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BELGIUM
—
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
Iiiii)orts into Great
£
£
£
£
£
Britain :
Woollen yarn
1,063,171
1,057,211
1,165,340
1,107,418
959,476
Silk stufts & lib-
bons
1,647,729
1,896,496
1,800,608
1,844,382
1,886,969
Flax .
647,001
431,142
849,856
1,078,219
1,024,206
Sugar .
1,220,666
651,725
960,439
985,495
967,735
Bar iron & manu-
factures .
759,176
782,054
515,207
917,637
1,017,621
Eggs .
682,636
885,136
713,464
694,322
768,077
Poultry, rabbits,
&c.
372,493
352,183
360,738
394,497
391,371
Exports to Belgium :
Cottons
1,104,711
1,026,862
1,096,337
1,278,891
1,398,108
Cotton yarns
387,504
448,465
350,069
330,583
294,126
Woollens
922,509
1,036,254
992,530
959,443
895,253
Machinery .
677,304
782,762
652,979
721,081
765,969
Iron .
255,553
275,420
276,951
537,754
672,017
Of foreign and colonial produce, amounting to 4,556,834^. sent from Great Britain to Belgium in 1897, raw cotton was valued at 373,867/., and wool at 1,653,460/.
Shipping and Navigation.
The condition of the merchant marine of Belgium is shown as follows on December 31 : —
Sailing Vessels Steamers
Total
1890
1894
1895
1896
1897
No.
Tons
No.j Tons
No.
Tons
No.
Tons
No.
Tons
10
46
4,393 71,553
5 50
917
78,272
5 53
917
84,822
5 54
917 86,296
5
56
917 84,510
56 75,946
55
79,189
58
85,739
59
87,213
61
85,427
The navigation at Belgian ports is shown as follows : —
Vessels- Entered Cleared
Total.
1890
1894
1895
1896
1897
No.
7,357 7,381
Tons
No.
Tons
No.
Tons
No.
Tons
7,483,206 7,487,976
No.
Tons
5,785,980 5,803,168
11,589,148
7,272
7,273
6,513,730 6,542,962
7,249 7,227
6,858,237 6,811,765
7,814 7,815;
8,241 8,210
16,451
7,971,950 7,927,525
14,738
14,545
13,056,692
14,471
13,670,002
15,621
14,971,182
15,899,475
Of the total in 1897, 4,551 vessels of 3,023,916 tons entered from, and 5,781 of 4,644,281 tons cleared to England ; the United
