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1908. NEW ZEALAND.
BRITISH TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND (REPORT ON), BY THE COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, BOARD OF TRADE.
Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by leave.
BEPOET UPON THE CONDITIONS AND PEOSPECTS OF BEITISH TEADE IN NEW ZEALAND, By the Advisoby Committee op the Board of Teade on Commercial Intelligence (based upon Information collected by their Commissioner, Mr. B. J. Jeffray).
CONTENTS. PAOE Prefatory Note .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Report :— Introductory : The New Zealand Market .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Import Statistics.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Preferential Treatment of British Goods .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 6 Steamship Communication .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . .. 7 New Zealand Manufactures .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 7 Foreign Competition with the United Kingdom in the New Zealand Market: — (i.) Imports in regard to which Foreign Countries or British Possessions are predominant .. . . 9 (ii.) Imports in regard to which there is a Large or Increasing Competition from Foreign Countries or British Possessions .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 10 (iii.) Imports in regard to xvhich the United Kingdom is predominant .. .. .. 12 General Remarks on Foreign Competition .. . . . . .. . . ... .. 12 Trade Representation .. .. .''.. .. .. .. .. .. . . 13 Freights .. .. .. •. .. .. • ■ ■. .. .. 13 Summary and Conclusions .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 14 Appendices :— I. Summary Table showing the Value of Imports into New Zealand during the Years 1896 and 1906 (arranged according to Groups of Principal Articles) from the United Kingdom, Australian States, other British Possessions, the United States of America, Germany, and other Foreign Countries .. 15 11. Summary Table showing the Value of each Principal Class of Merchandise (United Kingdom Produce) exported from the United Kingdom to New Zealand during the Years 1897 to 1906, inclusive .. 20 111. (A.) Summary Table showing the Principal Facts with regard to the Industrial Development of New Zealand, according to the Census Returns for 1886, 1891, 1896, 1901, and 1906 .. .. .. 22 (B.) Detailed Table showing the Principal Facts relating to the Development of certain Specified Industries, according to the Census Returns for 1896, 1901, and 1906 .. . . .. .. .. 23 IV. Statement showing the Output and Consumption of the Undermentioned Classes of Merchandise in New Zealand during the Year 1906, so far as the Information is available, and further showing the Extent to which the Goods so consumed were obtained from New Zealand, from the United Kingdom, from other British Possessions, or from Foreign Countries .. .. .. . . .. 25 V. Detailed Tables showing the Value of each Principal Article imported into New Zealand in each of the Years 1890, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, distinguishing the Principal Sources of Supply, so far as the Information is available .. .. .. .. .. ~ .. .. 27
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PREFATORY NOTE.
The folloxving report on the condition and prospects of British trade in Nexv Zealand is based upon materials collected by Mr. R. J. Jeffray, in Nexv Zealand, and information drawn from other sources. Mr. Jefiray visited Nexv Zealand in 1906, as Commissioner on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Intelligence, and in the course of his investigation visited Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth. He received much ready and valuable assistance in his inquiries from the Government of the Dominion, from the Chambers of Commerce, and many private individuals. The material thus collected has been amplified in the present report, xvhich contains the latest available information as to the course of the trade of the Dominion. Board of Trade, Commercial Department, December, 1907.
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Introductory: The Nexv Zealand Market. The Dominion of New Zealand, which extends over a territory which, inclusive of the small dependent islands in the Pacific Ocean, amounts to 104,531 square miles, or almost precisely twice the area of England and Wales, xvith an estimated papulation at the close of the year 1906 of 908,726 persons (exclusive of about 48,000 Maoris and some 12,000 inhabitants of the Cook and other Pacific islands), is at present enjoying a period of rapid economic development and of great and general prosperity. The population has steadily advanced in numbers, at a somewhat increasing rate of progress; betxveen 1895 and 1900 the increase was a little less than 10 per cent., and in the ensuing quinquennial period it was nearly 15 per cent., xxdiilst the estimated actual growth in 1906 (26,264) xvas the largest yet recorded for any single year in the history of the colony since 1879. It is noteworthy that the part of the recent increase of population which has been due to immigration has been derived almost entirely from the United Kingdom and Australia. The amount of land under cultivation xvas 8,462,495 acres in 1890, and 14,114,925 acres in 1905. The number of separately occupied and cultivated holdings of over 1 acre in extent rose, from 38,083 in the former to 69,942 in the latter year; of this total, 19,787 holdings were of 10 acres or less, 11,745 of 11 to 50 acres, 7,562 of 51 to 100 acres, and 9,950 of 101 to 200 acres, whilst only 4,398 were of more than 1,000 acres. Thus agriculture in one form or another is, and must long remain, the predominant interest of Nexv Zealand, but at the same time industries have been established and strenuous and persistent efforts are being made to develop them, both by the tariff policy of the Dominion and by other forms of Government aid and encouragement. The number of persons employed in "industrial enterprises" increased from 27,389 (including 2,969 females) in 1896 to 40,806 (including 6,253 females) ten years later, whilst the value of the output (including repairs) advanced in the same period from ,£9,549,360 to £22,422,736; and, although, owing to certain changes in the Census definition of a " factory," the figures for the txvo years are not strictly comparable, they are sufficiently so to indicate the extent of New Zealand's industrial progress. Mining activity is confined chiefly to coal and gold. The output of the former rose from 637,397 tons in 1890 to 1,585,756 tons in 1905, and during the same period the export of gold produced in Nexv Zealand, which, hoxvever, fluctuated considerably, rose from 187,641 oz. to 520,485 oz. —the advance since 1900 having been particularly marked. The total number of persons engaged in gold-mining in 1905 xvas 9,362, and in coal-mining 3,269. The statistics of foreign trade shoxv the same upxvard movement, and indicate substantial progress in the general xvell-being of the Dominion, as the growth of trade has been far more rapid in recent years than the increase in population ; in particular there was a notable development in imports and exports in 1906. The folloxving table shows the population, imports, exports, and total trade (exclusive of specie) at five-year intervals since 1890, and for the year 1906: —
It xvill be seen from this that, whilst" between 1890 and 1906 the estimated population advanced by about 45 per cent., the total foreign trade of the Dominion (exclusive of specie) increased in value by 108 per cent., the rise in imports alone being 141 per cent, and in exports alone 88 per cent.—the relatively great expansion of imports testifying to the increased purchasing-power of the community. The following table shows the imports, exports, and total trade (exclusive of specie) per head of population for the same years : —
Year. Population on 31st December (exclusive of Maoris and Inhabitants of Pacific Islands). Imports.* Exports.* Total Trade.* 890 .895 900 905 906 625,508 698,706 768,278 882,462 908,726 £ 5,928,895 6,115,953 10,207,326 12,481,178 14,303,170 £ 9,569,316 8,518,119 13,223,258 15,642,069 17,972,480 £ 15,498,211 14,634,072 23,430,584 28,123,247 32,275,650 * Exclusivi of specie.
Imports* per He a Exports* Total Trade* Year. per Head of Mean Population (excluding Maoris). 1890 1895 1900 1905 1906 £ s. d. 9 11 0 8 16 8 13 7 4 14 6 11 15 19 5 £ s. d. 15 8 4 12 6 0 17 6 4 17 19 7 20 1 9 £ s. d. 24 19 4 21 2 8 30 13 8 32 6 6 36 1 2 *Ex. jluding specie.
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A. Value of Imports into New Zealand, distinguishing the Principal Sources of Supply (excluding Bullion and Specie).
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Value of imports into few Zealand :rom— British Pi issessions. Foreign iountries. Year. United Kingdom. Total Value of Imports. Australian Commonwealth. All other. United States. All other. Total 'awes. 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 £ 1,000 £ 1,000 £ 1,000 £ 1,000 £ 1,000 £ 1,000 4,370 4,727 4,482 3,947 3,979 942 957 995 946 991 588 466 475 522 556 362 382 379 395 394 170 213 163 180 196 6,432 6,745 6,494 5,980 6,116 Annual average, 1891-95.. 4,301 966 522 382 184 6,355 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 4,714 5,338 5,149 5,527 6,454 990 997 1,141 1,213 1,390 563 688 787 718 892 493 628 800 775 1,062 277 344 335 382 410 7,037 7,995 8,212 8,615 10,208 Annual average, 1896-1900 5,436 1,146 729 752 350 8,413 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 6,881 6,851 7,442 7,982 7,784 1,525 1,348 1,517 1,502 1,480 975 864 988 1,172 1,124 1,415 1,319 1,441 1,528 1,438 561 577 692 716 655 11,357 10,959 12,080 12,900 12,481 Annual average, 1901-5 .. 7,388 1,474 1,025 1,428 640 11,955 1906 8,920 1,955 1,111 1,406 911 14,303 B. Pro: •ORTION of Ti 'al Imports : of Sui furnished by jpiyiach Principal Source 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 Per Cent. 68 70 69 66 65 Per Cent. 15 14 15 16 16 Per Cent. 9 7 7 9 9 Per Cent! 5 6 6 6 7 Per Cent. 3 3 3 3 3 Per Cent. 100 100 100 100 100 Annual average, 1891-95.. 68.15 100 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 .. • .. 67 67 63 64 63 14 12 14 14 14 8 9 9 8 9 7 8 10 9 10 4 4 4 r, 4 100 100 100 100 100 Annual average, 1896-1900 (54 14 100 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 (51 63 62 62 62 13 12 12 12 12 9 8 8 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 6 5 5 100 100 100 100 100 Annual average, 1901-5 .. 62 12 12 100 1906 62 14 8 10 100
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Import Statistics. Prom the facts thus briefly set out it xvill be apparent that, although Nexv Zealand is still comparatively a small State, it yet constitutes a market which is of considerable importance, is steadily dex r eloping, and offers great possibilities for the near future. It is therefore worthy of the most careful consideration by English manufacturers and merchants. At present British trade has a great pre-eminence in the Dominion, but it is encountering considerable and active competition from foreign countries. The tables on the opposite page show the shares of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Australia, all other British possessions, the United States, and other foreign countries in the import trade of Nexv Zealand in the sixteen years from 1891 to 1906, both in actual amounts and in percentages. The most noticeable features of these tables are (a) the marked increase—amounting to 154 per cent, of the total imports in 1906 as compared xvith those of the previous year; (b) the nearly equal increase—l4'6 per cent. —in the imports from the United Kingdom; (c) the fact that to. the British Empire no less than 84 per cent, of the total import trade is credited, which is a slightly higher percentage than in an}' one of the previous five years; and (d) the remarkable steadiness of the proportion assigned to the United Kingdom, which has been 62 per cent, in each of the years 1903 to 1906, inclusive. In regard to these tables, hoxvever, it is necessary to bear carefully in mind the presence of the difficulty arising from the well-knoxvn confusion betxveen " countries of origin " anil "countries of shipment," as, except in the case of goods belonging to classes to xx'hich the provisions of " The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903," apply, there is no necessity for an exact statement on the part of importers as to the origin of goods brought into the country. Goods from the countries of continental Europe go to Nexv Zealand in the main either through the United Kingdom or through Australia (there is direct transit from the United States); and the consequence is that the trade statistics are affected in txvo ways: (a) the imports stated to be from the United Kingdom include a certain amount of foreign goods originally shipped from the Continent of Europe to the United Kingdom and subsequently despatched to Nexv Zealand —xvhich for various reasons do not appear in the United Kingdom returns as re-exports ; and, (b) imports described as coming from Australia include goods from the Continent of Europe, from the United Kingdom, and from elsexvhere, xvhich xvere consigned originally to Australian ports. The following table shows the exports from the United Kingdom to New Zealand as given in the United Kingdom Trade Returns for the five years 1902 to 1906, distinguishing betxveen the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom and foreign or colonial produce and manufactures re-exported; it xvill be remembered that these values are f.0.b., xvhereas those in the table for Nexv Zealand imports given above are c.i.f. : —
These figures only confirm that impression of the steadiness of British trade with New Zealand in recent years which xvas given by the detailed table of New Zealand imports previously set out. In 1902 the percentage of re-exports in the total exports from the United Kingdom to New Zealand was 7'B; in the following year it rose to B's, but dropped in 1904 to B'4, and for the last txvo years it has been B'l. It may therefore be regarded as clearly established by the txvo tables that the United Kingdom has in the last five years fully held its oxvn, and maintained its position in the Dominion market. Against the deduction of foreign goods xvhich must be made from the New Zealand import figures in order to arrive at the imports which were actually of United Kingdom origin must be set that part of the imports from Australia, undoubtedly considerable, xvhich are really also of United Kingdom origin and have been re-exported from the Commonwealth. On the whole, therefore, it may reasonably be assumed that any readjustment of the figures based on exact information as to countries of origin would not seriously affect the percentages of the New Zealand import trade assigned to the United Kingdom in the detailed table given above, but would increase the percentages assigned to foreign countries and diminish that of the Commonxvealth of Australia. Some further modification would, hoxvever, be necessitated by the fact that some part of the imports credited to the United States should in reality be assigned to Canada. Moreover, it is to be observed that the import of steamers for coastal and intercolonial traffic is not recorded in the general New Zealand trade statistics (this was the case also in Australia until 1906). From information furnished by companies concerned, it appears that the total value of such steamers imported during the fifteen years 1890 to 1905 xvas about £1,600,000. This gives an average annual import of over £106,000 for the xxhole period, but for the nine years 1897 to 1905, during which the vessels acquired for this coasting and intercolonial trade have been both more numerous and of greater tonnage, the average value per annum has been considerably greater. These imports have been without exception of purely British origin, and the effect of the omission is to detract somewhat from the volume and value of the imports from the United Kingdom.
British and Irish Produce exported to New Zealand. Re-exports to New Zealand. Total Exports from United Kingdom to New Zealand. Year. 902 903 .904 905 .906 13 £ 57676,576 6,361,390 6,315,090 6,425,793 7,400,188 £ 481,309 593,430 582,330 569,013 652,288 £ 6,158,885 6,954,820 6,897,420 6,994,806 8,052,476
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The United Kingdom's share so far discussed is a percentage of the total imports of merchandise into New Zealand, but it is to be remembered that of these total imports a certain part consists of goods which the United Kingdom does not itself produce, and which also, for geographical reasons do not go to the Dominion by way of United Kingdom ports, or do so only to a very small extent. Such, for example, are a number of food commodities —rice, potatoes (which come chiefly from Victoria), fresh fruit (largely from Fiji and Victoria), sugar (xvhich is drawn mainhy from Fiji, but also from Nexv South Wales and Java), Australian wine, tea (almost entirely from India and Ceylon, the latter being the chief source of supply); and also from commodities as coal (from Nexv South Wales), dressed and undressed timber (principally from Australia), kerosene and turpentine (from the United States), wool (a small amount is imported from Australia), and kapok (from India and Java). The total value of commodities of these kinds imported into New Zealand in 1906 was not less than £1,500,000, and the deduction of this amount from the total imports in that year would raise the United Kingdom share of the trade in which it could reasonably be expected to participate, to about 70 per cent. So far, then, as the available statistics go, it is evident that the United Kingdom has at present an overwhelming pre-eminence in the New Zealand trade; that (even when all alloxvances are made for the difficulty of interpreting the figures) it is clear that the sloxv decline which was taking place up to 1900 and 1901 has been checked, and that in the last five years British traders have held their ground, and secured in 1906 their full share of the striking expansion xvhich characterizes that year. In considering this question of the general distribution of the New Zealand trade and the share therein of the United Kingdom, there are two important factors to be taken into account —first, the preferential-tariff treatment which is accorded by the Dominion to the products and manufactures of the Empire, and, secondly, the nature of New Zealand's oversea communications. (i.) Preferential Treatment of British Goods. • Under the terms of the Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, which came into force in November, 1903, New Zealand granted preferential treatment to certain specified goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of any part of the British dominions, not, hoxvever, as in the case of Canada and Cape Colony, by means of a rebate of part of the duties imposed by the general tariff, but by the imposition of duties or additional duties on similar goods of foreign origin. The principal articles in regard to xvhich the British dominions thus received preferential treatment xvere—(l) Iron (plain block sheet,, bar, bolt, plate, and rod), rails for railxvays and tramways, and printing-paper, which xvere admitted free when of British origin, but paid a duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem when coming from foreign countries; (2) cement, on xvhich the additional duty was equivalent to 100 per cent, of the duty of the British article; (3) boots and shoes, hardware, holloxv-xvare, iron nails, ironmongery, iron pipes and fittings, glass and earthenxvare, pianos, fancy goods and toys, on most of xvhich the additional duty w T as 50 per cent, of the amount payable by British goods. On the 31st March, 1904, tea grown in any part of the British dominions became duty-free if imported in packets exceeding 1 lb. in xx'eight. The following table shoxvs the imports of a class subject to preferential treatment for the three years preceding the Act, 1901 to 1903 (the Act came into force on the 16th November, 1903), and for the three years since, 1903 to 1906. It will be observed that the foreign share of the imports of these goods, which was increasing up to and in 1903, has since that year declined quickly, even in the prosperous year 1906, when the imports of these classes of goods as a whole increased by half a million pounds.
