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Oranges . . . Thou-.
Bananas bunclx
Currants, dried .
Railing
Sugar (raw and refined)
Wine , Galls.
Spirits (British and
foreign) . Thous. Prf.
Beer (home-made) Thous. Stand. Brls. Thous. lbs. ,
(Pre-War)
5,540 6,564
1.244
life
33.626
11,565
31,734
2,801
374
334
21.548
7,099
18,560 16,13» 10 ibC
1918
3,640
729
281
18S
l-,007
11,317
K153
108JM
5,190 4,884 2,036 1,083
29.19:: 19,17*
21,7K
21.TU
Iu 1920 the United Kingdom imported about 30,000,000 cwt. of wheat from other parts of the Empire and about 79,000,000 cwt. from foreign countries. The great wheat sources were : —
United States Argentina Australia Canada
-2,000 cwt. 30,907,000 „ 19,966,000 „ 10,189,000 „
Wheat flour imported 1920, 11,970,000 cwt., of which 5,837,000 came
from the United States, 2,319,000 from Canada, and 1,481,000 from Australia.
Quantity of the principal food imports, tobacco, spirits (British and
foreign) and beer (British) retained for home consumption per head of
population : —
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1911
ltl2
1913
1914
1919
Bacon and hams .
lbs.
14-04
1330
13 66
14-18
21-9
Beef 1 .
21-1-2
20 27
22 12
19-98
156
Mutton l
13 21 7 25
12-35
1303
1243
9 9
Other meat .
6-55
6 99
8 39
12-1
Butter .
,,
10-30
9 56
9-68
9 46
3-8
Cheese .
,,
567
551
5 47
578
51
Eggs .
no.
49-99
4992
5617
46-30
14-7
Wheat .
lbs.
241 -40
268-07
258 32
250-89
173-1
Flour .
24-57
24-73
2874
23-91
429
Potatoes
7 94
14-11
22 90
8 05
24
Sugar (equivalent of
refined)
,,
80-17
7941
83 10
7980
—
Tea
647
6 49
6 68
6-89
8-4
Rice, rice meal, and
flour .
1301
I486
15-11
14 58
—
Tobacco
2-05
2 05
210
219
315
Spirits . . proof
pall.
68
0-67
70
69
47
Beer
gall.
27-20
26-83
27 50
27 60
16 9
1 Including estimated produce of meat from live animals imported for slaughter.
The total value of goods transhipped under bond was : 1915, 10,532,835/ : 1916, 10,148,357/.; 1917, 11,621,849*; 1918, 10,874,547/.; 1919, 15,783,234/. These amounts are not included above in the accounts of imports and exports.)
