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V. IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE OF UNITED KINGDOM WITH EACH BRITISH COLONY AND POSSESSION (1897-1901).

(A.)—Imports.

VALUE of the Total Imports of Merchandise from each British Possession (including Protectorates) into the United Kingdom (1897-1901).

[Extracted from the "Annual Statement of the Tinde of the United Kingdom."-Volume II.]

British North America-

303

Total Imports.

Countries whence Imported.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

£

£

£

£

£

British Possessions and Protectorates,

Dominion of Canada-

On the Atlantic

On the Pacifie

Newfoundland and coast of Labrador

19,217,918 321,080

{19,717,100 404,657

-686,510 351,022

19,801,083 21,097,233 19,323,338

524,367

666,788 476,304

531,252

582,725

Total from British North

America

19,536,998

20,754,642

20,730,107 22,240,325 20,387,310

Total Imports.

Countries whence Imported.

Bermudas

1,691

British West India Islands..

1,453,089

1,815 1,283,413

1,634

1,389 1

1,968

1,517,338

1,670,206 1,888,479

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

British Honduras

227,808

244,953

261,252

211,939 |

197,874

British Guiana

523,596

575,714

411,650

600,114

442,051

£

£

£

Falkland Islands..

145,387

184,710

174,811

173,228

114,305

£

£

British Possessions and Protectorates.

Channel Islands ..

Gibraltar

Malta and Gozo

Western Coast of Africa-

Gambia

Sierra Leone

The Gold Coast

Lagos

Niger Protectorate

Ascension

St. Helena

South Africa-

:::

1,327,111

1,653,065

1,689,548

1,476,978

1,361,654

59,365

64,325

54,897

Total from British posses- sions (including Protec- torates)

94,027,774

99,623,017 106,829,295 109,530,635 105,678,706*

48,756

41,621

74,903

92,829

66,744

74,717

83,934

Total from foreign countries

357,001,186 370,921,685 378,206,288 413,544,528 416,416,492

49,238

54,229

30,597

22,372

24,624

191,483

124,528

160,960

138,258

127,909

Total from foreign countries

460,131

666,155

706,047

621,045

373,168

1,100,943

1,129,533

1,133,646

367,631

264,257

and British possessions (including Protectorates)

451,028,960 470,5-14,702 | 485,036,583 523,075,163

521,990,198

351,617

39 746

77,546 71 581

406,696

987,717

1,164,622

71

1,782 i

98 663

730

3,372

(B.)-Exports.

Cape of Good Hope

Natal

4,199,965

5,170,836 756,871 1,035,647

5,219,446 857,285

3,637,497 833,572

4,557,322 574,986

Eastern Coast of Africa-

Zanzibar and Pemba (Protectorate

of)

182,330

154,487

127,483

145,480

95,420

Other territories under British

"

influence

871

Mauritius and dependencies

94,548

Aden and dependencies

173,319

2,068 100,863 212,355

6,696 215,149

3,874

7,186

VALUE of the Total Exports of the Produce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom to each British Possession, including Protectorates (1897-1901). [Extracted from the "Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom.”—Volume II.]

167,625

232,566 148,292

318,311 154,632

Exports of Domestic Produce.

British India-

Bombay

3,473,438

Madras

Bengal

3,462,374

5,530,971 3,212,963

5,657,065

3,991,455 5,021,955

Countries to which exported.

3,055,510

4,214,110

3,561,304

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

15,999,636

Burmah

1,877,751

16,603,957 2,222,190

Total from British India

24,813,099 27,470,081

16,934,442 2,093,486

27,740,503

17,062,828 2,119,713

27,388,106

16,666,025

2,136,218

£

£

£

£

£

British Possessions and Protectorates.

27,385,502

Channel Islands..

1,092,216

1,067,977

Straits Settlements

Ceylon..

::

Borneo-

British

Labuan

New Guinea, British

Hong Kong

Australasia-

::::

::

::::

3,643,224

4,688,278

3,941,909 5,867,847 4,847,721

7,025,999

Gibraltur

614,526

712,917

1,056,640 677,154

981,621 814,522

6,112,304

5,077,768

Malta and Gozo..

5743,707

790,785

839,936

1,113,834

929,653 771,172 1,143,344

6,478,111

4,476,552

Western Coast of Africa-

619

1,601

62

85

606,314

190 726,837

1,144 107

883,126

Gambia

3,885

70,803

69,510

70,194

77,798

1,545

Sierra Leone

278,894

285,878

336,705

282,568

58,294 808,719

98

04

250 1,066,048

The Gold Coast

432,142

487,456

615,738

576,456

855,438

105

602,841

Lagos

476,160

628,586

485,577

680,166

478,447

Niger Protectorate

505,162

628,075

607,866

681,161

651,421

Ascension

7,365

7,918

7,755

8,880

506,411

West Australia

361,370

Bouth Australia (including Northern

'Territory)

·

Victoria

New South Wales

Queensland

Tasmania

New Zealand

Fiji Islands

Totul from Australasia

8,606,745

9,067

471,706 879,382

1,922,272 1,796,606 2,281,416 5,590,662 5,021,477 6,477,668 9,262,226 9,281,740 10,687,547 8,820,418 3,002,802 289,869 260,270 9,015,548 135

935,104

2,387,848 2,151,490 7,338,491 8,164,286

1,477,270

St. Helena

14,900

16,416

163,389

· 53,634

76,856

South Africa-

Cape of Good Hope

Natal

9,976,849

9,407,088

9,144,420 8,380,647 3,055,890 2,989,578

9,336,711 11,691,663

9,421,164

5,462,717

10,057,230 10,019,701

Eastern Coast of Africa—

8,014,718 281,640 9,699,891

8,017,290

Zanzibar and Pemba (Protectorate

1,832,664

801,215 11,615,881

346,910

of)

96,921

114,217

113,914

75,796

79,541

10,594,587

Other Territories under British in-

6,084

17,720

fluence

184,708

143,097

109,858

121,779

80,009

40,880

Mauritius and Dependencies

284,862

289,242

950,550

377,174

989,600

29,862,129

28,850,284

38,327,846

35,434,421

$4,852,986

Aden and Dependencies

165,981

259,991

221,912

236,868

466,225

• Sio, in original.

• Exclusive of the value of diamonds imported from the Cape of Good Hope.

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