The figures as a xvhole suggest that the effect of the preferential arrangements has been to divert to the United Kingdom and the British possessions a portion of the trade formerly held by foreign countries in commodities affected by the preference, and that in particular in the last year the United Kingdom and British possessions xvere enabled to secure the whole of the increase in the imports of these commodities, which constituted in that year about 22 per cent, of the total imports into New Zealand. This conclusion is borne out by evidence collected both in the Dominion and in the United Kingdom itself from various firms engaged in the New Zealand trade. Thus it was frequently stated that before the Act of 1903 came into operation Belgian iron bars could be placed in the New Zealand market cheaper than Scotch or North Country bars, but that the 20 per cent, ad valorem duty on foreign bars has completely reversed matters, and that British iron can now be purchased and landed in New Zealand at less cost than the continental article. The same statement is made as to most kinds of manufactured metal goods to which preferential
Year. Imports of Articles of a Class subjei All Countries. United Kingdom. ;t to Preferential Tn :atment from-r-British Possessions. Foreign Countries. .901 .902 903 £ 2,261,000 2,247,000 2,569,000 £ 1,357,000 1,341,000 1,507,000 160"£0d0 1,626,000 2,086,000 £ 366,000 326,000 367,000 £ 538,000 580,000 695,000 .904 905 906 2,75i,6bo 2,638,000 3,150,000 436,000 440,000 521,000 691,000 572,000 543,000
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treatment is accorded. British-made boots and shoes are also said to benefit considerably. The imports of these from the United Kingdom were in 1903 only £118,209, but by 1906 they amounted to £204,032, whilst the imports from the United States on the other hand, xvhich amounted to £107,713 in 1903, had fallen to £46,846 in 1906. The imports of the same goods from Australia, xxTiich also had the advantage of preferential treatment, increased in the same period from £10,030 to £25,180. It should be stated, however, that the increase in the United Kingdom's export to New Zealand of these particular goods is ascribed in part also to alterations in methods of British manufacturers, made in the effort to recover trade from the United States. Other commodities, xvhich were specificially mentioned as having derived a substantial benefit from preferential treatment, xvere printing-paper, in regard to which Canada is said to have benefited at the expense of the United States, the imports from the former country having risen from £2,216 in 1903 to £33,599 in 1906, whilst the import from the United States fell from £40,909 to £20,361 in the same period; and tinned salmon, as to xvhich it is stated that British Columbia now furnishes the supply xvhich previously came from the United States. On the other hand, the amount of preference was stated in several cases to have been insufficient to affect seriously the course of trade : it xvas pointed out, for example, that on pianos the 10 per cent, additional ad valorem duty on foreign goods had very little effect, at least as regards the better class of instruments — firstly, because people xvho xvished to have a good piano were not deterred by an extra 10 per cent, duty; and, secondly, because the lower freights obtainable from Hamburg to some extent neutralised the preferential rate. The latter point xvas urged in the case of a number of commodities —that the amount of the preference did not counterbalance the lower freights (as compared with those from the United Kingdom) obtainable from the United States and, in some cases, from the Continent of Europe, via Australia, or even (in a few instances) via British ports. In July of the present year (1907) the Nexv Zealand Government proposed a revision of the tariff. This has since been adopted, and must have a considerable effect on British trade as a result of the additional preference granted, particularly on food commodities, drugs, chemicals, medicines, metal manufactures, electrical some leather goods, furniture, cabinetware, and numerous miscellaneous articles. As a rule the duties of the old general tariff remain unchanged for these goods when of British origin, but an additional duty is imposed on similar goods when derived from foreign countries. Tea is henceforth to be imported free only when in packets exceeding 5 lb. in weight. A number of articles hitherto subject to duty are to be admitted free, xxffiatever their origin ; sugar, currants, raisins, some dried fruits, unground spices, and (far more important to British trade) cotton or linen piece goods, dress prints, paper-hang-ings, and certain kinds of common and plate glass. The amount of protection which the tariff gives to the New Zealand manufacturer has been reduced only in a few cases, the most important being cotton goods (which are not produced in Nexv Zealand). On the other hand, though the protective tariff which the British manufacturer and trader has to encounter has in the main not been diminished, the nexv arrangement increases the advantage which he enjoys in the New Zealand market over his foreign rivals. (ii.) Steamship Communication. The other influence of general importance in determining the share of the United Kingdom in the total import trade of New Zealand is the fact that there is no direct steamship communication betxveen the Continent of Europe and ports of the Dominion ; and that, consequently, in most cases goods go via London (as transhipments there), the through rates from Bremen and Hamburg being generally about 4s. per ton higher than from London. In some cases, however, rates are the same, and in other instances even lower than from London, the British lines being said to accept the same or lower rates for continental traffic in order to diminish the possibility of lines of steamers being run direct from the Continent to New Zealand. A certain amount of goods goes, however, by German steamers to Australia, the goods being transhipped there for Nexv Zealand. In addition to the regular fortnightly mail-srevice from London to Wellington'and Lyttelton, and the monthly cargo-boats, there has been since 1904 a regular service of monthly steamers between New Zealand and the chief west-coast ports of the United Kingdom—Cardiff, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgoxv. This was established by a contract between the New Zealand Government and the African Steamship Company, in order to facilitate the shipment of New Zealand produce (particularly fr-ozen meat) to the United Kingdom. Efforts are also being made to develop regular steamship communication between New Zealand and all other British possessions; notably, in 1906, a contract was entered into between the Canadian Government and the New Zealand Government on the one hand and a steamship company on the other to provide, for a period of one year, a two-monthly cargo service between New Zealand ports and the western ports of Canada. There is a strong desire throughout New Zealand to develop the intercolonial service still further. There is also a service between New Zealand and South African ports, but it is direct (i.e., without calling at Australian ports) only when full cargoes offer from the Dominion. There is no regular service from the United States at present, but there are frequent sailings from that country, and occasionally United States traders combine to charter a vessel to carry goods to the Dominion. Nexv Zealand Manufactures. Before examining the import trade in detail, there is one other matter of some importance at present, and possibly of much greater importance in the future, to be taken into account. The manufacturers of the United Kingdom have to consider not only the nature and extent of the competition wdiich they encounter with foreign countries, and its probable developments, but also the competition which arises from the Dominion itself; and there a number of cases in xvhich the
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imports into New Zealand of manufactured goods represent only a small part of the total consumption of such goods xvithin the Dominion. The policy of encouraging industrial enterprise has been vigorously pursued by the New Zealand Government, both in its tariff legislation and in other ways since the Atkinson Tariff Act of 1888. Details shoxving the development of industrial enterprise in Nexv Zealand are given in Appendix No. 3, in xvhich Table A gives a summary of the principal facts with regard to the growth of industry in the Dominion from 1886 to 1906; and Table B sets out the development of the chief industries as shoxvn by the censuses of 1896, 1901, and 1906, the statistics relating in each case to the previous year. Appendix No. 4 shows the output in New Zealand of the principal commodities manufactured there in 1905, and the percentages of the total consumption of such commodities in Nexv Zealand supplied by home industries and by 'the United Kingdom, other British possessions and foreign countries respectively. From this table it xvill be seen that in such food commodities as beer, aerated waters, and biscuits, practically the whole of the demand is supplied from within the Dominion, and the same is true in only a slightly less degree of jam and confectionery. Other domestic requirements mainly supplied by home industry are, furniture (864 per cent.), blankets (802 per cent.), soap (69"3 per cent.), clothes (65 - 7 per cent.), and boots and shoes (64 - 4 per cent.). United Kingdom and foreign manufacturers supplied in 1906 less than one-tenth of the tinware required in the Dominion, and less than of the agricultural machinery, whilst the Nexv Zealand manufacturers have the greater part of the trade also in saddlery and harness, cordage, rope, and txvine, firebricks and cement, and nearly half of the supply of candles. These are practically all industries which would naturally be the first to develop in an agricultural country such as New Zealand. In regard to all these commodities it appears to be clear that a continually groxving share of the trade xvill be taken by the Nexv Zealand manufacturers, and that, consequently, British manufacturers cannot look for any particular expansion of the exports of these kinds from the United Kingdom to the Dominion. In this connection it is of interest to set out certain resolutions adopted by the Joint Committee of the Canterbury Industrial Association, and the Trades and Labour Council, appointed to consider the question of the promotion and encouragement of New Zealand manufactures and productions in May, 1905, as they illustrate the nature and strength of the movement for a national industrial policy: — " The Committee beg to report that, after having carefully gone through the evidence taken by them .... they have unanimously come to the conclusion, — " 1. That our local industries and productions in some instances are not keeping pace with the general increase of trade in the colony, and that this is caused by greater importations and cutting of prices by importers, and that the cheap labour in foreign countries in many branches enables the importer to undersell the local manufacturer. "2. That the tariff should be amended in the various directions summarised in the evidence, by taking off all duties on raw materials used by our manufacturers, which said raw material is not or is not likely to be produced in this colony, and by an increase of duty in certain directions to meet the dumping of the surplus manufactures from other countries. "3. That the attention of the Government should be drawn to the necessity of compulsorily branding all Nexv-Zealand-made goods, 'Made in New Zealand.' The evidence taken by the Committee was practically unanimous on this point, the only exception being that of the employers engaged in the boot and shoe manufacturing. " 4. That the evidence taken by the Committee shows that the workers on the whole are loyal to the cause of local industry, but this cannot be said of all classes of the community. "5. That a card should be printed in an attractive form, setting forth the desirability of encouraging local manufactures and productions from a patriotic point of view, such card, with the consent of the Education Boards, to be placed in every school of the colony, in the hope that it xvill educate the rising generation to take an interest in the cause of local industry. The cards might also be utilised for circulation in other directions. " 6. That the aid of all Tr"ades and Labour Councils, unions, industrial associations, and public bodies should be elicited by circular, or otherwise, to further the objects xve have in viexv—viz., the advancement and encouragement of our local industries and productions. " 7. That this Committee strongly urges that the Government and all bodies dealing with public expenditure should be requested to give preference wherever possible to the manufactures and productions of the colony, thus setting an example for private individuals to folloxv, and assisting in providing employment for the workers." It is desirable to draw attention to these facts as evidence of the energy and persistence with which a policy of industrialisation is being carried out. But, at the same time, it will be apparent that, with the exception of clothing, woollen goods, and boots and shoes, there are no manufactures in New Zealand which compete, or appear likely to compete, seriously with the class of manufactures in xvhich the United Kingdom is chiefly interested, and it hardly seems probable that even the combination of protective duties on manufactured goods with the free admission of raw materials can call into being industries for xvhich New Zealand has not within itself, or close at hand, large supplies of the necessary materials, such as cotton and iron,
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Foreign Competition with the United Kingdom in the New Zealand Market. Coming now to the examination of particular branches of trade, reference may be made to Appendix No. 5, which shows in full detail the movement of trade in each class of commodities for the years 1890, 1900, and 1903-6. In the following survey it will be convenient to deal with the goods in three classes, according as they are — (1.) Commodities in regard to which the trade is mainly in the hands of foreign countries, or, in some cases, British possessions; (2.) Commodities in regard to which there is a large or increasing competition from foreign countries or British possessions; and (3.) Commodities in regard to which the United Kingdom is at present predominant. (i.) Imports in regard to which Foreign Countries or British Possessions are predominant. Manufactured Food Commodities. — Sugar. —The greater part of the sugar-supply of Nexv Zealand is derived from British possessions, especially Fiji, the only foreign country which appears to send any large amount being Java—£6o,ooo in 1906. Wine is, of course, supplied chiefly by foreign countries, but there is a slowly increasing consumption of Australian wine page (31). In regard to tea Ceylon has easily the first place, the consumption having risen very rapidly in the last three years. Indian teas are next in demand, and the importation of China tea has dxvindled to insignificance (page 31). Tobacco. —Manufactured tobacco, cigars, and snuff are, as is natural, furnished chiefly by the United States, though the United Kingdom has a small but increasing share of the trade. Apparel. —Under this head there are a certain number of commodities in which the trade is taken mainly by foreign countries. Such are cotton lace, of which the re-exports from the United Kingdom to New Zealand rose from £17,261 in 1903 to £49,892 in 1906—the goods coming from France and Germany; certain kinds of hosiery, in which German goods are preferred, mainly, it appears, on account of better dyeing—a reason which is also alleged for the German monopoly of Berlin wools; fabric gloves, which come from Germany; braids, also from Germany, which are said to be both cheaper and in greater variety than those produced by British manufacturers; ribbons, in which the Coventry product has been entirely displaced by the manufactures of Basle and St. Etiemie; low-class flannels, which come from Holland, whilst the better-class trade is still held by England; woollen dress materials of all kinds, which are supplied chiefly by France — it is stated that similar goods are practically unprocurable from the United Kingdom —and fancy textile fabrics, in regard to which foreign manufacturers are said to secure the trade by reason of the greater originality and ingenuity which their goods exhibit. For ticking of linen, or linen and cotton mixed, recourse is had chiefly to Belgium. Ivory, pearl, and fancy buttons come mainly from Austria and from Paris, and ordinary buttons from Germany; Birmingham does not make the same variety of styles. Velveteens. —For some years Germany practically controlled the market in these goods, though recently there appears to have been some improvement in the British share of the trade. It is stated that the British-made article offered considerably better value, but that the German make excelled in dye and finish, having a brighter and more glossy appearance, and this greater attractiveness secured them the market. Denims. —These are supplied chiefly by the United States. One large import firm stated that there was no reason, so far as they knew, xvhy Manchester should not supply the whole of the denims for the New Zealand market, but that for a long time they were compelled to purchase largely from America oxving to the fact that repeated requests to Manchester manufacturers to compete were unsuccessful until a few years ago, when, for a time, they completely beat the American article. Then the Americans redoubled their efforts and recaptured the trade, and British makers, probably because of their great activity in other directions, have made no fresh attempt to recover the New Zealand market. Hardware, &c. —Many years ago the main supply of fencing-wire, staples, and wire nails was drawn from the countries of continental Europe, but in more recent years these lines have been captured by America; this is said to be due to the use of basic steel witn corresponding cheapness. Wire nails have never been a prominent British manufacture. Tools come mainly from the United States because, it is said, they are oi newer designs, are better finished, and more suited to New Zealand requirements than the British articles, whose manufacturers persist in the old designs. Of recent years American machine-cut files have largely superseded British; they are cut in lighter lengths, are found to be keener, and, if they do not last so long, they cost less and are held to be cheaper in use. It is stated that the general public has often benefited by the ingenuity in design and the improvement in quality of small hardware and tools made by American manufacturers, whose example has been folloxved by their competitors. As an illustration the case of saws was quoted, in regard to which it xvas asserted that American improvements, have been to some extent imitated by British manufacturers, who have accordingly recovered part of the trade. On the other hand axes and carpenters' hammers are specialities of the United States, and trade goes entirely to that country. America also supplies New Zealand largely with cheap, smoothly x\ r orking door and mortise locks, which are in great use; they differ, however, so much from ordinary door-locks as scarcely to be in competition with them, and the British attempts to make similar locks have not been a success. Cheap cutlery is obtained mainly from Germany, and this is ascribed to the indifference of the British manufacturer to the trade in cheap, low-class goods. Agricultural Machinery and Implements. —This class of goods is admitted into New Zealand free of duty, and foreign countries (notably the United States) and Canada have monopolized the New Zealand market for harvesting machinery, and have secured a large share of the trade in
