APPENDIX IV
RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF IMPORTS TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.
Articles
1902 1901
Quantity Value Quantity Value
Average Five Years, 1898-1902
Cotton goods— £ £ £
Shirtings, grey and white—
British Pieces 389,730 172,515 402,156 176,892 159,763
Japanese Pieces„ 18,926 3934 19,236 3933 2328
T-cloths Pieces„ 18,771 4169 29,798 6782 4400
Drills—
British and American Pieces„ 20,045 9274 34,970 16,250 9546
Japanese Pieces„ 2032 1036 919 188 298
Turkey-red cloths
British Pieces„ 6857 1873 6815 1928 1934
Japanese Pieces„ 9763 1539 10,274 1904 1726
Lawns and muslins Pieces„ 100,513 10,135 95,460 9750 12,915
Lenos Pieces„ 33,602 8797 38,897 10,296 9062
Sheetings—
British and American Pieces„ 134,282 57,342 189,554 80,177 60,164
Japanese Pieces„ 173,907 72,098 171,235 72,303 52,961
Cotton reps Pieces„ 21,094 9461 28,412 14,598 7707
Japanese piece-goods Pieces„ 658,462 65,407 909,811 88,069 75,405
Piece-goods, non-Japanese Pieces„ 39,356 3054 39,699 3517 8600
Yarn—
British and Indian Lbs. 111,333 3923 120,933 4193 5641
Japanese Lbs.„ 4,154,533 98,933 5,028,800 119,781 105,454
Chinese Lbs.„ — — 4 12 —
Other cottons — — 23,282 — 33,235 42,003
Total — — 546,772 — 643,808 559,919
Woollen goods — — 7846 — 16,618 8235
Miscellaneous piece-goods. — — 1701 — 1645 1148
Metals — — 59,266 — 74,156 54,218
Sundries—
Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition — — 9556 — 38,606 17,979
Bags and ropes for packing — — 31,408 — 28,464 25,011
Clothing and haberdashery — — 21,918 — 17,916 14,260
Cotton—
Raw Lbs. 239,066 3806 447,866 7883 5244
Wadding Lbs.„ 652,666 12,340 688,533 14,650 14,596
Dyes Lbs.„ 259,333 8361 327,466 13,791 8814
Flour Lbs.„ 1,937,066 7433 1,899,066 7860 6724
Grain and pulse Lbs.„ 3,998,266 9337 3,110,133 6348 14,495
Grass-cloth — — 57,310 — 53,979 46,823
Machinery — — 14,608 — 12,546 8816
Matches Gross 576,629 18,110 562,338 17,747
Mining supplies — — 46,659 — 39,267 28,859
Kerosene oil—
American Gallons 3,461,980 77,988 2,463,631 62,833 55,691[1]
Japanese Gallons„ 760 17 19,260 530 1873
Paper Lbs. 878,666 7654 901,733 8033 6475
Provisions — — 19,154 — 19,359 15,695
Railway plant and material — — 46,112 — 27,963 33,816
Rice Lbs. 11,447,466 40,675 10,963,200 40,924 24,348[2]
Saké and samshu — — 15,924 — 14,228 13,247
Salt Lbs. 17,491,733 7998 28,845,200 23,879 13,031
Silk piece-goods — — 86,444 — 125,381 81,911
Sugar Lbs. 2,501,600 15,039 1,992,933 12,588 10,984
Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes — — 20,273 — 17,435 14,576
Other sundries — — 188,642 — 161,838 135,910
Total — — 766,766 — 764,038 615,169
Grand total — — 1,382,351 — 1,503,265 1,238,689
