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Articles 1896 190,226,829 1897 1898 Cereals and flour . Cwts. 177,703,740 190,365,323 Potatoes )> 2,244,627 3,921,205 6,752,728 Rice 4,531,518 5,178,859 4,546,423 Bacon and hams . 6,008,938 6,730,790 7,683,374 Fish . 2,621,532 2,449,730 2,979,824 Refined sugar > > 14,776,929 15,830,759 16,419,397 Raw sugar 15,743,676 13,553,527 14,692,906 Tea (for consumption) . Lbs. 227,785,500 231,399,774 235,414,105 Butter . Cwts. 3,037,718 3,217,802 3,209,093 Margarine 925,934 936,543 899,875 Cheese . >> 2,244,525 2,603,178 2,339,452 Beef . 2,907,236 3,185,323 3,309,166 Preserved meat 701,750 669,684 573,947 Fresh mutton 2,895,158 3,193,276 3,314,003 Sheep and lambs . (n umber) 769,592 611,504 663,749 Cattle . j> 562,553 618,321 569,066 Eggs . .(great hui ridreds) 13,245,011 14,031,754 14,424,582 Spirits (for consumpt. ) ] 'rf. Gal. 8,174,289 8,300,990 7,964,952 Wine (for consumption) Gal. 15,861,284 15,853,051 16,616,645
In 1898 the United Kingdom imported 14,761,550 cwt. of wheat from her own possessions, and 50,466,780 cwt. from foreign countries. The great wheat sources in 1898 were : —
United States . 37,804,300 cwt. Australasia 211,620 (
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Russia 6,232,500 ,, Canada 5,012,030 y Argentina . 4,034,700 ,, Chile 807,300
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India , 9,537,900 ,, Roumania 183,700 J) Germany 711,390 ,. Turkey 271,560 )>
The quantity of flour imported in 1898 was 21,017,109 ewt., of which 17,445,890 cwt. came from the United States. The following table shows the quantities of tea imported into the United Kingdom from different countries in thousands of pounds : —
Proportion from each Country 1878 1895 1896 1897=.- Country 1878 1895 1896 per 1897 per per per 1000 lbs. 1000 lbs. 1000 lbs. 1000 lbs. cent. cent. cent. cent. Holland 3,145 3,416 4,616 3,497 1-54 1-34 1-74 1-31 China, Hong Kong 165,656 39,616 34,803 28,371 80-85 15-52 13-11 10-63 India .... 35,423 123,362 127,720 134,716 17-29 48-31 48-13 50-49 Ceylon .... 1 83,448 94,860 96,326 — 32-67 35-74 36-11 Other countries . Total . 647 5,519 3,395 3.890 •32 2-16 1-28 1-46 204.872 255,361 265,394 1266,800 100-00 100-00 100-00 100 00