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ploughs, harrows, cultivators, and drills. The manufacturers in these countries are stated to open their own branches in the Dominion, put their own men in charge, carry large stocks at convenient centres, spend money liberally on canvassing and advertising, and give easy terms of payment. Their products are lighter and cheaper, but are thought not to be so good as the British; but this high quality of British products is, in fact, a disadvantage, as it involves a higher price, and the New-Zealander prefers a lighter and cheaper machine. The Canadian and American manufacturers have also the advantage that the needs of New Zealand in regard to this particular class of goods are practically identical with those they have to meet in their own countries. It was, hoxvever, stated that, though British manufacturers xvere formerly conservative in their methods and in adherence to their old designs, they have recently shown a greater disposition to meet colonial requirements; but it is doubted whether it would be worth their while to make the very considerable effort that would be necessary to recover the New Zealand market, especially in view of the fact that New Zealand is now manufacturing very largely for itself. The low prices at xvhich American harvesting machinery is offered in New Zealand caused the Dominion manufacturers to complain of unfair competition, and the New Zealand Government has by legislative enactment armed itself with powers to check such competition, should it think necessary. Enamelled Hollow-ware.—The better-class ware, such as kettles, jugs, pans, &c, made of stamped steel, come chiefly from Austria and Germany; the heavier articles, made chiefly of cast iron and xvhite-enamelled or tinned inside, are supplied by England. The German ware is thinner and wears better than the British, and it has always been cheaper. Wicker and Wood Manufactures. —Bent-wood furniture comes from Austria, and there is a large supply of woodware from the United States and Canada, which have, of course, the advantage of unlimited and cheap supplies of timber. Oils. -The supply of kerosene comes entirely from the United States, which also furnishes the greater part of the turpentine taken by New Zealand. Bengal has a practical monopoly as regards castor-oil, and in regard to other kinds of oil (with the exception of linseed) foreign countries—chiefly the United States—and British possessions furnish more than three-quarters of the total import. Manures.—The bulk of these is furnished by various British possessions and by foreign countries. Artificial manures appear to come largely from Germany, and recently considerable quantities of superphosphates have been imported from Japan. It is expected that the latter competition xvill increase, as the Japanese article has a higher percentage of phosphoric acid than the British, and can also be supplied more cheaply, as the Japanese are said to be able to land the material in New Zealand at about 10 per cent, less than is possible for the British articles. Coal. —The import into New Zealand of this fuel is not very large, amounting in 1906 to only a little over £195,000 in value, and of this practically the whole came from New South Wales. Miscellaneous Goods. —The trade in leather purses, bags, and dressing-cases is said to have been '' practically abandoned to the German makers ''; fancy china ornaments, cups and saucers, and cheap china of every description is also almost entirely of German origin; mattings come from Japan, bags and sacks from Bengal, and toys of all descriptions from Germany and Switzerland. (ii.) Imports in reyard to which there is a Large or Increasing Competition from Foreign Countries or British Possessions. Cigarettes. —This is a rapidly increasing trade, the imports having risen from £37,560 in 1900 to £73,828 in 1905, and then sharply to £105,167 in 1906. Until 1903 the whole of the imports were of United States origin, but since then the British share has rapidly increased, and in 1906 amounted to £46,559, as against £57,614 from the United States. In view, however, of the xvell-known arrangements betxveen the British and American tobacco companies as to the division of the trade in their commodities, it is impossible to draw any exact conclusions from the figures just quoted. Boots and Shoes. —The recent history of the import trade in these articles presents certain curious features. In 1900 the total imports amounted to £194,754, of which £129,464 were from the United Kingdom and only £46,807 from the United States. Then, however, came a vigorous attack on the New Zealand market by American manufacturers, aided for a time by extremely lowfreights, with the result that by 1903 out of the total import of £245,639 the American share had risen to £107,713, whilst the British share had declined to £118,209. Since then, hoxvever, as xvill be seen from the statistics in Appendix No. 5, though the total imports have steadily progressed in value, the share of the trade taken by the United States manufacturers has fallen off with great rapidity, whilst the British exporters have as rapidly recovered their ground, until in 1906, of the total import valued at £297,552, £204,030 (or more than two-thirds) is assigned to the United Kingdom and only £46,846 to the United States. The boot and shoe industry is making rapid strides in New Zealand itself, and there is a growing importation also from Australia. It is stated that in men's heavy boots (i.e., watertights, bluchers, and shooters) New Zealand depends entirely on colonial production, as they are better than any imported goods for the kind of work for which they are used, and it is added that the boots for youths and girls produced in the Dominion are better and cheaper than similar imported goods. It is further stated that among the good qualities of the work produced by the American manufacturer, which enabled him to make for a time such rapid headxvay, were uniformity of quality, greater smartness, and the fact that American goods always opened in the best condition —the goods, cartons, and cases being perfectly dried before packing, whereas in many cases the British shipments arrived in bad condition and xvere stale-looking and musty. Various firms recommended the United States method of packing in 36- and 72-pair cases, packed on end, one tier only, and cases made to fit cartons, xvhich insures
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the goods opening in thoroughly good condition, and is very much more expeditious in unpacking. It xvas agreed, however—and the statistics already quoted bear out the statement —that British manufacturers have greatly improved their methods and shown greater adaptability in the last fexv years as a result of the stimulus of American competition. Wire Fencing (both plain and barbed). —Here the strongest competition is from the United States, though there is some also from Germany. In 1904 and 1905 the imports from the United States were slightly larger than those from the United Kingdom, but they declined heavily in 1906 (vide Appendix No. 5). British wire is said to be better than either German or American, and to have a longer life, but it is considerably more expensive. The following prices were quoted by British export firms in June, 1907 : — British. German. £ s. d. £ s. d. Plain wire, varnished ... ... ... 10 0 0 7 10 0 galvanised ... ... ... 11 15 0 9 0 0 Barbed wire ... ... ... ... 13 12 6 12 0 0 the British quotations being in each case f.o.b. Liverpool, less 2J per cent., and the German f.o.b. Antwerp, less 3 per cent. It is difficult to obtain comparative prices for the United States product, as the United States Steel Corporation xvill now only sell c.i.f. New Zealand, and it is impossible to determine how this price is divided between cost of the article and freight. Machinery, Instruments, dec. — Gas and oil engines are imported largely from the United States, but here again in the last txvo years the British share of the trade has increased rapidly from £35,875 to £56,772, whilst the United States share in both these years was smaller than in 1903. In .sewing-machines the United States has the bulk of the trade; and in printing machinery the imports from the same country rose rapidly from £2,742 in 1905 to £16,161 in 1906, whilst British imports increased only from £21,209 to £24,740. In electrical machinery also there is a considerable foreign competition, chiefly from the United States and the Continent of Europe, but the United Kingdom is still credited xvith more than half of the total imports, some of its share, hoxx r ever, being undoubtedly also of continental origin. Under the head of " other machinery and parts thereof " there is also a large importation from the United States, which includes such articles as typewriters and cash-registers. In scientific instruments rather more than half the trade is ascribed to the United Kingdom, the remainder going mainly to the United States and Germany. Printing-paper. —The United Kingdom still supplies somewhat above one-half the imports of this commodity, but there is a rapidly growing importation from Canada, whilst the supplies from the United States have been steadily decreasing in value, and were in 1906 only half of their amount in 1903. This is one of the articles in respect of which the British dominions have enjoyed, and will continue to enjoy, a substantial preference, as their product was admitted free under the Act of 1903, whilst foreign countries had to encounter a duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem —an arrangement continued under the new tariff —and it is generally agreed that this has had the effect of transferring much of the American trade to Canada. Musical Instruments. —The trade in pianos, which has averaged £100,000 per annum for the last three years, is divided almost equally between the United Kingdom and Germany. The British article pays a duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem, whilst pianos from foreign countries pay 30 per cent., but, as has been already remarked, this difference is said to be of no importance in the case of the better class of instruments, and the lower freights obtainable from Hamburg neutralise the preferential rate on the cheaper pianos. It was stated that the through freight from Berlin to Nexv Zealand via Hamburg, with transhipment at London, is about 10s. per ton less than from London ; besides which German pianos are quoted f.o.b. Hamburg (case included), xvhereas pianos shipped in London have to pay dock dues amounting to about 7s. 6d. per piano in addition to the cost of the case. Clocks and Watches. —There is a considerable competition from the United States and from Switzerland. The former country has the trade in cheap clocks, and a large proportion of the xvatches exported from the United Kingdom are, as is xvell knoxvn, really of Swiss manufacture. Glass and Glassware. — Window-glass is obtained chiefly from Belgium, and the imports from that country have risen from £11,144 in 1903 to £28,233 in 1906, the increase in the last year being very marked; various exporters'lstated that they noxv never buy windoxx r -glass in England. In other glass, however, the United Kingdom has a large share of the trade, the imports therefrom into the Dominion in 1906 being .£35,815, an increase of £9,000 on 1905. About half the imported glassware comes from the United Kingdom, but there is an increasing import from Germany and Belgium. Re-exports of "glass and manufactures thereof" from the United Kingdom have fallen off rapidly between 1902 and 1906. This appears to be due, to some extent at least, to the substitution of the Germany-Australia route for the London - New Zealand route. It was asserted that the foreign goods have the advantage of loxver freights, even when carried via British ports. Miscellaneous Goods. —Other articles in xxdiich there is strong foreign competition are furniture, which comes largely from the United States, British possessions (notably Canada), Germany, Austria (bent-wood chairs), and Japan; candles, of xvhich there is a rapidly increasing import from Burmah —a movement ascribed to the effect of preference—whilst tne imports from the United States', which were £14,482 in 1903, dropped to practically nothing two years later; lamps and lampware, which are largely imported from, the United States and Germany, though British trade has improved somewhat in the last year; and ordinary soap, of which £21,057 came in 1906 from New South Wales and £10,275 from the United States, as against £17,802 from the United Kingdom (more than double the amount from the last-named country in 1904)',
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(iii.) Imports in regard to which the United Kingdom, is predominant. This heading covers a multitude of commodities almost too numerous to mention. The details can be seen in the tables of Appendix No. 5, but it may be convenient to give here a list of the principal articles or groups of articles. It comprises confectionery, pickles and sauces, ale and beer, cocoa and chocolate, whisky, and non-alcoholic beverages; alkalies and potash; apparel and slops, cotton piece-goods, drapery, all the better kinds of hosiery, woollen piece-goods, blankets, haberdashery, linen manufactures, hats and caps; carpets and carpeting, canvas, floorcloths ; cordage and twine (exclusive of iron and steel cordage); pig iron, bar, angle, bolt, and rod iron, sheet and plate (not galvanised), many kinds of hardware and ironmongery, and the heavier class of hollow-ware, wire netting and other wire except for fencing purposes, plain tin plates, and pipes and fittings; railway materials; mining machinery, portable and traction engines; arms, ammunition, and explosives; leather belting; stationery; paperhangings; photographic goods; books and periodicals; china and earthenware; linseed-oil, varnish, paints and colours, and dyes; bicycles, motors and parts thereof ; brushware; blacking and dressing; platedxvare; and cement. In regard to many of the articles comprised in this list there is a certain amount of foreign competition, but in no case is it extensive enough to appear likely to be serious, at least for some time. General Remarks on Foreign Competition. It will be seen from this survey that, xvhilst the United Kingdom has to encounter a severe competition in certain branches of the import trade into New Zealand, yet as a xx'hole its position is not seriously menaced at present. Its two chief competitors are the United States and Germany. The competition of the former has declined somexvhat in the last txvo years from its maximum in 1904, when it reached the total of £1,528,000, to £1,406,000 in 1906. The main commodities supplied by the United States are as follows, in order of importance: Manufactured tobacco and cigars, kerosene and other oils, agricultural machinery, other machinery, gas and electrical engines, boots and shoes, xvire fencing, hardware (chiefly tools), nails, leather, wood manufactures, printing-paper, knitting and sewing machines, vehicles, bicycles, scientific instruments, arms and explosives, clocks and watches, fancy goods, lamps and lampxvare. The only other foreign competitor of importance is Germany; and the share of that country in the New Zealand trade, though still small, is undoubtedly increasing xvith some rapidity; the fact that the goods come either through London or Australia makes it difficult to estimate their precise amount, but, according to the New Zealand returns, the imports declared to be of German origin increased from £277,467 in 1903 to £336,960 in 1906. The principal commodities which Germany contributes are pianos, fancy goods, manure, some machinery and metal manufactures, glassware, hardware, fencing-wire, wire (other than fencing or netting), china and earthenware, lamps and lampxvare, xvood manufactures, and a large variety of miscellaneous goods. Foreign competition in manufactured goods, which the United Kingdom might supply entirely, is not then on the whole very extensive or severe, and it relates in many cases to articles in regard to which British manufacturers have never hitherto made any serious effort to develop their trade. The only exceptions to this general proposition appear to be agricultural machinery and implements, other machinery, boots and shoes, certain special kinds of textiles, wire fencing, and some kinds of hardware, notably tools; and in these cases, as we have seen, the success of foreign competition has been due to the greater suitability of their products to New Zealand conditions, greater attractiveness, or cheapness combined with quality. As to most,of the other articles in respect of which foreign countries have a large share of the market, they may be divided into two broad classes: — (1.) Articles in regard to which foreign manufacturers have devoted themselves to the production of cheap lines of .staple goods with which, as a rule, British makers have declined to trouble themselves, or which, in some instances, they could not produce: such as watches, some leather goods, cheap glass and earthenware, xvooden clocks, &c. Cheapness does not, 1 however, always mean inferiority (of this Swiss watches furnish an example), and, though in a number of cases the foreign products may be less durable than the more solid and expensive British articles, they last long enough to serve their purpose, and often present a more attractive appearances (2.) Miscellaneous goods to which British manufacturers have never given much attention. It is noteworthy that of the re-exports from the United Kingdom in 1906 over 177,000 pounds' worth, or over 25 per cent., were goods "not otherwise enumerated " —that is, goods of many varied classes of small value separately. It would, nevertheless, be a serious mistake to underestimate either the extent of foreign competition or its possibilities of expansion, and, although British manufacturers justly contemplate the present position with some satisfaction, yet they cannot afford to relax their vigilance, or be lulled into any feeling of security by a preferential tariff. The Germans in particular are making in New Zealand, as elsewhere, strenuous efforts to extend their trade, and, handicapped though they are by the preferential treatment of British goods, and by the absence of direct steamship communication —the latter, however, an obstacle which may be removed at any time—they have yet made substantial progress, though their share of the trade is still comparatively very small. The United States competition (in goods which the United Kingdom can supply), is menacing at times, but it fluctuates a good deal, and in the case of some commodities British manufacturers appear to have learnt a lesson and to be recovering part of the lost ground, and American competition seems to have made no progress in recent years. Tn spite, hoxvever, of constant
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American rivalry, and continued German efforts, British merchants and manufacturers dominate the New Zealand market; and the fact that in the last four years they have maintained their share whilst increasing their actual amount, suggests that there are not many criticisms to be made upon their business methods. Actually very fexv hostile criticisms xvere received, and these were as a rule of a quite general character. In this connection it is desirable to point out that British trade with Nexv Zealand is carried on largely by Nexv Zealand firms xvith buying agents in the United Kingdom, British export houses with their own retail distributing centres in the Dominion, and agents there of British houses, and in all three of these cases it is to be expected that they will be fully cognisant of the nature and needs of the market with which they have to deal. Such criticisms as were made related very largely to the unwillingness of the British manufacturers to adapt their goods to the particular conditions and desires of New Zealand, and this was generally ascribed to the fact that to them the New Zealand market was of comparatively small importance in relation to the total amount of their trade. Thus, it was alleged in some instances that, even if patterns are sent to makers, they will not be guided by them in many cases, but will continue to substitute their own. It xvas also asserted that " foreign manufacturers are more on the alert to bring out novel and attractive lines, and to produce anything thus demanded, altering shapes and sizes to suit various markets if there is any possibility of securing orders by so doing: they will, further, wrap, box, and pack to meet customers' requirements." In another communication received it is stated that "the British manufacturer, making for many parts of the xvorld, is not prepared in many eases to take the trouble to study the special requirements of what he looks upon as a small market like Nexv Zealand. The foreigner, on the other hand, goes into every detail, first of all being informed by his consul of much that is of great assistance to him, afterwards sending out pioneers to study the habits of the people in the special goods which are being purchased, and is further prepared to take orders for small quantities in order to get a footing. The British maker, although he may send out his agent, binds him down with regard to quantity in a way that frequently makes it almost impossible to do business. The foreigner, further, is quite prepared to meet his customer xvith regard to the get-up of the goods, and xve have known cases where he has gone to an infinite amount of trouble to give what was required, although probably there is absolutely no profit on the first transaction." One other criticism frequently made is that the British manufacturer does not always pay sufficient attention to the fact that in a new country in such a stage of development as New Zealand the demand is very often for cheap goods, and that attractiveness is also a factor of considerable importance in determining the purchase, xvith the result that either he offers goods which, because of their quality, are too high in price for the market, or that the cheap goods, if he makes them at all, are unattractive in appearance. The foreign manufacturer, it is constantly asserted, is, on the other hand, much more xvilling to produce an article which does not represent such good xvorkmanship, and is not so lasting, but xvhich is cheap and looks well, and in many cases he thereby gets trade. The good quality of the British manufacturer is therefore in some cases an actual obstacle to the expansion of the trade in his products. There are a fexv cases, however, in which this consideration of cheapness does not come into account, the determining factor being quality; but they are very few, and almost the only instances xvhich can be adduced are tools, some woollen goods, such as dress materials and underwear, electrical machinery and appliances, some hardware, ribbons and muslins, and fancy goods. Trade Representation. The conditions under xvhich the import trade of New Zealand is carried on render the question of official commercial representation in that country perhaps of less importance than in some other British possessions, but it must nevertheless be taken into account. There is extensive consular representation of foreign countries in the Dominion, and there is evidence in the cases of Germany, the United States, and Belgium that the consular service is being actively used in the promotion of trade. Several instances xvere given in xvhich exporters from the United Kingdom had been approached by foreign manufacturers, who offered goods which they had been informed were suitable to New Zealand conditions or were likely to be taken up in that country, and explained that information as to the goods and the names of the British exporting firms had been obtained from consuls in Nexv Zealand. The recent appointment of trade correspondents by the Board of Trade will, it is hoped and believed, be of considerable value in giving to British manufacturers who may not hitherto have -had any share in the New Zealand trade an acquaintance xvith the wants of that country and the opportunities offered by its markets. Freights. There remains for notice the question of freights. It has already been pointed out that there are no regular continental lines to New Zealand, but that goods go either through London 01 through Australian ports. The lines sailing from the United Kingdom constitute a " ring," but there are very few complaints as to its action ; most of the firms from xvhom communications xvere received considered the combination a great advantage, inasmuch as it tended to keep rates steady and uniform for all trades, and the present conditions are held to be much preferable to the old system xxffien freights fluctuated like the prices of commodities, and thereby greatly increased the difficulty of conducting business.* Such complaints as xvere made related rather to the fact that in some cases goods are carried from Hamburg to New Zealand, via London and with transhipment at the latter port, at lower rates than from London itself. Thus it was stated by one firm that printing machinery was shipped at the end of last year from Hamburg to Dunedin, with
* This matter has been a subject of inquiry by the Royal Commission on Shipping Rings, which has not yet reported.
