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II. IMPORTS of Food-stuFFS FROM VARIOUS BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
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STATEMENT of the Value of the Imports into the United Kingdom in each of the years 1897 to 1901, distinguishing (1) Articles of Food and Drink; (2) Manu- factured and Partly Manufactured Articles; and (3) other Articles; and also Foreign and Colonial Produce.
SUMMARY STATEMENT showing the Value of Articles of Food and Drink imported from the various British Colonies and Possessions into the United Kingdom during each of the years 1897 to 1901.
[Extracted from the "Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom.”]
British Colonies and Possessions.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
£
Channel Islands
972,000
£ 1,110,000
£
1,235,000
£ 1,042,000
£ 909,000
£
£
£
£
£
Gibraltar
Malta ..
13.000
16,000
17,000
13,000
9,000
30,000
43,000
17,000
34,000
39,000
Articles of Food and Drink.
Cyprus..
92,000
132,000
66,000
102,000
106,000
Sierra Leone
24,000
19,000
17,000
25,000
14,000
Foreign produce..
Colonial produce..
154,516,000 35,206,000
163,146,000 40,970,000
161,421,000 43,226,000
172,677,000 42,201,000
178,480,000 41,366,000
Gold Coast
1,000
1,000
6,000
·
Lagos
1,000
1,000
2,000
3,000
2,000
Southern Nigeria Protectorate
4,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
Total
189,722,000 204,116,000 | 204,647,000 214,878,000 219,846,000
Cape of Good Hope
8,000
6,000
7,000
10,000
4,000
Natal
42,000
26,000
36,000
88 000
16,000
Percentages of colonial produce
19
20
21
20
19
Zanzibar Protectorate
27,000
10,000
16,000
13,000
9,000
Mauritius
22,000
35,000
82,000
106,000
216,000
Aden
55,000
46,000
35,000
38,000
Manufactured and Partly Manu-
factured Articles
British India
7,803,000
11,535,000
11,645,000
7,965,000
40,000 9,036,000
Straits Settlements
1,011,000
Ceylon*
4,001,000
1,200,000 3,977,000
Foreign produce..
Colonial produce..
Total
Percentages of colonial produce
119,104,000 122,773,000 17,277,000 16,560,000
136,381,000 139,333,000
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140,730,000 138,042,000 131,717,000
19,989,000 23,754,000
151,7 6,000 164,484,000 160,205,000
Hong Kong
164,000
145,000
1,231,000 4,071,000 169,000
1,138,000 1,027,000
4,856,000
3,561,000
152,000
22,163,000
Western Australia
1,000
South Australia
89,000
117,000
477.000
522,000
Victoria
1,282,000
945,000
2,100,000
2,180,000
125,000
711,000 2,584,000
New South Wales
1,351,000
1,343,000
1,379,000
12
13
14
14
Queensland
1,005,000
1,026,000
1,076,000
Tasmania
75,000
New Zealand
2,941,000
Other Articles.t
Falkland Islands..
Foreign produce..
Colonial produce..
85,381,000 41,545,000
85,003,000 42,093,000
85,068,000 43,615,000
99,894,000
Total
Percentages of colonial produce
38
33
84
30
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Total Imports.
Foreign produce.,
Colonial produce..
Total
413,544,000 416,416,000 870,922,000 378,206,000 857,001,000
99,623,000 106,830,000 109,581,000 105,574,000 94,028,000 451,029,000 470,545,000 | 485,036,000 623,076,000 | 521,990,000
Percentages of colonial produce
21
21
22
21
20
100,137,000
43,576,000 42,045,000
124,926,000 127,096,000 128,888.000 143,713,000 141,989,000
30
Canada.. Newfoundland British Honduras
British West Indies British Guiana Other British Possessions
Total value of articles of food and drink imported from Bri- tish Colonies and Possessions..
Total value of articles of food and drink imported from all countries..
Percentage of imports of articles of food and drink from British Colonics and Possessions
189,722,000 204,116,000 204,647,000 214,878,000 219,846,000
12,414,000 126,000 2,000 1,230,000 434,000 38,000
74,000 2,943,000 17,000 14,451,000 121,000
1,071,000 476,000 80,000
87,000 3,906,000
1,295,000 886,000 122,000 4,908,000
1,656,000
432,000
115,000 5,133,000
13,669,000 153,000
14,848,000 149,000
13,418,000
181,000
..
1,315,000 344,000 68,000
1,404,000 491,000 62,000
1,582,000 357,000
74,000
35,206,000
40,970,000
48,226,000
42,208,000
41,366,000
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19
20
21
20
19
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Value of articles of food and drink imported from Colonies and Pos- sessions, soluzive of India and Ceylon
..
..
28,402,000
25,458,000 27,510,000
29,882,000
28,769,000
Percentage of imports of articles of food and drink from Colonies and l'ossessions, evolusive of India and Ceylon
12
12
18
14
18
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* Including oils and articles imported by parcel post.
† Chiedy raw materials, such as cotton and wool, flax, hemp, and jute, seeds, iron ore, ko.
* The imports of food-stufh from India and Ceylon are shiefly tea, which in 1901 amounted to 8,534,000L
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