144 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

The value of the leading articles of private merchandise (Indian produce only in the case of exports) was as follows in 1911-12.

Imports

Value 1911-12

Exports

Value

1911-12

Rs.

Rs.

Cotton manufactures .

49,57,03,012

Rice

29,05,17,072

Metals, hardware and

Wheat and wheat flour .

14,14,47,335

cutlery ....

17,87,48,070

Cotton (raw)

29,43,98,017

Silk (I'aw & manufactured) .

3,71,33,339

,, (manufactured)

9,77,88,616

Sugar (refined & unrefined.

Opium ....

13,08,90.897

molasses <fe confectionery

Seeds (oil seeds mainly) .

26,94,03.247

included) ....

11,93.31,830

Hides and skins .

13,92,84,808

Woollen goods

3,40,73,405

Jute (raw) ....

22,55,66,010

Liquors ....

1,93,95,(594

,, (manufactured) .

10,00,05,753

Railway plant and rolling-

Tea

12,94,64,284

stock

4,43,09,549

Indigo

37,58,024

Oils

4,44,07,947

Other dyes and tans .

78,58,707

Machinery and Mill work .

4,25,72,040

Coffee

1,34,61,753

Coal

51,29,421

Wool (raw) ....

2,58,03,133

Provisions ....

3,19,05,901

Spices

92,90,598

Apparel (excluding hosiery)

3,53,32,382

Lac (excluding lac dye) .

2,01,40,405

Salt

84,14,510

Sugar (refined & unrefined)

14,65,559

Spices

1,54,32,096

Silk (raw and cocoons)

45,33,853

Glass

1,54,37,019

,, (manufactured) .

6,51,461

Chemicals, Drugs, &c.

2,07,49,043

Oils

1,60,84,782

Paper

1,17,75,651

Wood ....

95,16,950

Umbrellas and fittings

40,95,680

Wool (manufactured)

27,90,968

Grain and Pulse .

12,74,644

Provisions ....

1,08,49,545

Dyeing & tanning materials

1,26,17,685

Saltpetre ....

32,15,980

The share of each province iu certain exports of Indian produce in 1911-12:—

Eastern

Bengal

Bengal &

Bombay

Sind

Madras

Burma

Assam

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rs.

Rice . .

6,47,50,183

1,93,038

20,33,114

25,53,875

1,71,73,900

20,32,12,950

Wheat . .

1,62,50,685

, —

1,49,09,716

10,23,23,751

428

—

Opium

0,71,48,200

—

0,37,42,091

—

—

—

Indigo . .

30,57,525

—

87,194

1,89,830

4,23,1(J0

375

Cotton, raw

81,54,864

4,07, 3(J0

21,02,00,540

2,68,87,009

3,90,22,402

30.59,842

Seeds . .

7,35,32,195

—

13,87,08,797

2,72,53,529

2,93,33,788

5,74,938

Jute, raw.

19,99,31,020

2,48,82,101

2,414

—

7,49,786

89

Tea . . .

8,85,29,130

2,77,78,(304

7,89,027

T,714

1,23,57,665

8,138

The trade between India and the United Kingdom (Board of Trade Returns) is as follows : —

—

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912!

Imports (Consignments) into U.K. from India

Exports of Bi'itish produce to Indial .

£

29,588,187

49,418,713

35,430,771 43,581,501

£,

2,703,715

45,998,500

£ 45,423,316

52,245,004

£

52,104,500

57,020,498

1 Excluding stores shipped for Ii.dian Government, which amounted in the years H»(i8-ll

to 5,250,626/.; 3,051, 703L; 2,501,7511.; 3,311, 384Z. respectively.