154 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES
Countries Imports into India from Exports of Indian Produce 1897 IS'.tS 1897 1898 Rx. Rx. Rx. 1 Rx. Ceylon , 682,643 Ij07l,142 3,109,983 ' 3,997,789 Australia 452,676 334,430 1,178,876 1,235,866 Japan 547,356 534,519 4,075,886 : 4,157,981 Germany 2,307,821 2,434,519 7,535,579 7,181,595 Mauritins 1,807,631 1,683,071 1,125,926 1,124,202 Arabia . 494,690 499,471 783,931 864,313 Holland . 240,105 289,088 597,885 298,934 East Coast Africa . 239,452 199,903 807,014 [ 755,290 Persia 685,983 691,912 417,117 541,956 Spain 12,167 14,020 188,353 250,908 Russia 2,019,594 2,080,756 256,671 109,057 South America 126 554 1,436,142 1,712,047
The following table gives a summary of the value of the different classes of imports and of exports of Indian produce (private merchandise only) in the years 1897 and 1898 (ending March 31) in tens of ru])ees : —
— Imports Exports 1897 1898 Rx. 1897 Rx. 1898 Rx. Rx. Animals, living 367,458 227,6^1 177,967 141,422 Articles of food and drink 8,848,889 10,740,81') 25,338,844 25,068,456 Metals & manufactures of: Hardware and cutlery . 1,557,742 1,477,811 22,919 18,070 Metals 5,462,773 6,189,912 118,903 120,595 Machinery . 3,510,190 2,861,108 1,027 119 Railway plant and stock 2,661,717 2,876,451 4,793 4,561 Chemicals, drugs, &c. 1,890,124 2,060,544 13,907,521 10,366,802 Oils 3,439,150 4,148,566 608,789 651,675 Raw materials 3,610,617 2,828,688 39,495,063 37,101,481 Articles manufactured or partly so — Yarns and textile fabrics 33,042,980 28.950,314 14,073,606 14,433,400 Apparel 1,516,423 1,226,629 190,790 164,136 Other articles 6,006,634 5,833,650 5,940,438 5,715,384 93,786,101 Total . 71,914,697 69,420,120 99,880,660
The following table shows (in tens of rupees) the value ot the leading articles of private merchandise imported and exported (the produce of India only — that is, not including re-exports of foreign goods) in the year ending March 31, 1898:—