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transhipment at London, at 395. per ton (+ 10 per cent, primage), whereas at the same time and by the same steamer from London the rate for similar machinery was 40s. per ton (+ 10 per cent, primage), the goods from the Continent thus having the advantage of slightly over Is. per ton. There xvas the same difference on sailcloth and canvas to Dunedin. Another instance given was coloured checks, which were shipped from Hamburg to Auckland at 465. per ton xveight or measurement at ship's option (+ 10 per cent, primage) and to Port Chalmers at 455. (+ 10 per cent.), whilst the rate from London to both these ports was 555. (+ 10 per cent.). In other cases the rates from Hamburg, xvith transhipment at London, and from London itself xvere identical. It is suggested, hoxvever, that this policy of the British shipping lines may be justified by the desire to discourage the establishment of direct lines from the Continent to New Zealand. Where goods are shipped from the Continent via Australia much loxx'er freights are said to be obtainable from German steamers than from British lines. The folloxving table gives some comparison of rates from London and from Hamburg or Antwerp : —
Rates obtainable from the United States to New Zealand are often extremely low. Thus in the report of the Nexv Zealand Minister of Industries and Commerce for 1905 it was stated that Nexv York freights had ruled at about 12s. 6d. per ton for all classes of cargo, xvhile rates on similar goods from London to the colony ranged from 255. to 60s. per ton. The rate quoted for rubber shoes from London in July of this year was 60s. per ton, from Nexv York 375. 6d. ; and the rate for hardware 375. 6d. from London and 325. 6d. from Nexv York. It must be pointed out, hoxvever, that there are no regular lines from the United States to New Zealand other than the mail line from San Francisco, and that, although sailings are fairly frequent, American manufacturers do not possess those advantages of regular despatches and fixed rates xvhich the British exporter enjoys. It has been suggested also that the low price of the freight is due largely to the fact that only thus can full cargoes be obtained at all. On the whole, as already stated, there does not appear to be any feeling among British exporters that the rates from the United Kingdom are unduly high, or that the service xvhich is provided is in any way inadequate. Summary and Conclusions. From the survey which has now been taken of the conditions prevalent in the New Zealand trade, the folloxving conclusions may be draxvn : — The Dominion of New Zealand presents a market xvhich, though small in comparison with Canada, Australia, or South Africa, is yet considerable, is steadily expanding, and presents great possibilities for the future. In that market British merchants and manufacturers have by far the greatest share, and, although that share did decline slowly for some years, the doxvnward movement appears to have been checked since 1902. This improvement is undoubtedly due in part to the greater energy displayed by British manufacturers and traders", xxdio have succeeded in some instances in recovering ground which they had lost; and to some extent also to the effect of the preferential arrangements made in 1903. It may be noted that, xx-hilst the new tariff of Nexv Zealand does not, except in a few cases, lower the barriers against, imports from the United Kingdom and British possessions, it increases the advantage xvhich British traders enjoy over against their foreign rivals. Nevertheless there is considerable and active foreign competition from the United States, Germany, France, and Belgium, and evidence of active efforts on the part of those countries to promote their trade with the Dominion. There are a few classes of goods which the United Kingdom might supply in xx-hich the trade is held almost entirely by foreign countries, but, xvith the exception of certain goods for which the countries named have acquired a special reputation, such as agricultural and some other machinery, tools, and a few other metal manufactures from the United States, dress goods and some articles of apparel from France and Germany, and glass from Belgium, the goods obtained from foreign countries are in the main either cheap lines xvith xxdiich British manufacturers —rightly or xvrongly—have not cared to trouble themselves, or miscellaneous articles and fancy goods of many kinds which have never been important in British trade. It appears then that, xvith the exercise of reasonable vigilance and attention to the desires and perhaps the prejudices of the consumers, there is no reason xvhy British traders should not maintain and even improve their position in the Nexv Zealand market.
Article. From London. From Hamburg or Antwerp. Crockery, earthenware, hollowware, and glassware 35s. plus 5 per cent., less 2s. 6d. rebate.. 29s. plus 5 per cent. Pianos Lamp-chimneys Fancy goods Hardware Beat-wood furniture . .J 40s. „ „ oos. ,, ,, 55s. 3d. „ „ 40s. 34s. 3a. „ „ 32s. 6d. (through from Berlin). 25s. 46s. 6d. 40s. 29s. 6d.
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Summary Table showing the Value of Imports into the Dominion of New Zealand during the Years 1896 and 1906 (arranged according to Groups of Principal Articles) from the United Kingdom, Australian States, other British Possessions, the United States' of America, Germany, and other Foreign Countries.
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APPENDIX I.
Summary Table showing the Value of Imports into the Dominion of New Zealand during the Years 1896 and 1906 (arranged according to groups of Principal
Value of Imports into the Groups of Principal Articles Imported. United Kingdom. Australian Commonwealth. Other British Possessions. Total British Empire. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. Apparel and Slops Soots and Shoes... 3otton Piece Goods )rapery laberdashery lats and Caps ... losiery ... jinen Manufactures ... iillinery Hike ... Voollens Wher Textile Fabrics ... £ 348,432 118,054 421,678 328,540 59,634 57,l'J0 80,054 56,387 27,857 62,612 249,222 8,665 £ 620,341 205,335 573,145 520,307 110,072 88,970 156,615 69,451 56,672 53,898 444,017 77,334 £ 7.064 3,712 7,46) 6,659 6,943 520 2,006 736 ,504 3,034 3,398 440 £ 28,373 27,959 10,555 19,007 4,568 2,325 1,123 ] ,195 2,736 5,973 28,914 4.916 £ 498 120 2,305 250 18 £ 1,749 16,407 8,682 1,002 36 19 89 13,637 1 1,104 71 172 355,994 121,886 431,444 335,449 66,595 57,710 82,060 57.196 28;.H71 66,573 252,634 9,111 £ 650,163 249,701 592,382 540,316 111,676 91,314 157,777 81,383 59,409 60,975 473,002 82,422 73 10 927 14 6 Total 1,818,325 2,976,157 42,477 137,644 4,221 42,919 1,865,023 3,156,720 Cutlery •Iardware and Ironmongery ... Sails and Railway Bolts, &c. ... ron and Steel, other : Pig, Wrought, Wire, &c. ... Machinery (including Agricultural Implements). •fails lailway Plant ... Sewing Maohine3 Cools, Artificers' inisB and Brass Manufactures Pin and Tin Manufactures 16,453 143,599 26,381 33,643 290,497 242,730 42!) 6,977 1,670 1,308 11,667 765 31 1 979 16,882 150,607 28,051 34,952 303,143 243,495 460,612 165,] 'SA 968,882 438,571 26,466 27,076 21,205 99,154 14.353 998 17,478 487,078 206,622 991,085 555,203 22,746 3,027 5,062 30,433 6,471 29,195 6,072 82,224 3,293 64.764 21,435 55,784 311 4 3,637 980 301 10,767 816 4,263 11,620 7,032 499 26,812 7,693 86 164 167 7 . 6 23,090 3,031 8,699 31,414 6,772 39,964 14,581 86,573 15,077 71,963 21,941 82,602 2 2 Total 909,171 2,207,895 78,651 185,141 14,388 27,579 1,002,210 2,420,615 Sugar Tea 1,534 1,713 429 55S 162,678 42,369 80,254 25,654 237,570 121,792 305,778 202,599 401,782 165,874 386,461 228,811 Total 3,247 987 205,047 105,908 359,362 508,377 567,656 615,272 Beer Spirits , ... Tobacco ... Wine 31,332 129,467 20,533 19,752 43,465 243,464 80.049 30,925 2,143 16,160 17,625 14,836 1,293 22,738 72,873 24,007 1,252 534 984 894 18 33,475 146,879 38,692 34,588 44,758 267,186 153,822 54,950 Total 201,084 85,274 81,383 73,928 397,903 50,764 120,917 1,786 1,896 253,634 520,716 'aper 'rinted Books ... Stationery 152,515 128,872 124,476 5,515 27,864 7,332 6,862 41,844 21,979 1,193 43 170 36,813 253 318 91,982 109,290 81,430 196,190 170,969 146,803 Total 240,585 405,863 40,711 70,685 1,406 37,414 282,702 513,962 Mincellaneoui Specified Article*. Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives. Automobiles, Motor Cars, Motor Cycles, and Materials for. Bags and Sacks ... Bicycles and Tricycles Bicycle and Tricycle Fittings... Candles Canvas Carpeting and Druggeting Carts, Carriages, and Materials for. Cement ... China, Earthenware, Parianware, and Porcelain. 67,321 958 40,31)6 23,210 31,li)<i 19,918 26,926 15,367 75,900 51.536 348 67,525 68,723 32,242 49,370 69,283 33,194 3,226 8,579 6,S14 14,349 646 1,519 155 4,905 3,616 2,979 8.042 1.107 54,U51 3,523 9.433 880 23,302 46,388 7 25 495 113.089 l^499 L143 12,686 1,846 232 2,85i' 70,547 55,925 47,210 37,559 31,749 21,437 27,143 20,285 79,541 55,010 121,479 70,131 124,417 48,445 60,649 70,395 59,316 62 13 31,605 9,885 60,434 30,024 1,275 93 455 6 13 32,880 9,984 60,131 30,522 780,869 Carried forward... 266,782 538,679 41,311 107,588 46,476 131,202 354,719 'ncludes mi ithylated and perfumed spirits am spirits of wine.
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Articles) from the United Kingdom, Australian Commonwealth, Other British Possessions, the United States of America, Germany, and other Foreign Countries.
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lominion of New Zealam from United States of America* Germany. Other Foreign Countries. Total Foreign. Total Imports. 1896.' I I 1906. 1896. 1906. 189S. 1906. f " | | 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 7,361 4,555 2,837 219 693 64 66 22 £ 15,878 47,558 14,965 1,234 4,491 III 18 & 1,820 1,247 44 564 112 10 782 107 53 37 1,152 69 & 4,906 1,129 1,609 4,253 1,680 94 2,707 101 6 57 3,857 578 & 5,341 297 848 607 1,070 526 70 £ 13,948 1,746 3,392 3,837 232 2,855 144 80 41 33,864 3,086 3,36! £ 14,522 6,099 3.229 1,390 1,878 600 924 129 495 3,169 1,946 69 £ 34,732 50.433 19,966 9.324 6,403 3,441 3.200 189 47 35,136 6,984 1,992 & 370,516 127,985 434,673 336,839 68.473 -58,310 82,984 57,325 28,866 89.742 234',580 9,180 & 685.195 300,134 612,348 549,640 121,079 94,755 160,977 84,482 58,456 96,111 479,986 84,414 3,328,577* 4 1,215 41 53 442 3,128 794 15,324 86,294 20,977 13,129 64,586 34 .'50 171,857 1,899,473 5,997 62 26,529 130 1,440 56,082 2,288 256 4,656 30 1,308 11,189 662 184 521 1,381 46 653 949 SI'S 31,706 1,541 2,794 67.894 3 899 17,384 182,313 29,593 37,746 371,037 247,394 9,645 50,675 60,333 168,654 1,102 1,494 25,631 9,918 4,900 8 10,458 34,775 15,647 52,177 96,423 213,347 502,725.2.58,799 1,087,507 768,550 4,663 31 7,947 11,897 26 463 31,243 2,109 19,206 43,352 1,388 3,722 1,438 6.093 816 4,195 730 5,847 2,536 146 605 3,113 1,902 259 165 2 2,651 ,149 650 51 71 9,214 31 15.942 12,972 191 632 38.089 2,839 21, .'02 46,E.'<3 l,58. v . •*),»» 503,007 32,804 3,062 24,641 44,386 6,963 40,596 j 1,142,763 52,670 89,412 ■ . 40.279 iis.sdi 2b*526 87,000 2,923,622 167 112,068 497 389,817 4,745 16,052 3,670 62,737 12,435 16,185 986 50,453 60,0. i0 61$ 140,555 30,352 986 64,745 658 422,134 . 16,860 451,206 229,469 497 4,745 3,670 17,171 60,658 342 346 103,605 148 282 2,517 167,198 68 1,108 3,052 2,242 813 7,340 2,091 1,122 198 10,371 5,306 5,830 53 17,030 7,343 8,888 21,388 1,648 13,769 111,213 6,291 65,403 968 26,887 176,632 10.078 588,994 35,123 160,048 '.49,905 40.879 . 680,675 45,726 294,073 330,454 65,028 104,441 170,065 6,715 11,186 21,765 33,314 132,921 214,505 386,555 735,281 23,504 1,794 3,487 28,785 28,404 6,319 12,894 1,916 190 1,157 11,251 162 12,419 175 70 554 7,743 29 2,853 25,595 2.054 5,198 47,398 ",540 28 166 117,577 111,344 86,628 243,588 177,509 174,969 47,647 3,263 23,832 799 10,625 53,847 82,i:,t 815,649 3,330 13.945 342 1,200 358 1,752 4,030 16,897 74,577 96,438 10,289 1,942 12,580 24,811 79,821 11,582 8,187 2,700 62 7,766 13 1,258 2,595 58 36 69 165 776 16 114 213 85 138 128 3 36 .1,708 ',187 81 I 342 '51 7.*t16 13 1,561 3,493 77 114 299 7,771 55,961 58,918 40,746 31,830 24.279 '27,494 28,051 121,492 71,692 127,910 48,522 60,763 70,69* 67,117 57 1 142 80 17 7,584 60 102 1 877 1 6,930 219 25 1,473 7w 27 8,871 32,880 10,780 60,461 39.193 28,627 86,028 1,167 -11,442 1,002 16,270 30,79',' | 83,740 885,516 844,109
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Summary Table showing the Value of Imports into the Dominion
Vi due of Imports into tin Groups of Principal Articles Imported. United Kiigdom. Australian Commonwealth. Other British Possessions. Total British Empire. I 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. J_ Miscellaneo'iis Specified Articles —continued. i X C i: K t X X X Brought forward ... 266,782 538,579 41,311 107,588 46,476 131,202 354,719 780,369 Coal Drugs, Chemicals, and Druggists' Wares. Fancy Goods ... Fish, preserved and potted Floor-cloth and Oil-cloth Fruit (including fresh, preserved, bottled, dried). Furniture, Cabinetware, and Upholstery. Glass and Glassware Leather.'and Leather Manufactures. Manures ... .. Musical i Instruments and Material for. Oils ;.. Timber 2,410 142 112,775 : 194,995 09,22' 103,315 15,370 27,860 40,224 91,931 22.635 10.722 14,108 24,309 91,728 12,969 5.205 1,(109 157 53,114 11,686 194,999 61,770 16,865 2,378 296 60,474 5,776 109 993 2,198 85 19,254 713 780 767 • 13,817 49 74.583 12,932 91,138 195,141 i 125,853 260,545 75,125 120,917 18,577 44,0.-,5 46,466 95.276 95,003 145.779 26,507 13,017 46,695! 86,134 60,892 [ 57,065 13,49-1 19,146 31,252 34,669 6 497 60,190 117,392 79,538 92,231 14,160 l 29,772 23,343 , 71,449 33,583 1,941 52,117 2,653 7,036 70,986 1,093 54,785 152,875 25,284 75,195. 38,274 51.741 2,424 ' 1,244 11,809 34,697 20,375 178,835 9,217 20,488 7,831 59,360 95,604 37.121 187,910 1,152,966 2,406,336 1,118,055 2,353,162 Total ... 734,826 1,293,258 332,059 773,047 86,081 338,031 Other Miscellaneous Imports, excluding Specie. 806,732 | 1,636,143 240,280 561,760 71,043 155,259 Total Imports, excluding Specie 4,713,970 8,920,206 Specie imported 989,989 1,955,102 538,287 j 1,111,475 0,242,246 11,986,783 100,891 903,233 506 : 83,023 i 4,714.476 I 9,003,229 100,885 820,210 Total Imports ... 1,090,374 2 775,312 538,287 1,111,475 6,343,137 12,890,016
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of New Zealand during the Years 1896 and 1906 — continued.
