IMPORTS.

No. 206.-QUANTITIES and VALUE of the PRINCIPAL

(Exclusive of Gold and Silver Bullion

NOTE.-Owing to changes of classification from time to time in the original trade returns,

Breeding)

Canned

Shell Fish)

Cured or Salted, not f Cwts.
Canned
-1 £
Crts.
£

(including {

414,394 381,857 370,755 308,666 485,968 1,122,385 1,517,290
487,428 466,806 490,348 394,331 781,965 1,848,994 2,077,564
757.682 703,186 1,001,244 1,318,212 1,558,612 1,914,626 1,139,688
2,507,350 2,420,961 3,221,706 4,189,990 5,407,878 7,441,137 6,025,214 13,464,064

734.368 2,068,877

1,450.647

(a) "Tongues, Hearts, Livers, Kidneys, &c." included with "Meat, Other Kinds," prior to 1920. (b) Inclusive of a small quantity of Fresh "Tongues, Hearts, Livers, Kidneys, &c.," in 1920 and subsequent years.

IMPORTS.

ARTICLES IMPORTED into the UNITED KINGDOM.

and Coin, for which see pages 352-3.)

the figures are not always strictly comparable. Important changes are noted.

71.443.000
68,422,509
16.643.900
17,836,657
6,711,421
6,723,957
16.860,900
13,722,033
2,024,123
2,982,245
17.711.070 11,969,740
25,729,244 21,245,981

109,328,326 80,478,794 96,379,634 100,466,923 117,420,522
146,753,350 70,606,068 58,794,183 53,567,868 69,003,960
12.667,700 15,812,652 12,703,275 18,129,280 21,656,359
14,458,164 10,529,381 6,073,516 7,830,004 12,093,314
6,101,600 8,356,836 9,356.902 9,759.055 10,315,735
5,632,721 4,402,820 4,363,001 4,143,239 4,316,661
33,840,060

8,207,956

15,779,162 Cwts.
Cuts. Barley.

8,532,885 L

8,365,700 Cwts. Oats.
3,708,905

36,757,283 37,200,102 34,489,643
27,371,234 18,445,997 15,021,805 14,251,849 16,994,379 | 13,078,083 £

37,667,010 27,585,433 Cuts. Maize.

2,953,163 | 6,848,532 2,745,409 3,208,346
6,183,919 6,402,204 2,284,982 2,399,910

3

3,295,382 3,259,253
2,795,714 2,742,231

Cuts.

Cuts.

Rice.

8,325,334

9,112,614 Cwts.
8,256,427 L

15,841,055 13,474,721 11,718,465 11,045,853
19,064.025 10,671,730

}Wheatmeal and Flour.

}

}

Oil Seed Cake:

Cotton.

Linseed.

(d) From 1st April, 1923, particulars relating to Imports include the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Irish Free State.

From the same date the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State has been excluded.

1,220,898

5,558,201

728,147 3,671,447

2,430,892 8,662,448

674.445
1,170,320 1,129,637
3,668,652
5,029,507 3,449,314
1,240,705 1,007,756 1,043,260 1,536,008 1,342,293 1,168,422 Cwts.
5,129,903 3,218,381 3,394,451 4,066,331 3,237,167 2,329,653 £

1,168,647 1,127,429 Cuts.
3,194,291 3,008,356 £

494.353,466 431,196,236 447,583,002 419,005,357 456,513,513 510,498,777 490,566,747 33,050,853 26,957,802 23,111,819 25,988,150 33,461,491 40,448,996 37,506,329

Milk, Condensed,
J Sweetened.

(a) "Fir, l'ine and Spruce, Planed or Dressed, and Sleepers of Fir Pine and Spruce" are included with "Sawn, Soft

in 1914 and prior years, and subsequently with "Other Sorts.'