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THE BRITISH EMPIRE! — UNITED KINGDOM

Value of Merchandise

Exports of Merchandise Consigned to Countries in first column

Consigned from Countries in first


Oonntries

column

Britisli Produce

Foreign ana Colonial Produce

1911

1912

1911

1912

1911

1912

Tbous. £

Thous. £

Tbous. ie

Tbous. £

Thous. £ Thous. £

Territory of Papua .

2

6

17-

19

2

2

New Zealand

17,850

20,303

9,809

10,382

790

795

Fiji Islands

5

20

124

1-22

8

8

Canada ....

24,594

26,881

19,715

23,512

3,011

3,789

Newfoundland & Coast of

Labrador

719

855

594

750

87

101

Bermudas ....

4

3

173

161

20

20

Bahamas ....

26

47

61

61

8

(

British West India Islands

1,901

1,878

2,618

2,531

452

391

British Honduras

147

108

108

123

19

19

British Guiana .

603

462

706

643

114

113

Falkland Islands

Total, British Possessions (including those not

617

380

103

101

12

16

specified above) .

171,260 680,158

186,053

158,844

177,060

13,097

14,463

Grand Total

744,897

454,119

487,434

102,759

111,838

Gold and silver bullion and specie : —

Year

Gold

Silver

Imports

Exports

Imports

Exports

1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

46,145,314 54,691,829 57,321,767 48,693,753 52,688,881

49,969,099 47,249,536 50,898,445 40,100,540 46,538,469

£

10,326,889 11,814,889 14,100,310 14,293,747 16,778,304

13,283,888 12,785,182 13,825,768 16,923,537 18,333,019

Imports and domestic exports (by groui^s) for 1911 and 1912 (figures for latter year are provisional) : —

Total

Domestic

Foreign and

Import Values C. I. F.

Imports

Exports

Colonial Exports

Export Values F.O.B. .

1911 Thous.

1912 Thous.

1911

1912

1911

1912

Thous. Thous.

Tiious.

Thous.

I. Food. Drink, and Tobacco-

£

£

£ £

£

£

Grain and Flour ....

75,761

88,507

3,574 ; 4,241

1,556

1,938

Meat, including Animals for Food .

49,722

49,098

1,023

1,101

1,156

1,425

Other food and drink

22,269

24,723

(1) Non-dutiable ....

73,638

77,317

5,269

5,591

(2) Dutiable

59,552

59,468

6,106

5,923

Tobacco

5,285

6,374

2,171 2,615

224

217

Total, Class I.

263,958

260,764

29,037 32,690

14,311

15,094