COMMERCE
317
18%
1 1897
Country
Imports Exports
Imports
Exports
therefrom thereto
therefi'om
thereto
British Countries : —
1 £ 1 £
£
£
United Kingdom
5,923,417 6,704,104
6,004,798
9,559,249
Australian colonies .
6,265,987 5,356,036
6,813,772
4,969,120
India ....
220,253 175,751
282,090
325,261
Ceylon ....
127,232 44,147
143,030
59,812
Canada ....
19,523 ) —
11,682
424
Other British possessions . Total .
291,639 115,832
335,341
162,583
12,848,051 12,395,870
13,590,713
15,076,449
Foreign Countries : —
Belgium ....
136,492 272,780
142,915
198,525
France ....
166,032 732,154
142,924
740,638
Germany . . . . j
469,797 439,516
546,589
480,840
Sweden and I^orway .
95,831 399
104,761
2.136
Java and Philippine Islands
154,164 18,423
157,615
12,949
China . . . . |
83,547 78
48,446
314
United States . . . |
516,863 , 283,754
590,744
185,344
Others . . . . '
Total . All countries .
84,060 1 55,544
129,775
42,475
1,706,786 1,802,648 14,554,837 14,198,518
1,863,769
1,663,221 16,739,670
15,454,482
The following are the values ^ of the principal articles imported and exported in 1897 : —
Imports
Exports
Articles
Value
Articles
Value
Wool
£ 1,964,731
Gold (inclusive of specie)
6,472,318
Woollen and woollen
Wool ....
3,999,813
piece goods
604,895
Live stock .
329,860
Cottons
919,661
Leather, leatherware,
Sugar
785,717
and leathern cloth .
370,495
Tea .
273,338
Breadstuff's
277,466
Live stock .
528,787
Tea (re-export) .
155,896
Timber
251,451 !
Sugar (chiefly refined in
Iron and steel (exclu-
Victoria) .
160,554
sive of railway rails,
1
Apparel and slops
164,285
telegraph wire, &c. ).
535,666
Tallow
162,585
Coal
228,647 1
All other articles.
4,646,398
All other articles
9,361,589 ;
Total .
Total .
15,454,482 ■
16,739,670
^ In the case of (Uiti;i1»ln imports the rticoixJed value is the value in the prinfipal markets of the country of cxjiort as established by declaration and the jirodiiction of original in- voices, with 10 per cent, added. The value of goods free from duty, of which the prjncijml are wool, skins, and tAllow. is the value at the place of import as d^rlarfd by importers
