438 507,258 254,609 307,856 220,719 130,000 189,000 281,000
Fisheries. The war had a profound effect upon British fish- eries. They were restricted not merely by military operations, but also by the diversion of so many fishermen and vessels to na- val service. The figures in Table XVIII. illustrate the limitation of production and the increase of prices.
TABLE XVIII. Fisheries.
Year
Wet Fish Landed
Value of ' Wet Fish
Value of Shell Fish
Eng. & W. Cwt.
Scotland Cwt.
Ireland Cwt.
U.K. Cwt.
1910
1913 1914
1915 1916 1917 1918
13,117,681
16,152,374 10,124,809
5,785,233 4,244,181 4,051,613 4,681,000
8,709,655 7,828,350 7,440,321 2,319,390 3,412,030 3,079,768 3,313,228
1,041,351 676,392 589,996 550,194 566,137 662,755 760,986
22,868,687 24,657,116 18,155,126 8,654,817 8,222,348 7,794,136 8,755,214
11,382,740 14,229,311 11,228,829
9,776,729 10,815,569
13.442,654 21,132,924
357,314 463,642 401,812
389,174 437,804
453,984 590,211
Minerals and Mining. Tables XIX. and XX. show the output and value of minerals raised and metals manufactured in the United Kingdom in 1910, 1914, 1917 and 1919, and illustrate the inflation of prices during and since the war. The figures for 1917 also indicate the effect of the war upon output, but at the same time demonstrate that coal production, in spite of all difficulties, was not permitted to decline to the extent that is seen in other cases.
For coal production and statistics see COAL. Iron ore raised in the various counties of the United Kingdom and in the most productive counties in England is shown in Table XXI. in tons for the years 1910, 1915, and 1919.
TABLE XXI. Iron Ore Production.
1910
Tons
1915 Tons
'919 Tons
England
Cumberland
I.334-75I
1,323,408
982,143
Lancashire ....
408,090
338,086
231,534
Leicester ....
560,410
685,137
534,595
Lincoln ....
2,128,161
2,806,989
2,787,322
Northampton
2,649,539
2,517,150
2,202,177
Stafford ....
913,006
703,231
704,376
York .....
6,198,411
4,821,465
3,732,476
England (including other
counties) ....
14,471,108
13,729,146
11,863,597
Wales
4M55
91,299
65,974
Scotland . .
648,415
375,241
308,721
Ireland
65,037
39,326
15,903
The home production of tin ore (almost exclusively in the S.W. of England) is shown in Table XXII. to have had some revival in 1910-14, with a marked increase in world prices in and about 1912, and a further increase during the war, followed by a, decrease at its close. ,
TABLE XXII. Tin Ore Production.
Year
Tin Ore Tons
Value
1910 1912 1914 . 1916 1917 1919
7.572 8,166 8,085 7,893 6,573 5,156
655,871 1,012,290 661,865 712,142
784,493 678,82^
Textile Industries. The quantities of raw cotton imported, ex- ported and retained for consumption are given in Table XXIII. for 1910, 1912, 1914 and subsequent years. The restriction of export imposed by war conditions is most clearly illustrated by the figure for 1918. The figures for wool are given in Table XXIV. on the following page.
TABLE XXIII. Cotton.
Year
Imported Ib.
, Exported Ib.
Retained Ib.
1910 1912
1914
1915 1916 1918 1919
1,972,741,120 2,805,817,800 1,864,133,300 2,647,616,100 2,171,002,200 1,489,083,000 1,958,286,700
256,100,768 323,801,100 216,263,500 343,638,000 237,472,800 352,ooo 121,131,600
1,716,640,352 2,482,016,700 1,647,869,800 2,303,978,100 1.933,529,400 1,488,731,000 1,837,155,100
TABLE XIX. Mining Production.
1910
1914
1917
1919
Description of Metal
Tons
Value
Tons
Value
Tons
Value
Tons
Value
Coal
264,433,028
108,377,567
265,664,393
132,596,853
248,499,240
207,786,894
229,779,517
314,113,160
Iron Ore
15,226,015
4,022,269
14,867,582
3,921,683
14,845,734
6,429,620
12,254,195
7,428,366
Clay and Shale
14,090,320
1,761,410
13,124,361
1,731,779
5.842,675
1,393,858
7,765,965
2,358,522
Sandstone
4,386,281
1,300,705
3,464,528
1,057,096
1,613,379
563,119
1,699,853
97L329
Slate ......
416,324
1,063,994
318,912
806,196
121,524
366,124
164,098
844,394
Limestone ....
12,512,736
1,296,169
12,158,441
1,295,512
10,454,717
1,722,199
9,537,495
2,431,627
(not chalk)
Igneous Rocks ....
6,608,705
1,263,410
7,135.243
1,369,242
4,239,405
1,049,121
4-387,703
1,720,932
Oil Shale
3,130,280
860,827
3,268,666
837,249
3,"7,658
1,280,007
2,763,875
1,567,050
Tin Ore (dressed) .
7,572
655.871
8,085
661,865
6,576
784,493
5,156
678,823
Salt
2,050,630
581,504
2,069,989
560,893
2,013,388
1,318,944
1,908,080
2,079,011
TABLE XX. Output of Metals.
Description of Metal
1910
1914
1917
1919
Tons
Value
Tons
Value
Tons
Value
Tons
Value
_
Iron . Tin Lead . . . . . Zinc Copper Gold Bar Silver .
4-975,735 4,797 21,522 4,168
449 2,427 oz. 136,665 oz.
17,008,812 738,025 283,194 99,823 27,570 8,088 14,058
4,786,090 5,056 19,378 5,208
341 99 oz.
146,444 oz.
17,953,057 800,547
371,977 121,585
22,777 333
15,445
4,688,063 3,936 11,250
2,735 187
75,472 oz.
43,271,614'
935,407 337,500 142,699 25,141
12,854
3,808,095 3,272 10,277 2,436 144
68,414 oz.
51,511,064
842,485 289,769 102,951 14,176
16,266
1 Calculated on the value of pig iron exported.
