146 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES
The value of the leading articles of private merchandise (Indian produce only in the case of exports) was as follows in 1919-20.
Imports
Cotton manufactures (in- cluding twist and yarn) .
Sugar (refined & unrefined, molasses & confectionery, and saccharin included)
Metals, and ores .
Machinery and mill work
Silk (raw & manufactured)
Oils ....
Chemicals .
Hardware
Liquors
Matches
Paper and pasteboard .
Salt ....
Woollen goods
Spices ....
Provisions .
Instruments, apparatus and appliances & parts thereof
Tobacco ....
Glass
Dyeing & tanaing substances
Drugs and medicines .
Wood and timber
Apparel (excluding haber- dashery, millinery,hosiery and boots and shoes)
Soap
Building and engineering materials ....
Fruits and vegetables .
Paints St painters' materials
Tea-chests ....
Haberdashery and millinery
Belting for machinery
Motor cars and motor cycles and parts thereof .
Stationery ....
Animals, living .
Railway plant and rolling- stock
Books, printed and printed matter ....
Earthenware and porcelain
Boots and shoes .
Umbrellas and fittings
Grain and pulse .
Coal, coke, and patent fuel
Value
1919-80
Rs.
59,07,92,895
22,99.26,623 22,76,95,284 9,01,81,899 7,70,78,728 9,43,76,456 1,61,05,038 4,36,62,196 3,37,41,101 2,04,83,227 2,34,45,708 2,09,52,393 l,69,t>5.20S 2,26,52,941 2,90,91,093
2,21.94,443 2,01,86,564 1,99,S0,942 1,88,89,442 1,S2,49,640 1,57,94,419
1,58,82,507 1,22,23,139
1,24,03.310
1,89,60,320
1,30,71,406
69,68,837
96,85,238
54,08,078
3,92,84,435 78,25,408 16,25,041
4,58,72,750
42,35,356 72,46,451 37,78,087 20,38,931 3,03,90,917 12,85,562
Exports
Jute (raw) .
,, (manufactured) . Cotton (raw)
,, (manufactured) in
eluding twist and
yarn Rice .... Wheat and wheat flour Other grain and pulse Tea . .
Hides and skins. Seeds (oil seeds mainly) Lac (excluding lac dye) Wool (raw) . Wool (manufactured) Opium Oils . Rubber (raw) Indigo. . . , Other dyes and tans . Paraffin wax Spices. Saltpetre . Coffee .... Hemp (raw) Manganese ore . Other kinds of metals and
ores .... Oilcakes Provisions . Fruits and Vegetables Tobacco
Silk (raw and cocoons) Silk (manufactured) . Coir goods . Manures Wood
Coal .... Sugar (refined & unrefined and confectionery) . Bran and pollards
The share of each province in certain exports ol Indian produce in 1919-20
-
Bengal 1
Bihar an OrisM
Bombay lis.
Sind Ks.
Madras Ks.
Burma
Rs.
Rs.
Ks.
Rice .
1,08,11,974
—
1,46,88,324
1)5,33,238
8,78,971
7,17,54,780
Wheat .
1,51,601
—
7,38,991
11,46,087
6
20
Opium
1,96,02,620
—
—
—
—
—
Indigo. .
72,62,081
—
19,34,302
3,16,501
8T, 78,188
—
Cotton, raw
3,32,60,362
—
47,18,97,465
2,00,82.926
4,25,39,172
1,87,43,786
Seeds . .
6,32,82,144
—
11, 87,07, 788
5,02,76,978
8,01,20,768
8,02,615
Jute, raw.
24,46,47,259
—
900
—
28,46,272
93
Tea. . .
17,81,97,944
—
64.09,5:i3
7,65,076
2,02,74,167
3,750
rn Bengal
and Assam included with
