222 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
The principal articles of import and export for 1918 and 1919 were : —
Imports.
1918
1919 £ —
Exports.
1918
1919
&
£
Apparel .
2,948,324
3,118,241
Angora Hair .
. 1,641,889
1,654,235
Arms and Ammuni-
Bark
| 287,220
386,096
tion
322,965
207,551
Blasting Compound
i 158,003
82,902
Bags
1,348,322
1,329,696
Butter & Substitutes
37,972
Cotton Manufactrs.
12,835,732
1>,050,S96
Coal 2
1,033,064
928,772
Drugs and Chemicals
1,254,223
1,007,316
Cotton Manufactures
353,640
Electrical Wire and
Diamonds .
7,063,043
11,546,768
Fittings
374,969
963,379
Feathers, Ostrich
88,628
1,646,014
Food and Drink
4,722,118
4,851,859
Fish .
189,038
240,224
Furniture
422,607
462,805
Hides and Skins
2,300,479
4,992,597
Glycerine
423,882
137,601
Maize
1,600,137
1,145,40S
Haberdashery
1,406,774
1,209,260
Maize Meal
662,332
1,836,180
Hardware <fe Cutlery
1,137,692
2,242,950
Meats
i 497,699
1,213,620
Hats and Caps
403,505
382,221
Tobacco .
1 176,415
159,626
Implements : Agri-
Wines
121,881
115.524
cultural
495,155
765,992
Wool
9,689,630
17,919,0S8
India Rubber
Manufactures Iron and steel.
434.135 1,348,727
582,281 2,119,947
Leather Manufac-
tures : Mainly
Boots and Shoes .
1,807,048
1,763,950
Machinery
1,602,456
2,474,301
Nitrates .
253,474
305,153
Oils.
1,437,613
1,782,437
Printing Paper
492,573
507,959
Stationery & Books
1,092,356
1,161,218
Tobacco .
111,285
159,401
Vehicle* *
651,126
1, 932.79S
Wax (Paraffin and
Stearine)
530,227
346,139
Wood and Timber .
1,063,282 1,247,180
Woollen Manufac-
tures .
1,452,076 977,101
Zinc
239,457
175,830
1 Excluding tyres imported separately (included under rubber manufactures.)
2 Excluding bunker coal.
Imports of Specie amounted to 2,022,825/. in 1915, 785,036/. in 1916, 1,889,342/. in 1917; 2,059,477/. in 1918; 2,327,407/. in 1919 ; and exports to 194,382/. in 1915, 187,092/., in 1916, 153,305/. in 1917 ; 222,953/. in 1918; 48,246/. in 1919.
The following table gives the total values and percentages of general merchandise imported into Britiih South Africa, according to countries, for two years i
Country of Origin.
Value
Per cent, of Total
Value
Percent. of Total
United Kingdom
£
26,165,983
63-4
28,814,580
4754
Australia .... India
1,177,241 3,427,402
2-4 7-0 2 2 2-4
1,903,789 2,679,845 2,019,566 1,054,812
3 SO 5 85
Canada .... Other British Possessions .
1,050,209 1,180,019
4-08 211
Total British Poesessions .
6,834, S71 14
7,667,962
15-29
Total— British Empire , 1
38,000,864 !
67-4
81,472,492
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