dominion 0; ew Seal lam :rom Unitei of Ai States lerica. Gen Other Foreign Countries. Total Foreign. Total Imports. iany. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 28,627 36,028 1,167 11,442 ] ,003 16,270 30,797 63,740 385,516 844,109 5,582 17,056 1,565 6,178 2,507 32,394 9,654 55,628 9-1.138 135,507 195,141 316,173 1,499 11.756 52 S,834 9,781 5-825 42 63.068 6.920 200 217 1 30,168 143 88-1 204 5,228 121 3,038 41,178 9,633 4,285 344 71,223 13,647 12,077 3,307 50,013 49,582 10,553 1,270 134,495 89,072 30,654 49,773 115,016 170,529 54,608 96,546 280,274 -, 4,861 10,881 3,832 4,522 2,115 20,100 10,808 35,803 37,315 78,820 2,687 5,917. 7,531 26,857 3,935 1,863 16,369 1,149 2,163 644 34,545 1,098 9,085 8,124 58,445 29,104 69,275 87,962 175,837 121.335 4,071 26,050 5,003 781 25,645 17,489 53,467 0,876 -134 13,424 547 7,657 30,150 56.963 59,017 62,442 »5,434 209.83S 134,212 6-8,149 2,716 194,432 9,521 40 760 72 589 21 132 82 68,778 2,737 195.024 9,675 128.138 39,858 291,228 197,585 144,75186,974 I I 412,075 295,138 1 46,166 19,518 143,147 75,081 66,217 67,396 204,677 j 149,333 ; 257,134 173,888 759,899 519,552 1,410,100 3,166,235 1,291,943 2,S72,714 I 492,840 ' 1 1,405,781 101,381 336,960 198.912 1,050 573,646 5,000 793,133 1,050 j 2,316,387 5,000 7,035,379 14,303,170 101,941 908,233 7,137,320 ! 15,211,403 I 492,840 1,405,781 101,381 330,960 199,962 578,646 794,183 2,321.387
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APPENDIX 11.
UNITED KINGDOM. EXPORTS TO NEW ZEALAND, 1897-1906.
Summary Table showing the Value of each principal class of Merchandise (United Kingdom Produce) exported from the United Kingdom to New Zealand during each Year from 1897 to 1906, inclusive.
(Extracted from the Annual Statements of the Trade of the United Kingdom.) Value. Principal and other Articles. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1908. Apparel ,, .... 1 Haberdashery and Millinery .. ) £ £ £ £ f 412,441 ( 127,617 £ 376,564 £ 390,088 £ 457,993 i 373,125 £ 353,472 429,035 408,047 427,554 j I 401,996 137,090 142,328 151,269 j 98,134 I 118,728 100,577 93,039 Arme, Ammunition, and Military and Naval Stores. Beer and Ale .. . ■ 61,075 85,408 76,741 93,389 185329 99,922 100,345 109,225 88,524 28,116 24,280 23,281 26,113 28,839 34,149 39,324 23,441 30,152 36J201 Books, Printed 81,859 77,572 94,013 90,275 97,962 100,524 110,475 120,533 116^77 Ii5;5t!4 Brooms and Brushes § 1 i § § 15,673 11,485 10,960 12,893 13,947 15,765 17,317 Candles , 26,447 I I '21,230 22,986 29,447 38,966 36,758 34,267 30,365 32,438 26,741 Oaoutch oue Manufactures 24,453 J J 25,260 20^71 27,871 30,875 26,319 25,044 30,170 34.656 28,038 • '.arriages— Railway, of all sorts, and Parts thereof. Cycles, and Parts thereof (including Motor Cycles and Parts). 5, All other sorts, and Parts thereof. Cement 23,689 ■ 38,582 29,471 25,961 203,899 62,632 17,497 18,627 7,738 14,326 75,288 J 41,819 I 38,173 4.1,408 50,781 58,591 92,632 97,668 123,f88 131,932 14,300 12,462 12,930 20,502 22,399 28,418 25,179 33,060 43,235 93,888 26,557 23,075 25,463 25,320 35,149 33,421 BlfliS 40,458 41,545 36,957 Chemicals and Chemical Preparations: Soda Compounds (Alkali prior to 1901). All other sorts 10.568 J 10,327 9,875 11,799 13,504 16,423 16,001 15,707 18,339 17,802 145,035 79,778 89,942 I 86,754 88,583 115,308 120,473 130,167 117,230 123,958 Oninaware and Earthenware Oocoa or Chocolate, manufactured in the United Kingdom. Cordage and Twine 55,865 47,292 54,990 63,655 79,290 68,634 75,327 79,432 77,749 98,405 10,468 10,330 12,284 11,823 11,559 7,468 8,287 8,547 T-,750 7,213 11,825 15,530 18,166 18,992 26,134 19,ie7 23,693 26,370 24,362 26,781 Uottone, entered by the Yard 394,717 414,258 1 484,393 522,722 466,520 485,927 574,200 532,086 488,827 61537 „ „ at Value 93,406 111,37* 122,784 148,351 146,589 190,378 210,910 235,965 238,999 245,019 Electrical Goods and Apparatus: Telegraph and Telephone Cables and Apparatus.! TJaemimeratedJ 22,225 17,773 19,048 31,484 32,661 33,920 15,22.! 11,480 8,554 31,611 13,782 11,776 15,993 19,093 16,108 13,566 34,283 47,105 43,451 32,551 Fish, of all sorts § § 9,399 9,017 14,390 13,588 13,494 13,405 15,208 17,473 Glass Manufactures 37,434 35,439 44,417 54,089 54,108 53,175 52,200 51,213 55,382 67,833 Ontlery J 81,993 : P 28,763 1 543U I 27,382 61,117 30,348 32,979 32,988 34841 34,870 34,351 34,882 Hardware 68,846 67,189 71,048 72,925 83,778 86,408 102,627 Hats, of all sorts .. .. 51,050 J 52,652 j 58,130 66,243 69,756 80,520 84,422 87,531 69,862 82474 Implements and Tools 47,685 44,747 ! 41,857 55,038 53,707 51,168 58,S81 59,201 57,081 71,056 Jewellery § § § 15,169 16,828 14,740 16,282 12,618 10,513 7,423 Jnte Manufactures: Piece Goods 28,961 27,198 33,951 45,813 51,082 44,193 46,676 42,523 37,020 42,848 Leather, Wrought and Unwrought 136,120 121,088 130,581 143,054 143,928 102,680 147,068 161,467 204,852 228,573 Linens, entered by the Yard 55,801 57,088 62,8U 71,334 68,519 70,188 89,943 84,514 68,674 82,111 „ „ at Value .. .. 12,018 11,198 17,534 20,236 21,350 15,142 24,187 24,049 22,870 29,004 Machinery-Steam Engines 36,096 42,222 67,732 108,048 129,488 70,647 98,175 97,101 53,856 69,010 „ All other sorts 163,728 182,910 189,717 233,870 S19J&HE 245,169 325,866 324,703 264,167 286,469 Manure 11,221 25,600 24,227 14,481 18,181 i4;b3b 12,068 17,5*4 28,884 Katob.ee ., .. 2,918 4,502 6,288 6.284 5,891 3,579 7,463 2,895 7,249 16,820 Medicines, Drugs, and Medicinal Preparations. 55,207 54,325 57,946 58,743 58,072 57,ii69 63,20?'. 70,447 64,146 69,483 * The -v t Thei I This: § C'anm alue of Motor Oycl 'aloe of Telegraph i beading comprised A be given. Inchsdi les and Pi and Tele] Electric I ed under irts was n< mone Win Ughling A " All other at include es was inc .pparatus ■ Articles.' A pripr to jlndefl prii only priol 1804. ir to 1903. to 1903.
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Exports, to New Zealand, 1897-1906— continued.
Value. Principal and other Afticles. . r 1887. j 1888. 1802. 1903. ; 11 ■I 1888. ! 1900. | 1801. ■ 1904. 1S05. I ! i 19C6. 7 1 '"*" | .... - --— 31,675 . 35,074 £ 15,419 £ £ 15,419 i 17,583 £ £ 1 £ 18,653 . 21,118 ! 21,712 I £ £ 24,822 32,345 £ 51,68-1 Metals—Brass, and Manufactures of .. Copper, Wrought and Un wrought. Iron, Wrought and TJnwrought 10,941 10,941 : 12,837 18,951 ■ 23,638 I 21,370 ! 21,885 30,1.10 32,111 , 31,230 037.018 | 1,017,082 10,482 586,965 586,865 i 531,912 090,327 ; 1,007,993 j 713,181 I 31,856 33,020 i 27,846 ; 918,150 817,213 1,295,725 Musical Instruments 21,520 21,520 j 26,828 35,354 38,823 44,106 38,032 47,3-!) : «l,20li 57,809 Oil-seed ..-'.. I Oil-cloth 18,607 50,115 18,607 j 14,430 .56,115 i 56,063 : 16,783 j 27,084 | 40,457 i ] 62,833 j 71,385 j 77,758 i i ' i i 68,326 j 80,469 ] 85,215 I 83,741 82,259 34,760 i 25,218 I 98,501 | 80,580 92,068 ; 89,466 34,526 104,834 Painters' Colours and Materials .. 70,134 70,134 68,821 83,011 87.237 111,965 Paper, of all sorts .. .. .. -I 80,283 80,283 | 88,285 112,507 '. 118.788 j 107,580 j 113,486 132,884 ; 29,100 -24,978 - j 141,970 j 152,4f5 155,453 Pickles and Vegetables preserved in Salt or Vinegar* Sauces and Condiments, unenumerated 1 i > I -I > 53,491 J i I > 53,481 51,885 11 j 31,853 ! 37,471 59,885 ( ! 29 364 : 28,557 I 27,170 j 30,158 f 665 { 31,791 Confectionery, Jams, and Preserved Fruits. Vinegar 34,000 42,867 ; 41,478 ' 42,246 48,245 24,285 24,585 - ' 4,317 i,135 < Piftte and Plated Wares 24,286 28329 34,486 11,524 38,570 45,416 53,084 ; 52,552 67,679 Provisions, unennmerated 28,124 28,124 26,082 32,464 ! 32,563 38.833 51,705 . 33,760 31,324 - 28,901 27353 Saddlery and Harness 25,048 25,048 28,470 32,086 ! 45,250 52,310 38,302 . 46,8(5 42,511 41,834 37,084 Salt 6,404 15,137 6,404 4,118 8,338 i 8,212 4,863 I 14,922 ! 14,454 i 20,032 7,600 | 12,425 9,404 11,689 9,237 22,943 Scientific Instruments 15,137 14,721 16,517 : 17,880 16,662 16,800 Seeds, of all sorts ( ihips and Boats. New (not registered as >. British) with their Machinery. (, r 36,050 Not sej recorded li 15,427 36,050 47,763 Not separately recorded prior to 1880. 36,893 I 34,814 \ 34,575 38,142 j 45,132 38,441 42,884 63,366 Silk Manufactures .. ., 15,427 ' 18,593 | 17,820 ' 43,250 i 37,500 21,373 ; 22,068 i 25,369 14,122 | 8,608 ! 10,004 145,728. | 134,487 I 181,032 141,774 j 247,775 I 20,825 ( 23,833 154,802 i 256700 26,536 | 26341 124.687 22,067 Soap 8,448 8,-148 11,835 9,188 j 11,115 12,018 ! - 14,717 'I 14,834 Spirits, British and Irish 128,286 31,623 128,286 ! 135,261 ! 182,255 i 181,277 180,742 | 178,648 232,671 Stationery, other than Paper 31,623 j 33,568 38,303 | 38,386 j 47,164 41,566 i 46.655 i 54,284 ! 55,107 82,820 Tobacco of all kinds I 15,054 f Not se' t I 15,054 j 16,503 Not separately ri prior to 190 17,389 i 16,426 | 18,430 ■corded 1 1 m | wm | 16,603 : 19,150 ! 20.487 j 22,835 | 32,621 28,721 ; 35,813 53,825 Toys and Games 31,045 j 34,024 37,012 I 38,103 40,836 Umbrellas, &c 18,580 18,580 ! 16,847 21,152 18,000 19,942 | 19,087 23,8,'8 Wood Manufactures — Furniture and Cabinet Ware. Woollens and Worsteds, entered by- the. Yard. „ „ „ entered at Value. 18,733 18,733 16,851 20,429 ! 23,144 j 28,712 28,460 27,863 24,358 j 22,767 28,483 257,133 257,133 346,273 275,392 334,343- 331,090 75,478 86,811 -94.200 57,498 69,303 85,371 206,801 . 163,634 158,120 333,045 357,828 348.712 326,272 401,681 75,712 75,712 65,881 106,184 101,188 118,988 131333 150,150 ParcelPost 36,552 33,552 46384 59,771 66,083 179,630 243,280 102308 133.563 144,400 All other Articles ... 182,921 182,921 175,547 268,078 292,191 860,074 Total 4,027,652 4,020,677 4,543,131 5,485345 5.599,272 5,677,576 6,361,390 8,315,090 6,125,783 7,400,168 ♦ Thi value ot Vinegar was included >rior t< 1,905,
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APPENDIX 111.
NEW ZEALAND. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND.
Table A. Summary Statement showing the principal facts with regard to the Industrial Development of the Dominion of New Zealand, according to the Census Returns for 1886, 1891, 1896, 1901, and 1906.
