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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — AUSTRALIA
the Commonwealth in four years, according to the British Board of Trade Returns : —
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1913 (pre-war)
1917
1918
1919
Imports from Commonwealth —
£
£
£
£
Wool
12,301,380
29,400,631
20,104,417
57,522,055
7,087,169
7,361,789
4,549,249
10,644,191
Butter
3,210,733
5,213,397
6,722,621
5,251,176
4,426,629
S,920,735
1,895,057
13,623,692
Wheatmeal and Flour
188,218
2,453,767
2,366,294
2,289,891
Leather
430,034
620,820
243,997
2,409,369
Hides, raw
682,431
304,974
463,570
553,964
Skins and Furs
1,826,898
777,124
1.100,388
4,431,631
Copper and ore
1,811,118
1,423,191
2,533,182
1,906,718
Tallow, unrefined, and stea-
1,560,571
1,013,131
415,4^9
2,00^,110
Lead, pig and sheet
1,308,185
2,763,486
2,513,989
2,869,146
Total, including articles not
specified ....
38,065,250
64,2S9,253
45,352,276
111,403,971
Exports (British produce) to
Commo nwealth —
Apparel and haberdashery
1,242,749
707,879
642, 1S2
616,327
Books, printed
599,583
392,770
562,178
463,450
Cotton, yarns and manu-
factures
4,481,517
6,479,317
10,712,310
6,546,686
Linen manufactures
651,425
580.784
538,071
616,851
Woollen and worsted yarns
and manufactures.
2,921,022
3,885,153
3,797,442
2,781,904
Machinery ....
2,467,197
861,095
664,038
1,376,121
Iron, and iron and steel manu-
factures ....
6,437,940
1,669,100
2,35R,074
5,262,503
Chemicals ....
553,998
816,982
897,786
693,038
Spirits
802,045
947,392
863,963
419.2UH
731,219
353,937
326,708
210,464
Total, including; articles not
specified ....
34,470,452
22,114,912
26.254,252
26,306,421
Total of foreign and colonial
3,359,080
900,974
1,813,6S4
1,491,888
The quantities of wheat, wool, and meat imported from Australia into the United Kingdom in five years were : —
Wheat . . cwt.
Wool (sheep's or lamb's) lbs. Beef, frozen . . cwt. Mutton, frozen . cwt.
1916 3,699,620"
1917
9,243,700
241,722,083 338,225.043 765,493 1,107,704 261.Ua 496,114
1918
1919
2,013,700 14,942,710
204,756,535 587,557,420
547,«60 I 622,318
26,163 1 758,579
Shipping and Navigation.
Number and net tonnage of the registered vessels :
Sailing
Steam
Total
No.
Tonnage
No.
Tonnage
319,878 324,776 349,087 341,874 323,205 313,432
No.
Tonnage
1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1,599 1,337 1,338 1,307 1,280 1,235
116,258 52,398 53,051 47,628 46,949 44,255
1,172 1,166
1,170 1,140 1,108 1,082
2,771 2,503 2,508 2,447 2,388 2,317
436,136 377,174 402,188 389,502 370,154 357,687
