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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Years
Imports
Exports
Years
Imports
Exports
1892 1893 1894
£ 7,395,178 7,934,200 6,226,690
£ 7,819,539 8,463,936 7,301,774
1895
! 1896
1897
£ 5,585,601 7,160,770 7,126,385
£ 7,177,038 7,594,054 6,928,415
Imports subject to duty (1896), 2,891, 998^. : imports duty-free, 4,234,387/.
The imports into the colony consist of articles of general consumption, textile manufactures, and British colonial produce. Imports are 20/. 35. 2\d. per head, and exports 19/. lis. ll^d. per head of mean population.
The principal exports have been as follows for five years : —
—
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
Wool Wheat .
,, flour Copper .
£
1,381,766
732,218
331,542
208,967
£
1,275,611
741,912
327,638
208,639
£
1,438,776
445,461
392,974
226,494
£
1,228,991
89,515
523,541
219,052
1 £ ! 995,393 2,473 225,387 238,277 1
18,119 tons of bread stuff were exported in 1897.
The distribution of the trade of South Australia in 1896 and 1897 was as follows :
Imports from
Imports from
Exports to
Exports to
(1896)
(1697)
£
(1896)
(1897)
£
£
£
United Kingdom . .
2,220,611
2,054,267
2,286,740
2,182,946
Australian Colonies . .
3,944,037
3,846,508
3,558,085
2,961,212
Other British Possessions.
249,277
240,513
923.359
909,553
United States . . .
253,266
304,666
1 11,319
1,900
Other Foreign Countries .
493,579
677,431
1 814,551
872,804
Recorded values and quantities are ascertained from invoices produced to the customs, 10 percent, being added to the invoice value. In the absence of invoices customs officers value the goods. The countries of origin and destination are those obtained from warrants passed by importers and exporters respectively.
The subjoined table shows the imports from South Australia (exclusive of gold) into the United Kingdom, and the exports of British produce and manufactures to South Australia, according to the Board of Trade Returns, for the last five years : —
—
189.3
1894
1895
1896
1897
Imports from S. Aus- tralia into U. K.
Exports to S. Au.<!- tralia
£ 2,646,398 1,405,134
£ 2,827,601 1,598,073
£ 2,618,389 1,544,800
£ 2,293,303 1,962,584
£ 1,922,272 1,741,125
The following were the values of the principal imports into and exports from