Note. —Particulars as to the tailoring, dressmaking, shirtmaking, and monumental masonry trades were not collected prior to 1901, and the relative details have consequently been excluded in order to secure uniformity. The mining, quarrying, and fishing industries do not come within the scope of the census. Owing to charges in the definition of a factory, .the figures for 1886, 1891, and 1896 are not strictly comparable with those for 190 i and 1906.
1886. 1891. 1896. 1901. 1906. Number of Establishments 1,946 2,254 2,459 3,163 3,495 Number of Hands Employed : Males ... Females 19,601 2,494 22,664 2,969 22,986 4,403 35,438 '6,288 43,553 6,253 Total 22,095 25,633 27,389 41,726 49,806 "Wages Paid : To males ... ... ... ) To females ... ... ... j £ Not ( obtained \ £ 1,705,641 102,999 £ 1,776,076 131,516 £ 2,895,279 203,282 £ 3,842,806 260,730 Total 1,808,640 1,907,592 3,098,561 4,103,536 Horse-power used H.-P. 15,491 H.-P. 21,696 28,096 H.-P. 39,052 H.-P. 60,278 Total approximate value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant. £ 5,096,930 £ 5,261,826 £ 5,796,017 £ 7,959,631 £ 11,804,013 Value of materials operated upon Not o' >tained. 3,285,247 7,399,698 12,681,358 Yalue of output (including repairs) 6,711,379 8,773,837 9,549,360 17,141,149 22,422,736
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APPENDIX lll.—continued.
Table B. Detailed Table showing the principal facts relating to the Development of Certain Specified Industries according to the Census Returns for 1896, 1901, and 1906.
[Note. — r J he particulars for 1906 aie provisional.] (1.) Iron and Brass Foundries, Boiler and Range-making, with Engineering. (2.) Spouting and Ridging Factories. (3.) Agricultural Implement Factories. 1896. 1901. j 190C. 1896. 1901. 1906. 1896. 1901. 1906. Number of Works Number of Hands employed 90 1,642 111 I 143 3,590 i 3,936 i 9 90 35 46 261 159 34 581 33 58S 29 793 Amount of Wages paid Approximate Value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant. £ 129,763 252,135 £ \ £ 307,209 ; 335,519 394,282 ! 568,237 £ 5,758 19,729 £ £ 20.584 ' 36,078 52,687 j 30,245 £ 44,581 71,267 £ 53,941 61,339 £ 79,043 95,467 1895. 1900. j 1905. 1895. 1900. 1905. 1895. 1900. 1905. Value of Materials used Total Value of Manufactures (including repairs). £ 100,273 302,815 £ ! £ 446,507 ! 419,426 924,171 877,834 £ 16,351 23,762 £ £ 70,643 51,954 112,691 73,756 26,904 102,054 £ 49,072 138,094 & 91,043 199,741 (4.) Tij ware Fi stories. (5.) Cycle Faci ;ories. (6.) Water] Clothing and proof Factories. Xumber of Works Number of Hands employed 1896. 1901. 1906. 1896. 1901, 1906. 1896. 1901. 1906. Amount of Wages paid ... Approximate Value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant. 34 289 £ 19,742 25,849 60 337 £ 23,143 56,914 54 473 £ 36,467 80.270 19 125 £ 5,932 24,831 71 395 £ 21,443 65,403 97 452 £ 30,831 83,666 31 27 23 2,151 2,626 1,914 £ £ £ 77,123 105,430 105,661 62,020 97,092 90,641 1895. j 1300. 1905. 1895. 1900. 1905. 1895. I 190'0. I 1905. Value of Materials used ... Total Value of Manufactures (including repairs). £ £ 32,835 i 52,553 63.723 j 98,587 £ 68,802 127,150 £ 7,696 18,817 £ 26,824 65,047 £ 37,092 75,991 £ 280,706 £ ■ £ 184,113 j 154,655 342,404 J 308,943 I (7. Esi .) Tailori: ablishmei its. (8.) D: Milliner; ressmaku T Establis ng and ikments. Esi Shirt-making ablishmenta. Number of Works Number of Handa employed 1896. 1901. 1906. 1896. 1901. 1906. 1896. 1901. 1906. 175 1,621 308 2,997 290 338 2,888 3,039 ■£ & 78,506 113,366 193,998 269,000 ! 25 22 531 399 Amount of Wages paid Approximate Value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant. £ £ 102,946 211,016 £ 215,087 372,026 & £ £ £ 15,562 J 14,955 26,528 i 31,680 >"■ 1895. 190Q. 1905. 1895. I 1900. i 1905. 1895. 1900. I 1905. Value of Materials used ... Total Value of Manufactures (including repairs). £ £ j £ 173,211 I 181,201 312,436 i 331,268 £ £ 45,319 41,362. 75,879 ! 75,832 ■* V V \S t J J \l Vf '.* * 122,863 244,191 301,356 578,416 a; £ (lo.; Hat and Cap 'actories. (11.) Woollen Mills. (12.) Hosiery Factories. 1896. 1901. 1906. 1896. I 1901. 1900. 1896. 1901. 1906. Number of Works ... Number of Hands employed 15 72 13 117 16 237 9 10 10 1,416 1,693 ! 1,549 7-1 17 133 J 282 10 374 Amount of Wages paid Approximate Value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant. £ 3,554 10,560 £ 5,389 19.217 £ 16,380 47,010 £ £ £ 91,619 112,001 105,036 223,473 277,422 307,759 £ £ 2,541 8,030 4,565 19,997 £ 21,960 36,697 Value of Materials used Total Value of Manufactures (including repairs). 1895. £ 4,458 10.902 £ I £ 11.463 I 19,817 J 38,369 1900. 1906. 1895. 1900. 1905. £ £ £ 139,317 196,081 ,206,847 302,423 359,882 397,348 i 1895. 1900. ! £ £ 2 610 I 18,032 9,357 j 31,265 £ 42,052 67,T>88 1905.
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Table B— continued.
(13.) Rope and Twine (14.) Boot and Works. Factories, . Shoe (15.) Saddlery and Harness. 1896. | 1901. : 1906. 1896. j 1901. 1906. "it 1896. 1901. 1906. Number of Works 24 17 10 65 I 126 Number of Hands employed 150 192 j 195 2,349 1 2,696 £. £ £ £ £ Amount of Wages paid 6,840 13,136. 13,964 137,224 192,443 Approximate Value of land, buildings, 40,961 55,309 | 70,095 110,035 176,992 machinery, and plant. 1 , 1895. 1900. I 1905. 1895. 1900. £ £ £ £ £ Value of Materials used 8,999 17,715 33,610 176,838 273,325 Total Value of .Manufactures (including 52,400 87,863 100,753 357,806 529,254 repairs). • I 10 195 £ 13,964 70,095 65 ! 126 2,349 i 2,696 £ £ 137,224 192,443 110,035 176,992 72 2,206 £ 171,495 153,991 23 266 £ 15,904 34,559 115 652 £ 41,834 96,559 106 514 £ 42.213 108,674 1895. 1900. 1905. 1905. 1905. 1895. 1900. £ 33,610 100,753 £ 176,838 357,806 £ 273,325 529,254 £ 269,664 501,065 & 30,194 : 63,735 £ 75,724 147,626 £ 72,662 140,813 I . ■ . .. . . _ M7~l Aornforl W, ,,.,„„ . (17.) Aerated Wi , (16.) Breweries. Factfl .) Breweries. (17.) Aerated Wa Cordial Facto! iter and ries. (18.) Biscuit Fi itories. 1 i | 1896. | 1901. ! 1906. 1896. ! 1901. Number of Works j 85 j 74 i 72 132 ! 125 Number of Hands employed j 465 ! 682 ' 781 347 ; 452 l ; I ' 1901. ! 1900. 1896. : 1901. 1906. 1896. ; 1901. ! 1906. 2i 74 i 72 682 I 781 132 '. 125 3.47 ; 452 123 586 17 ! 20 i 12 425 J 667 ! 587 £ £ ; £ £ £ Amount of Wages paid ! 57,327! 83,570 | 92,308 21,445 32,055 Approximate Value of land, buildings, . 230,416 294,592 1334,931 89,344 ; 105,178 machinery, and plant. ! j | £ ; £ 83,570 ! 92,308 294,592 ! 334,931 £ £ 21,445 32,055 89,344 ; 105,178 X 49,617 166,470 £ £ ' £ 20,156 j 38,776 i 33,881 58,866 j 90,243 j 121,366 j ~1 ! 1895. 1900. 1905. 1895. 1.900. 1900. \ 1905. 1895. 1.900. 1905. 1895. 1900. ; 1905. 1895. ■ \ A & .. ■ & £ £ Value of Materials used ... j 125,706 158,212 ! 187,799 40,007 63,835 Total Value of Manufactures (including 336,734 553,627 j 572,579 94,609 151,811 rejiairs). [ ■ ____________ £ ! & 158,212 187,799 653.627 572,579 £ £ 40,007 63,835 94.609 151,811 £ 71,371 189,561 £ £ ' £ 85,280 117.383 j 110.396 118,979 197,989 1225,476 (19.) Confectionery Works (20.) Furnitui and Sugar-boiling. Cabinet-making I (20.) Furnitu: Cabinet-making 3 ■e and factories. (21.) Soap and Candle Works. I 1896. 1901. ! 1906. 1896. 1901. i : ! 1896. 1901. 1896. 1901. ; 1906. 1906. Number of Works ' 12 26 36 71 144 Number of Hands employed j 69 ; 305 571 496 i 1.310 71 ! 144 j 172 496 i 1.310 i 1,628 22 '■ 24 19 190 232 238 X X X £ £ Amount of Wages paid \ 2,814! 14,728 : 29.410 34,044 \ 91,105 Approximate Value of land, buildings, I 8,925 56,955 83,752 84,673 j 170,338 machinery, and plant. j ; I £ £ ; £ 34,014 ! 91,105 134,584 84,673 ; 170,338 239,375 _ I £ X £ 16,903 j 19,248 21,853 58,826 ! 66,809 ' 68,566 ! I 1895. : 1900. 1905. 1895. 1900. £ £ £ Jt. £ Value of Materials used ... ... ... 14.887 j 47,150 89,055 25,080 101,595 Total Value of Manufactures (including 38335 j 88,580 138,635 85,327 241,024 rej>airs). | I 1905. 1895. 1900. 1905. 1895.1900. 1905. 1900. £ 89,055 138,635 £ 25,080 85,327 £ £ 101,595 157,484 241,024 328,185 £ 98,194 152,298 £ £ 112,623 119,260 158,649 178,556 ' cm ■■> r»;,.v Ti (22.) Chemical Works. W $JS%?& : 1896. '. 1901. j 1900. 1896. 1901. Number of Works ! 7 j s\ 17 108 j 108 Number of Hands employed ... ... [ 111 ■ 95 j 178 455 j 838 (23.) Pol Brick, Tile, and ;tery Works. (24.) Li ime and Cement Works. 1896. 1901. 1906. 1896. -1901. 1906. 108 455 108 838 125 1,254 14 79 15 181 .0 280 | ! _ • Aioount of Wages paid ' 9,166 : 8,055 j 12,476 28,229 ! 63,336 Approximate Value of land, buildings, j 44.471 \ 37,793 I 86,181 76,585 114,567 machinery, and plant. } _ I I £ 28,229 76,585 £ 63,336 114,567 £ 99,216 273,831 £ 5,560 22,419 £ 16,577 38,436 £ 34,249 116,746 i I ; 1895. 1900. i 1905. 1895. 1900. 1900. i 1905. 1895. 1900. 1905. 1895. 1900. 1905. £ £ £ £ £ Value of Materials used 47,721 42,479 56.308 — —. Total Value of Manufactures (including 75,320 64,834 , 95,390 66,140 122,230 repairs). £ £ 42,479 56.308 64,834 j 95,390 £ £ 122,230 £ 216,550 4,631 15,881 £ 18,397 45,142 £ 36,251 107,675 66,140
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APPENDIX IV.
Statement showing the Output and Consumption of the Undermentioned Classes of Merchandise in New Zealand during the year 1905, so far as the Information is available, and further showing the extent to which the Goods Consumed were obtained from New Zealand, from the United Kingdom, from other British Possessions, or from Foreign Countries.
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» Industry and Products. Output. ... Products Exported. Products! retained for Home sumption. Imp ai United Kingdom. Drts of sin 'tides froi British Possessions. ailar n Foreign Countries. Total sumption. Proportion of Goods consumed which were derived from N„. U.K. B.P. F,C. HAT and Cap : HatsandCaps ..' Hatters'materials iND J Cap: £ £ £ £ ( 79,238 { 11,023 £ 1,964 £ 1,914 £ Per i :ent. itsi itte: and Caps ..' jrs' materials | 38,369 38. 38,331 [ 136,681 ... _ | 3,027 1,183 Total 38,368 38,33,1 80,282 4,991 3,097 136,681 28-0 «6 - 0 3"7 1 2-3 MBl'Al. WOBKING 1,378,931 20,578 1,358,353 1,887,732 195,563 539,374 3,861,033 34'3 47 # 2 4-9 13-6 AGBIOULTHBAL MACHINEBY AND IMPLEMENTS: Ploughs and Harrows i 199,741 3,562 196,178 f 4,469 \ 26,055 1,132 3.480 I 3C3.69S Othcrsorts .. .. •• .. ' •• 21,760 53,608 Total 188,741 3,562 186,179 30,524 22,892 57,088 306,693 63*9 9-9 7-4 18'6 TINWARE 127,150 193 126,957 10,815 572 1,792 140,236 30 - 5 7-8 0"4 1'3 CYCLE MAKING : Bicycles and Tricycles (complete) I 266,791 266,781 Materials tor: Mainly in the rough , 75,981 76,881 183 75,823 j I \( 64.507 j \ 29,008 ( 44,156 i 137,671 3,402 I 38,360 ; 2,519 i I ! 1,402 Other 168 75,823 ! 2,276 j 44,038 | | 5,338 j 9,258 ' Total 28 - 4 5P8 Wo 3-5 Clothing : Waterproof apd other clothing factories 308,843 ') ( | 586,533 i 21,814 Tailoring establishments 578,416 > 2,817 [ 26,268 Dressmaking and Millirery establishments. Shirtmaking factories 331,288 1,281,643'^ I 57,598 688 1 1,864,645 75,832 Not i iparately stated Total 1,294,459 2,817 1,291,642 624,132 22,602 26,269 1,964,645 65'7 31-8 V2 1-3 Boot and Shoe: Boots and Shoes Boot and Shoe vamps, uppers and laces [ 501,065 333 500,732 I 179,319 I 7,766 23,679 60,525 | 777,323 777,323 2,188 j 25,867 3,114 63,639 Total 501,065 333 500,732 187,035 64-4 2fl 3-3 8'2 SADDLEBY AND HARNESS MAKING : Saddlery and Harness | 140,813 140,813 f 26,910 \[ 25,553 52,463 1,034 1,981 | 196,651 196,601 Saddlers' ironmongery and materials .. 551 140,262 137 lim" 774 2,755 Total 551 I I 143,262 71'3 26-6 0-6 14 WOOLLKN AND HOSIEBY : Woollen mills: Woollen piece goods Blankets Bugs and shawls *282,0O0 *33,C00 «>8,ooo 3,073 799 3,027 1 > 456,873 I J j f 381,071 4,957 i 15,944 p 9306. , [ 141,168 21,076 7 456 4,398 17 806 f ] \l,038,723 i Yarns *22,000 203 103 239 Hosiery '-64,006 \\ 1,025 763 2,439 Hosiery factories: Hosiery and knitted goods 68,000 485,000 8,127 456,873 552,446 22,404 8,000 1,039,723 43 - 9 63-1 2'2 0-8 Woollens and Worsteds Yds. 1000,471 Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. 948,100 I 1047000 \) Yds. mot be Yds. 'en. Flannel and woollen shirtings 1,412,110 Blankets ..mm Pairs. 69072 Pairs. 833 Pairs. 58,739 Pairs. Pairs. 14019 12 Fairs. 181 Pairs. 73.201 ia'8 0'2 80S « Pari ;ly estimated.
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APPENDIX IV.—continued.
