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FOOD AND DRINK.
The chief changes in the values of the exports of food and drink are as follows:-
Ir crease to Foreign Countries.
To British Possessions.
Fish
£ 1,522,843
· £ 167,814
Biscuits and Cakes...
Spirits
554,793
298,189
1,380,625
Tobacco
110,576
581,405
Corn and Grain
648,966
273,760
717,192
Provisions (nnenumerated)
There is a considerable decrease in the value of sugar exported, but the classification being very different in 1902 from what it was in 1885 (pickles and confectionery being classed together in that year) it is perhaps impossible to make any useful comparison in regard to this export.
RAW MATERIALS.
The chief change under this head is in coal, the increase being £16,580,342 to The other exports to Foreign Foreign Countries and £440,902 to British Possessions. Countries show an increase generally (clay, unmanufactured, equals £294,094), though wood and wool show decreases, the latter of £480,396.
YARNS AND TEXTILE FABRICS.
The exports under this head show a decrease to Foreign Countries of £1,540,346, The following are the most but an increase of £2,994,147 to British Possessions. important of the alterations :-
Cotton shows an increase to Foreign Countries of £3,700,000 and to British Possessions of £1,800,000. The export of yarn shows (perhaps partly due to different classification) decreases of £3,000,000 and £1,300,000 respectively. Piece goods to Foreign Countries increased in value from £25,000,000 to nearly £30,000,000, and to British Possessions from £23,000,000 to nearly £25,500,000. Thread shows a large increase to Foreign Countries, and large increases are apparent under the head
unenumerated manufactures."
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Jute and Linen exports to Foreign Countries are practically stationary, but the export of silk shows a decrease of £500,000. As regards British Possessions the exports of jute have increased in value from £131,000 to £392,000, of linen from £925,000 to £1,199,000, but silk has declined from £710,000 to £518,000.
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Wool.-The export of wool to Foreign Countries declined from £19,121,171 in 1885 to £14,265,243 in 1902, but, on the other hand, the export to British Possessions rose from $3,306,551 to £6,193,492. As far as may be judged from the returns the decrease and the increase seem fairly general over all classes of yarn and manufactures (see note on Increase of wool, flocks, under heading "All other manufactures ").
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The exports of iron and steel have increased from £19,888,000 to £16,298,000 the case of Foreign Countries and from £8,898,193, to £12,910,000 in the case of British Possessions. Telegraphic wires and apparatus show increases of £500,000TM and
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£1,500,000 respectively, and a fairly general though not large increase in the exports under other heads is noticeable, though lead and copper show decreases. Implements and tools, instruments and surgical apparatus, together account for increases of £310,000 and £500,000 to Foreign Countries and British Possessions respectively.
MACHINERY AND MILL WORK.
The export of steam engines to Foreign Countries shows a slight decrease, but the export to British Possessions has increased by over £1,000,000. Sewing machines exported to Foreign Countries have increased in value by £1,400,000, and to British Possessions by £67,000. The exports of other machinery and mill work, not agricultural, show very large increases, ie., from £4,710,000 to £7,200,000, and from £1,700,000 to £4,100,000 to Foreign Countries and British Possessions respectively.
APPAREL, &c.
The decrease to Foreign Countries is chiefly in haberdashery to the value of £320,000. The increase to British Possessions is mainly in "apparel and slops" the rise being from £3,382,876 to £5,583,277.
CHEMICALS AND PREPARATIONS.
The differences in classification under this head are so wide that it is difficult to
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to Foreign Countries has increased about £850,000, and “manure" and "medicines" exported to British Possessions between them account for an increase of £500,000.
ALL OTHER MANUFACTURES,
It is impossible to satisfactorily compare the various divisions of this head owing to differences in classification. For example, in 1885 the value of the exports under the head"unenumerated goods, manufactured was returned as £1,955,525 in the case of Foreign Countries, and as £1,713,287 in the case of British Possessions, while in 1902 the figures were reduced to £474,515 and £579,797 respectively.
The following, however, are some of the principal differences which can be noticed in the figures for the two years.
Carriages
Cement
Coal Products
Foreign Countries.
British
Possessions.
£ +668,000
-284,000
£
+1,893,000
-6,000
+351,000
-10,000
Oil
...
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+353,000
+286,000
Oil and Floor Cloth
+500,000
+360,000
Painters' Colours
+380,000
+369,000
+594,000
+28,000
+225,000
+428,000
+2,514,000
+46,000
Sking and Furs
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Wool, Flocks, &c.
The increase in wool flocks, &c., is very large, and may possibly be due to some difference of classification.
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