COMMERCE
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Imports of Merchandise
Exports of Produce and Manufactures of U.K.
1896
1897
1896
1897
£
£
£
£ ""
Mexico
593,002
593,894
1,520,387
1,602,818
Philippine Islands
1,536,533
1,278,830
507,601
400,264
Colombia .
569,232
556,560
1,344,841
1,191,023
Venezuela .
57,426
63,382
789,767
564,697
Algeria
531,523
671,014
257,501
273,304
Morocco .
218,309
211,928
489,864
412,753
Ecuador .
153,812
92,412
372,167
418,049
Hayti, St. Domingo .
92,940
74,034
288,394
296,964
Tunis and Tripoli
400,590
326,871
■ 287,748
265,743
Foreign East Africa .
107,482
126,161
992,628
1,298,501
Persia
147,129
197,778
273,786
427,150
Siam
110,264
246,940
136,487
150,380
Bulgaria . Madagascar
368,732
396,832
273,409
385,901
92,535
67,859
146,966
158,610
Cochin China and
Tonquin
16,975
360,229
109,223
73,325
All other Countries . Total Foreign Coun-
1,044,024
1,187,915
1,569,146
1,687,131
tries Grand Total
348,600,875
357,010,027
156,008,614
153,544,645
441,808,904
451,028,960
240,145,551
234,219,708
The following table shows the value of the imports and exports of gold and silver bullion and specie in five years : —
Year
Gold
Silver
Imports
Exports
Imports
Exports
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
£
27,572,347 36,005,999 24,468,337 30,808,858 43,721,460
£
15,647,551 21,369,323 30,123,925 30,808,571 36,590,050
£
11,005,417 10,669,662 14,329,116 18,032,090 14,677,799
£
12,165,049 10,357,436 15,048,134 18,780,988 15,623,651
The following is a summary of the imports and exports of the Clnited Kingdom for the years ended December 31, 1897 and 1898. The figures for 1898 are those of the preliminary report : —
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