Statement showing the Output and Consumption of the Undermentioned Classes of Merchandise in New Zealand during the year 1905— continued.
Products retained for Home sumption. Imports of sin articles fro: lilar Proportion of Goods consumed which were derived from Industry and Products. Output. Products Exported. Total sumption. United Kingdom. British Possessions. Foreign Countries. I N.Z. UK. BJ?. F.C. Rope and Twine : Cordage .. .. £ 1 £ £ £ ( 11,813 I 1,835 j 16,015 ( 1,154 £ 1,694 £ 1,416 £ -1 ! > 128,086 J Per ;ent. Twine—Binder Other > 8)0,753 7,582 93,171 134 664 148 Nets and Netting! .. 25 16 Total -.. .. .. 100,753 732 83,171 39,817 2,001 2,086 128,085 72-7 24 - l re re Qonlage Uxjxpt of Iron and Steel) Cwts. 12060 Cwts. 3,767 Cwts. 8,603 Cwts. 8068 Cwts. 10$ Cwts. - 325 Cwts. 13081 sr3 29'2 5'2 2'3 Fiturr Preserving and Bottling : Fruit bottled and preserved .. .. £ £ £ £ ( 444 I 27 I 53 I 187 £ 9,636 £ 18,984 £ ) I •> 42,298 42,298 21-3 Pulp and partially preserved fruit i. ■> 9^37 I 511 9,026 212 259, 3,279 57 22,689 Lemon and orange peel in brine 223 Peel, candied and dried .. .. 2 Total 1 937 511 9,026 711 9,872 1-7 23-6 53 - 4 JAM AND OTHER PRESERVE MAKING : Jam .. .. ... - 2,178 91,300 83,520 196 83,324 5,337 481 Other Preserves.. .. .. .. 4,876 4,975 4,203 183 15 9,376 Total 88,495 196 88,299 9.640 2,361 470 100,676 I 87 - 7 I 9'5 2-3 .0-5 Confectionery : Chocolate 829 > 185,064 350 184,714 f 23,319 ( 12,746 2,941 I 228,371 Other Confectionery 1,520 2,302 Total .... .. 185,604 350 184.714 38,065 2,349 5,243 228,371 1 80'9 _____ 15-8 ro 2'3 Biscuit Making: Ship's. Plain ) Fanny and other kinds ) •Lbs. 9J15102O Lbs. t 612016 I 16,028 Lbs, \8028016 Lbs. ( 2,352 I 13,110 Lbs. 4,480 Lbs. j Lbs. I }8,724,867' 1,680 1/ 14029 Total .. .. ... 9^67020 829004 8028018 76,462 18009 1080 | 8,724067 j AS - * 0'9 0'2 O'l Brewing .- Beer Gallons. > Gallons. I Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. I Gallons. Gallons. 7034062 10,723 7,623039 205040 5,111 4,775 7039,465 97'2 2'6 I o'i ! o'i Aerated Waters .. .. | Dozens. I Dozens. Dozens. 2,220474 j 7,388 2,218,776 Dozens. Dozens. Dozens. Dozens. 12097 2,038 5,150 2,238061 \99'l j 0'6 ] O'l j 0'! Brick, Tile, and Pottery : China, Porcelain, and Parian .. .. | 1 1 Earthenware .. .. ..... £ I 53,193 £ 137 £ 52,056 £ f 26,677 ( 58,537 £• £ 407 8,148 3,261 4,158 3,868 12,306 £ 151,244 151,244 ; | j.55-0 | 2'4 j «-2 Total 52,193 137 52,056 83,214 34'4 Firebricks .. .. .. . .. No. 774^81 No. No. 769081 No. 219,832 No. 3!,MS No. 67021 No. 1078,785 I 71'4 20'4 I » P 9 5'3 LIME AND CEMENT Cement ] £ £ £ £ ( 69,954 [ 468 £ 18 £ 23 £ Plaster of Paris.. : I 1 j 107,675 72 107,603 248 1,682 I 179,896 179,996 Total .. .. ., j 107,675 ■!:; 107*603 70,422 266 j 1,705 59-8 39-1 O'l ro SOAP AND CANDLE : ! («) Soap making: Soap powder, &c. .. .. .... Other Soap .. .. X | 107,012 £ ■ £ £ f 6,511 ( 9,712 j £ 372; 18.482 !. & 708 7,649 i ■ £ i j 144,521 6,925 100,087 Total .. .. .. 107,012 6,925 100.0S7 16,223 i 1 18,854 8,357 144,521 69 - 3 H'2 13'7 5't> O) Candle making: Candles Lbs. 1,930044 Lbs. Lbs. 1,930044 Lbs. libs. Lbs. 1018,425 438036 ' 747 Lbs. 4046,052 44'4 45'5 W'l — £ j 20,494 j £ 6,911 £ £ 24,278 378,804 i FURNITURE £ 328,186 £ 1,064 £ 327,121 86-*4 5 - 4 1*8 8"4
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APPENDIX V.
Detailed Tables showing the Value of each Principal Article imported into New Zealand in each of the Years 1890, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, distinguishing the Principal Sources of Supply so far as the Information i* available.
CLASS I.—FOOD STUFFS.
Country. 1890. 190(1. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Rice. Uiiited Kingdom ■ £ 215 £ 16 1.7 £ ~27 £ ~14 & 34 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Bengal ... Hong Kong Other British Possessions* 15,729 6,754 4,078 3,550 586 7,659 3,656 2,813 3,794 5,137 6,973 5,780 1,995 5,658 4,704 9,643 5,039 2,787 4,432 6,735 9,400 5,778 1,533 4,637 6,315 15,858 14,039 2,056 4,557 6,847 Total British Possessions 30,697 23,059 25,110 28,636 27,663 43,357 Foreign Countries: China Japan Other Foreign Countries ... 619 2,628 17,7i58 100 23,025 7 885 17,591 . 1,140 2:5,432 4 368 8,685. Total Foreign Countries 3,247 .17.768 23,132 18,476 24,576 9,053 Total Imports 34,159 40,843 48,259 47,139 52,253 52,444 Fish, prese: ,ved in Tins. United Kingdom ... 11,292 14,049 23,210 j 25,026 21,568 25,678 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales British Columbia ... ... Other British Possessions _— j i 1,034 529 ! 298 1 3,565 i 3,500 120 317 1,358 : 4,983 | 213 432 | ! 1,671 I 15,086 947 I 1,348 1,S22 14,496 - 713 : 1,246 1,105 12,442 585 53 i Total British Possessions 1,616 7,483 6,871 18,136 18,079 15,378 Foreign Countries: United States Other Foreign Countries ... 11,367 38 6,272 969 17,635 942 9,250 1,004 4,726 3,197 5,100 4,688 Total Foreign Countries 11,405 7,241 18,577 10,254 7,923 9,788 Total Imports 24,313 28,773 48,658 53,416 47,570 50,844 .y itatoes, inCludi: g Seed Potato: is. United Kingdom 10 63 163 648 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Tasmania Other British Possessions 8 22 421 49 3 154 182 51 1 4,604 4.217 4,957 22 65,361 14,436 11,769 1,258 13 Total British Possessions 13 30 473 388 13,800 92,824 Foreign Countries : United States South Sea Islands 2 10 7,131 3,559 3 Total Foreign Countries 2 10 7,131 3,562 Total Imports m 38 490 451 21,094 97,034 * Practical! all from Singa] •e.
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Country. 1890. j 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Fr its, Dr: ED : Cu: .rants ,ND BAI INS. United Kingdom .. £ 29,621 £ 17,896 £ 3,406 £ 3,311 £ 8,243 £ 3,900 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions 9,735 1,947 5 11,624 10,344 8 7,413 3,743 793 8,357 .".,306 80 4,121 1,197 357 2,664 3,659 Total British Possessions 1.1,687 21,976 11,919 .11,743 5,675 6,323 Foreign Countries : Greece Asia Minor... United States Other Foreign Countries ... 1,538 309 476 1,478 15,533 18,697 3,475 1,774 20,753 17,827 13,822 3.080 1.3,303 13,385 11,215 152 15,738 13.756 12,937 2.780 20,390 19,259 17,026 2.155 Total Foreign Countries 3,801 39,479 55,482 38,055 45,211 , 58,830 Total Imports 45,109 79,351 70,837 53,109 59,129 69,05;', Frui 1 's, Fresh : Banak AS, APP rHEK. .es, Or NOES, AND O 1 United Kingdom 58 5 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... Tasmania Fiji ... Other British Possessions 4,138 16,810 7,692 1.1,773 78 11,461 27,305 5,954 34,087 86 11,942 36,062 3,497 48,147 58 10,140 36,077 8,082 35,546 239 12,630 41,678 14.508 43,123 318 9,671 35,811 5,3511 69,895 246 Total British Possessions 40,491 78.893 99,706 90,084 112,257 120,982 Foreign Countries : United States Italy... ... rj South Seas Other Foreign Countries ... 700 35 11,067 3,338 773 33,463 9 4,098 1,404 10,821 8,445 1,155 20,024 13,335 980 29,323 18,170 1,045 16,407 Total Foreign Countries 11,802 37,576 16,323 29,624 43,638 35,622 Total Imports 52,293 116,469 116,087 119,708 155,900 156,604 Sugar, includi: 'G MOLAS; ;bs, Syrup, and Glucose. United Kingdom ... y<'.. 18,354 902 1,223 826 532 429 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Queensland Fiji Other British Possessions... 24,235 26,670 31,448 122,625 •100,731 14,001 17,385 88,85,8 328,298 168 20,978 1,756 533 4.1.1,725 611 i 14,576 j 5,546 7,351 I 2,403 145 : 149 477,860 I 412,190 51 ! 23 5,707 73,899 648 305,774 4 Total British Possessions 305,709 448,710 435,603 499,983 420,311 386,032 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Jaya Other Foreign Countries ... 12,948 10,488 36,110 1 1,036 630 4,436 145 4,002 9 3,689 3 4,745 60,000 268 499 Total Foreign Countries 59,547 1,934 5,080 4,011 3,691 64,745 Total Imports... 383,610 451,546 441,906 504,820 .424,534 451,206 "* Principe from Mauritius.
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. CONFEC 'IONERY. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ United Kingdom 8,555 8,555 23,905 23,905 34,601 35,270 36,065 40,876 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 50 - 20 50 - 20 94 597 9 94 597 9 289 216 32 555 499 23 430 1,852 64 619 1,406 30 Total British Possessions 70 70 700 700 537 1,077 2,346 2,055 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 118 I 61 | 118 61 2,415 223 2,415 223 3,216 338 2,027 1,455 2,453 2,790 3,266 5,529 Total Foreign Countries 179 179 2,638 2,638 J 3,554 3,482 5,243 8,795 Total Imports... 8,804 8,804 27,243 27,243 38,692 39,829 43,654 51,726 Pickles and Sauces. United Kingdom Total British Possessions Total Foreign Countries ... I 10,993 773 I ... j 79 :! 773 9,067 283 17 283 11,758 ■ 10,934 193 | 132 10,566 170 9.832 240 79 17 95 i 82 52 99 Total Imports... ... ! 11,845 j 11,845 j 9,367 9,367 12,046 j 11,148 10,788 10,171 I Salt Salt (including Rock Salt). i I 14,616 ! 20,371 United Kingdom ,.. "V ■••• 16,706 16,706 17,783 17,783 15,160 15,543 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales South Australia Other British Possessions... 764 | 1,055 I 2,364 764 1,055 2,364 508 2,883 10,551 508 2,883 10,551 161 776 13,933 34 681 10,598 362 1,362 13,492 ; 320 480 3,499 15,108 37 Total British Possessions 4.183 4.183 13,942 13,942 14,870 11,313 15,536 19,124 Foreign Countries : Germany United States Other Foreign Countries ... 194: 194 2,926 899 65 2,926 899 65 410 375 11 207 548 33 109 196 502 37 Total Foreign Countries ... ! 194 194 3,890 3,890 796 755 142 735 i , i Total Imports... ... ! 21,083 j 21,083 35,615 35,615 30,826 26,684 36,049 35,402
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CLASS II.—DRINKS.
Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. j i 1905. 1906. Provii uons and Food ENUM Stuffs irated. OT OTHERWISE £ 47,546 £ £ 68,864 83,965 £ 83,965 £ 92,168 £ 93,977 £ 102,044 Inited Kingdom Jritish Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Singapore Hong Kong Other British Possessions... 8,633 3,689 6,286 1,144 3,984 12,295 11,518 18,743 4,924 3,600 12,476 19,152 20,385 6,158 12,298 29,237 16,713 22,222 4,262 8,171 25,441 15,063 24,772 4,218 10,932 31,377 31,496 27,801 4,997 12,171 Total British Possessions 23,736 51,080 70,469 80,605 80,426 107,842 'oreign Countries : United States Germany Italy Other Foreign Countries ... 7 664 24 25,302 169 1.900 3,780 43,618 1,613 5,640 9,876 35,263 2,221 3,924 8,250 52,206 2,216 7,156 9,943 43,711 2,152 6,536 15,299 1,405 . Total Foreign Countries 9,093 31,151 60,747 49,658 71,521 | 67,698 Total Imports... 80,375 151,095 215,181 222,431 245,924 1277,584
Alb and Beer. United Kingdom 52,645 31,543 36,998 35,270 37,906 43,465 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 821 272 3 333 1,427 361 510 23 239 555 1 560 506 33 615 672 6 Total British Possessions 1,096 1,760 894 795 1,099 1,293 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... ... 33 564 89 772 220 400 315 3 486 113 118 464 410 56 282 633 34 Total Foreign Countries 686 992 718 717 930 949 Total Imports... 34,295 38,610 39,935 45,707 54,427 36,782 y~ 'iNB, S: •ARKLINi United Kingdom 8,350 12,211 10,460 12,542 12,389 14,078 British Possessions: Victoria .. • New South Wales Other British Possessions... 1,252 7 5 781 1,102 43 665 1,850 128 420 954 11 350 2,106 1,206 1,289 27 Total British Possessions 1,264 1,926 2,643 1,385 2,456 2,522 Foreign Countries: France Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... I 124 595 578 917 2 2,279 1 1,634 2,913 217 633 269 3,339 286 530 165 5,688 669 974 189 3 Total Foreign Countries 127 2,092 3,914 4,032 4,320 7,520 Total Imports... 9,741 16,229 17,017 17,959 19,165 24,120
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Country. 1890. I 1900. j i 1903. j I 1904. ! 1905. j 1906. INE—A stralia: . United Kingdom £ ,£ £ £ £ £ British-Possessions : Victoria New South Wales South Australia Other British Possessions... 8,235 2,249 3,496 23 2,039 4,807 11,008 4,157 3,006 10,151 8 4,290 2,404 11,132 7 4,904 6,545 2,336 3,056 7,942 10,321 11 13 4,904 2,336 7,942 11 Total British Possessions 14,003 ! 17,854 17,322 17,833 15,193 19,935 ! t Total Imports... 14,003 | 17,854 17,322 17,833 15,193 19,935 United Kingdom Wine, other Kin 'S. 21,053 15,998 16,945 16,410 13,691 16,847 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 3,992 308 84 1,327 958 72 901 1,021 96 761 416 69 676 662 55 1,006 475 87 Total British Possessions 4,384 2,357 2,018 1,246 1,393 1,568 Foraign Countries : France Spain Portugal Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 145 167 705 741 806 576 255 282 1,327 1,431 821 310 369 951 1,036 916 206 300 564 565 398 296 560 848 583 461 453 213 229 Total Foreign Countries 1,246 4,258 2,660 3,409 2,383 2,558 Total Imports 26,683 21,015 23,221 j 21,065 17,467 20,973 Tea. United Kingdom , 1,595 j 740 527 980 346 558 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Bengal Ceylon Other British Possessions I 71,887 ! 17,934 3,896 I 21,368 25,808 j 38,496 16,730 1120013 1,280 1,017 119,601 198,828 '■■■ - ■" ™ ■— ■'■'■' "" ■■■"— i 19,32? 22,882 29,967 130,329 1,100 21,621 22,278 25,775 166,342 493 17,991 11,385 21,427 171,961 2,622 13,072 12,583 19,364 182,113 1,12.2 Total British Possessions 203,605 236,509 225,386 228,253 Foreign Countries : China ... Other Foreign Countries ... 32,860 i 1 ! 365 1 97 7 249 669 26 658 Total Foreign Countries 32,861 366 104 249 695 658 Total Imports 154,057 ! 199,934 204,236 237,738 226,427 229,469
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1W6. 1904. 1905. 1906. i Cocoa and Chocol. TE. United Kingdom £ £ £ £ £ £ 23,614 26,361 36,455 38,822 40,543 35,845 British Possessions: Victoria ... New South WalesOther British Possessions 99 36 412 2,897 I 476 1,282 1 831 1,390 25 1,007 1,093 27 922 7«5 173 Total British Possessions 135 3,309 1,759 2,246 2,127 1,880 Foreign Countries : United States ... ... Germany ... Belgium ... Holland Other Foreign Countries ... 375 182 70 112 188 262 15 9,427 33 193 437 540 9,791 205 732 118 84 10,266 758 22$ 172 242 6,267 117 67 51 13,335 58 Total Foreign Countries 739 9,925 11,166 11,958 7,026 13,511 Total Imports 24,488 j 39,595 49,380 53,026 49,696 51,236 Milk, ieserve: United Kingdom 10,115 12,456 18,566 13,016 7,762 6,714 British Possessions : Victoria ... ... ... Other British Possessions 803 236 242 27 45 3 1 49 213 50 Total British Possessions 1,039 213 269 50 Foreign Countries : United States Italy Switzerland... ' Other Foreign Countries ... 105 115 22 3 2,783 993 4,263 283 184 24 647 50 1 Total Foreign Countries 105 116 230 697 3,779 4,546 Total Imports 11,259 j 12,785 19,065 13,761 11,591 11,310 Spirits : Brandy. United Kingdom 37,231 19,093 25,075 j 16,220 18,534 18,020 British Possessions: Victoria ... .'. New South Wales Other British Possessions 5,555 1,628 6,056 1,508 542 4,454 1,863 862 5,020 1,806 617 4,172 1,877 446 5,471 1,460 195 Total British Possessions 7,183 8,106 7,179 7,443 6,495 7,126 Foreign Countries : France Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 4,255 153 5 4,473 63 240 4,282 102 223 3,040 74 328 3,560 115 198 8,103 159 458 Total Foreign Countries 4,413 4,776 4,607 3,442 3,873 8,720 Total Imports 48,827 31,975 36,861 27,105 28,902 33,866.
