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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
Countries Imports of Merchandise Exports of Produce and Manufactures of U.K. 1896 1897 1896 1897
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Straits Settlements . 4,309,847 3,643,224 2,019,874 2,496,895 Hong Kong 797,158 606,314 1,822,037 1,975,374 British West Indies . 1,790,451 1,453,089 2,122,189 1,784,185 Ceylon 4,723,547 4,688,278 1,005,828 1,031,481 British Guiana . 694,729 523,596 584,417 530,700 Channel Islands 1,335,763 1,327,111 997,486 1,092,216 West Africa 2,223,925 2,153,412 1,828,395 1,763,461 Malta 68,819 74,903 650,520 743,707 Mauritius . 67,502 94,548 306,031 284,862 All other Possessions. Total British Posses- 645,999 609,036 964,652 1,137,455 sions 93,208,029 94,018,933 84,136,937 80,675,063 Foreign Countries : United States . 106,347,349 113,041,627 20,424,225 20,994,631 France 50,104,971 53,346,883 14,151,512 13,818,812 Germany . 27,585,236 26,189,469 22,244,405 21,602,426 Holland . 29,261,023 28,971,316 8,333,935 8,854,696 Belgium . 19,221,408 20,885,812 7,816,152 8,231,686 Russia 22,677,443 22,284,365 7,185,185 7,513,165 Spain Egypt China 11,997,919 13,125,660 3,455,660 3,330,747 9,659,376 9,294,240 3,777,966 4,435,101 2,973,887 2,684,722 6^717,353 5.142,342 Brazil 4,053,663 3,736,419 6,664,004 5,431,234 Italy Sweden 3,192,856 3,317,292 5,357,250 5,596,900 9,524,137 9,839,146 3,206,033 3,565,422 Turkey . . • Argentine Republic . Denmark . 5,230,075 6,150,163 4,983,910 6,456,397 8,974,164 5,753,916 6,620,993 4,801,125 10,640,598 10,968,397 2,865,635 3,085.195 Portugal . 2,616,662 2,652,713 1,535,908 1,416,887 Rumania . 3,204,114 2,258,503 1,286,582 1,340,231 Chile 3,606,357 3,191,683 2,553,267 2,226,478 Japan Norway Java 1,241,433 1,283,165 6,033,342 5,807,822 4,312,106 4,995,461 1,988,554 2,250,734 746,233 318,052 1,891,543 1,803,416 Greece 1,246,574 1,638,995 842,412 833,228 Foreign West Africa . Austria 320,818 502,837 878,264 878,403 1,232,678 1,276,585 1,508,304 1,553,384 Peru 1,288,383 1,453,627 902,086 728,211 Central America 948,954 1,013,523 1,266,713 845,106 UiTiguay . Spanish West Indies . 316,109 339,904 1,434,956 795,616 35,841 42,913 722,550 598,637
