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THE BRITISH EMPIRE! — UNITED KINGDOM
Value of Merchandise
Exports of Merchandise Consigned to Countries in first column
Consigned from Countries in first
Oonntries
column
Britisli Produce
Foreign ana Colonial Produce
1911
1912
1911
1912
1911
1912
Tbous. £
Thous. £
Tbous. ie
Tbous. £
Thous. £ Thous. £
Territory of Papua .
2
6
17-
19
2
2
New Zealand
17,850
20,303
9,809
10,382
790
795
Fiji Islands
5
20
124
1-22
8
8
Canada ....
24,594
26,881
19,715
23,512
3,011
3,789
Newfoundland & Coast of
Labrador
719
855
594
750
87
101
Bermudas ....
4
3
173
161
20
20
Bahamas ....
26
47
61
61
8
(
British West India Islands
1,901
1,878
2,618
2,531
452
391
British Honduras
147
108
108
123
19
19
British Guiana .
603
462
706
643
114
113
Falkland Islands
Total, British Possessions (including those not
617
380
103
101
12
16
specified above) .
171,260 680,158
186,053
158,844
177,060
13,097
14,463
Grand Total
744,897
454,119
487,434
102,759
111,838
Gold and silver bullion and specie : —
Year
Gold
Silver
Imports
Exports
Imports
Exports
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
46,145,314 54,691,829 57,321,767 48,693,753 52,688,881
49,969,099 47,249,536 50,898,445 40,100,540 46,538,469
£
10,326,889 11,814,889 14,100,310 14,293,747 16,778,304
13,283,888 12,785,182 13,825,768 16,923,537 18,333,019
Imports and domestic exports (by groui^s) for 1911 and 1912 (figures for latter year are provisional) : —
Total
Domestic
Foreign and
Import Values C. I. F.
Imports
Exports
Colonial Exports
Export Values F.O.B. .
1911 Thous.
1912 Thous.
1911
1912
1911
1912
Thous. Thous.
Tiious.
Thous.
I. Food. Drink, and Tobacco-
£
£
£ £
£
£
Grain and Flour ....
75,761
88,507
3,574 ; 4,241
1,556
1,938
Meat, including Animals for Food .
49,722
49,098
1,023
1,101
1,156
1,425
Other food and drink
—
—
22,269
24,723
—
—
(1) Non-dutiable ....
73,638
77,317
—
—
5,269
5,591
(2) Dutiable
59,552
59,468
—
—
6,106
5,923
Tobacco
5,285
6,374
2,171 2,615
224
217
Total, Class I.
263,958
260,764
29,037 32,690
14,311
15,094