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Country. 1890., r1900. | i 1903. 1904. 1905. j 1906. Spirits : Whisky. _ _ United Kingdom ... ... s £ 61,675 £ 124,599 £ , £ 158,580 1 186,067 £ 163,983 £ 201,354 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Other Bi'itish Possessions 4,155 1,769 2,838 5,436 140 158 177 3,296 3,301 1,934 2,346 86 20 546 2,465 3,142 3,401 2,708 6 61 629 3 302 240 Total British Possessions 5,930 8,749 7,287 4,932 5,817 6,414 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ., 113 10 93 4 480 91 236 303 62S 8 640 61 Total Foreign Countries 123 97 571 539 634 701 Total Imports 67,728 133,445 166,438 191,538 170,464 208,469 SB •1RITS : -in, Gen: IVA AND SCHNAP: 'S. United Kingdom 11,231 5,837 8,895 10,026 9,662 10,135 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions 763 Ji-<ji&&>Q ,24 1,'236 4 138 5,628 1 109 3,965 3 182 3,241 1 247 2,156 2 Total British Possessions ... 1,986 2,405 1,264 5,767 4,077 3,424 Foreign Countries: Germany Holland ... ,. Belgium ... Other Foreign Countries ... 1,503 943 209 1,374 6,502 2,312 3,324 217 2,515 5,160 194 89 3,657 4,981 191 5,578 6,605 209 Total Foreign Countries 2,655 7,876 5,853 7,958 8,829 12,392 Total Imports 15,872 14,977 20,515 22,061 21,915 24,932 Beverages, Non-Alco OLIC. v*i 1,492 j 9,393 United Kingdom 10,789 13,539 13,618 15,860 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales . Other British Possessions... 356 I 248 ' 33 I 1,644 507 24 1,754 ' 1,143 74 j 1,639 709 110 1,113 550 16 1,576 361 165 Total British Possessions 637 I 2,175 2,971 2,458 1,679 2,102 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Japan Other Foreign Countries .... 3 I 15 ! 1,372 I 135 35 71 1,434 I 257 103 474 232 12 ; 668 283 761 110 105 578 506 306 106 31 822 597 294 15 98 I Total Foreign Countries ... 1,390 ,1,675 1,0781,927 1,527 1,826 Total Imports 3,519 13,243 14,838 17,924 16,824 19,788
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1903. 1904. 1905. i 1906. Country. 1890. 1900. Dr gs and Chemicals. United Kingdom £ 67,736 £ 134,542 £ 173,379 £ £ 181,845 :178,324 £ 212,219 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... i ! 15,299 j 17,630 37,658 I 51,758 677 457 3,499 ' 2,467 166 9,650 20,389 509 15,736 29,765 949 22,191 66,906 1.406 Total British Possessions 6,132 30,548 46,450 53,634 69,845 90,503 Foreign Countries: United States Germany France Belgium Other Countries 5,059 508 97 435 196 8,922 2,336 10,231 450 490 13,116 5,211 20,963 1,118 1,743 20,216 ; 33,216 6,371 I 5,1.28 21,574 : 28,252 968 j 362 3,896 ! 2.158 31,009 6,249 29.903 137 2,608 Total Foreign Countries 6,295 22,429 42,151 53,025 I 69,116 69,906 Total Imports... 80,183 187,519 261,980 288.504 j 317,285 372,628 United Kingdom Acids : All Kinds. 8,998 6,765 5,807 7,521 6,906 6,520 British Possessions: Victoria ... New South Wales South Australia 66 421 2,298 2,839 2,218 670 658 383 > 486 872 713 1,090 10 Total British Possessions * ♦ 487 5,137 2,888 1,041 1,358 1,813 Foreign Countries: United States Germany France Belgium ... Other Foreign Countries ... 4 2 320 1,341 218 1,876 758 689 21 269 1,869 1,047 287 355 126 1,501 1,152 167 104 1,701 1,776 106 176 149 Total Foreign Countries 6 1,810 3,562 3,827 2,946 3,863 Total Imports... 9,491 13,712 12,257 12,389 11,210 12,196 V"" Alkal: :es (Sod. AND Pi iTASH). United Kingdom 9,682 16,547 20,402 21,855 22,543 | 22,299 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... i 663 134 565 2,258 983 1,766 1,518 2,715 18 379 1,055 8 665 1,784 1 Total British Possessions |_ 797 2,823 2,749 4,251 1,442 ; 2,450 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 3 1,341 1,780 972 58 485 2,050 699 178 565 921 145 633 412 49 217 617 116 81 Total Foreign Countries 4,151 3,412 1,631 1,094 1,061 Total Imports... 10,482 23,521 26,563 27,737 25,079 25,810
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. j 1.904. 1905. 1906. c Spirits, Pe 'ERFUMK United Kingdom £ £ 2,163 3,563 £ 2,163 £ 4,584 £ 1,497 £ 4,233 £ 5,211 British Possessions : Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions... 85 14 27 337 51 41 135 17 145 220 96 208 149 163 123 Total British Possessions 99 415 193 365 304 435 Foreign Countries : United States Germany France Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 381 64 527 285 613 882 671 461 181 506 1,256 506 55 324 324 450 52 232 535 270 200 17 Total Foreign Countries 445 1,442 O 1 OK 2,323 1,150 1,237 Total Imports... 2,707 5,420 6,972 7,185 5,687 6,883 United Kingdom Sp: rRITS, O' 'her Kinds. "T - 822 5,913 8,545 8,607 1 < 9,122 14,259 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Hong Kong Fiji Other British Possessions 327 1,319 66 911 3,075 765 203 1 959 3,951 845 265 1 1,005 :i 4,332 638 145 4 663 6,014 564 102 67 1,324 6,440 816 86 Total British Possessions 1,712 4,955 6,021 6,124 j 7.410 8,666 Foreign Countries : United States Germany ... France Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 5,868 172 1,391 238 361 1,273 1,688 524 171 138 1,601 1,292 430 63 60 735 432 538 54 399 1.714 1,073 839 86 199 166 81 Total Foreign Countries 6,206 j 2,071 3,794 3,446 2,158 3,911 I j Total Imports... 8,740 | 12,939 18,360 18,177 18,690 26,836 Tob ceo, Manufactured. United Kingdom 13,424 j 14,417 27,636 25,251 25,888 31,113 British Possessions: Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions... 7,964 2,593 123 7,424 3,611 3 18,069 1,035 5 34,854 1,460 59 50,768 3,865 46 57,892 7,02.1 90 Total British Possessions 10,680 11,038 19,109 36,373 54,679 65,009 Foreign Countries : United States Other Countries 41,956 432 103,430 120,461 87 [105,788 12 103,687 148 101,480 305 Total Foreign Countries 42,388 103,430 120,548 105,800 103,835 101,785 Total Imports... 66,492 128,885 167,293 167,424 184,402 197,907
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Tobacco : Cigars and Snuff. £ 4.091 j £ i 4,07.1 | £ 3,893 4? 4,903 £ 3,698 £ 2,377 United Kingdom British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Bengal Madras Other British,Possessions... 6,516 4,810 67 1,896 8,263 205 289 146 I 2,189 8,691 39 44 294 1,756 5,507 391 156 374 670 5,261 127 164 232 933 5,048 95 465 159 146 Total British Possessions 11,539 10,799 11,257 8,184 6,454 6,700 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Philippines ... ... ~. Other Countries 536 379 697 879 5445 1.974 5,161 295 4,295 2,640 3,906 4.576 '241 1,677 3,204 5,566 2,825 914 1,293 3,212 5,620 1,737 637 1,247 2,823 7,644 2,091 284 3,096 3,271 Total Foreign Countries 3,034 14,365 13,604 13,810 12,064 16,386 Total Imports... 18,664 29,235 28,754 26,897 22,216 25,463 To: SACCO : ClGARET' 'ES. United Kingdom 8,512 I 14,716 7,081 18,473 25,286 46,559 British- Possessions : Victoria New South Wales - Other British Possessions... 141 571 71 I 1,303 j 53 j 90 2,670 76 49 1,174 102 73 2,130 2 523 82 j Total British Possessions 712 1,427 ; 2,836 1,325 2,203 607 Foreign Countries: United States Egypt ... Other Countries %974 27,411 I 42.877 2.10 ■ 577 — ; 205 40,926 45,778 208 526 4 35 57,614 382 5 18 Total Foreign Countries 9,992 27,621 j 43,659 41,138 46,339 58,001 Total Imports 17,785 37,560 | 61,211 : 60,936 73.828 105.167
■parel and Slo: 'S. fhited Kingdom 309,866 418,539 517,282 548,558 566,629 620,341 Iritish Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Canada Other British Possessions... 4,074 2,443 3,267 4,752 .1,130 757 16,802 14,725 677 247 8,085 10,287 1,802 361 6,160 12,244 3,429 97 10,109 18,214 1,522 277 657 Total British Possessions7,174 9,906 32,451 20,585 21,930 30,122 'oreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Japan Other Foreign Countries ... 575 9,706 2,798 10,354 420 154 14,306 5,362 11,357 1,317 881 14,773 7,302 9,185 1,765 1,771 11,819 3,367 7,495 2,688 910 15,878 4,906 10,144 2.645 1,138 199 113 Total Foreign Countries 2,139 23,432 33.223 34,796 26,279 34,711 Total Imports 319,179 451,877 582,956 603,889 614,838 685,174
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. ! I I 1905. ! I 1906. Hats and Caps. I United Kingdom £ 17^79 £ 64,616 £ 73,605 £ 82,993 £ 79,239 £ i 88,970 I British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 35 37 70 323 1.006 17 839 1,620 2 .1.390 1,793 3 385 1,579 828 1.497 19 Total British Possessions 142 1,346 2,461 3,186 1,964 2,344 Foreign Countries: United States Belgium .'. Germany ... ... ... Other Foreign Countries ... 241 184 350 200 661 576 ,272 209 155 1,550 492 18 412 199 1,318 94 2,855 Total Foreign Countries 1.8 837 1,787 ] ,789 1,914 ; 3,441 Total I'm ports 17,839 66,799 77,853 87,968 83,117 94,755 Cotton P bcb Gooi DS. United Kingdom ! 308,993 484,378 [510,465 515,105 484,939 573,145 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions... 1,574 979 I 2,542 I 7,326 5.755 9,818 1.1,301 12,490 18 18 3,508 5,103 8.697 401 3.510 4.954 7,742 39 3,812 6,733, 8,651 41 18 Total British Possessions 2,571 19,616 | 29,652 17,709 16,245 19,237 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 1.081 140 8.777 I 10,209 584 I 3,158 1,162 1,423 90 1,657 9,685 3,323 2,242 2,711 11,303 2,115 1,358 2,894 14,965 1,609 1,714 1,678 150 Total Foreign Countries 1,371 10,613 I 16,447 17,961 17,670 19,966 Total Imports 312,935 514,607 I 556,564 550,775 518,854 612,348 l Drapery. ..-'' United Kingdom 309,380 435,840 484,182 475,26S 458,947 520,307 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 3,067 2,113 89 3,194 3,528 496 7,077 9,642 228 5,006 10,751 585 6,701 8,526 4 LI 6,046 12,950 832 Total British Possessions 5,269 7,218 16,947 16,342 15,638 19,828 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Japan Other Foreign Countries ... 14 198 38 270 1,311 ! 2,039 327 j 1,564 ! 2,754 5,449 217 2,168 2,062 | 5,241 I 940 I 2,035 j 2,569 I 3,620 1,483 I 1,424 j 1,234 4,25,", 2,835 1,183 Total Foreign Countries 520 5,241 10,588 10,278 9,096 9,505 Total Imports 215,169 448,299 511,717 501,888 483,681 549 : ,640
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. j 1904. 1905. 1906. i Hosiery. £ 68,23,2 £ 100,804 £ 120,486 £ 138,757 £ 141.168 £ 156,615 United Kingdom British Possessions 497 1,077 1,959 1,308 763 1,162 Foreign Countries : Germany Other Foreign Countries ... tit; 6 1.080 330 2,450 717 3,512 363 2,125 314 2,707 493 Total Foreign Countries 72 1,410 3,167 3,875 2,439 3,200 Total Imports 68,801 103,291 125,612 143,910 144,370 160,977 Wo iLLEN P: :ecb Goi >DS. United Kingdom ... ... 381,071 [409,124 126,781 280,330 356,806 374,725 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... 834 858 27 5,012 14,437 -142 6,121 27,658 123 4,769 28,223 45 4,363 i 4,852 16,710 I 23,409 3 I 27 Total British Possessions 1,719 19,591 33,902 33,037 21,076 j 28,288 Foreign Possessions : Germany Belgium France Other Foreign Countries ... 321 53 1,409 100 267 226 6,026 1,417 1,473 582 4,866 755 2,208 749 i 3.090 828 ! 398 : 83 i 3.769 1,694 77 144 Total Foreign Countries 518 2,002 9,498 8,578 4,399 5,540 Total Imports... 129,018 301,923 400,206 416,340 406,546 |442,952 Haberdashery. United Kingdom 63,987 97,637 105,581 100,490 104,080 110,072 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 11,632 13,302 2,063 3,565 60 2,652 4,055 6 2,216 3,967 14 1,907 4,014 60 1,145 3,419 39 Total British Possessions 24,934 5,688 6,713 6,197 5,981 4,603 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... s* 15 1,104 879 93 3,931 1,529 295 3,648 1,862 619 4,768 1,249 198 4,491 1,681 232 9 Total Foreign Countries 24 2,076 5,755 6,129 6,215 6,404 Total Imports 88,945 105,401 118,049 112,816 116,276 121,079 United Kingdom Blan :ets. 20,996 10,483 8,488 7,895 4,957 4,635 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 181 207 2 141 52 3 1 7 2 16 2 Total British Possessions ... I 390 196 2 18 Total Foreign Countries 60 96 5 144 17 9 Total Imports... ... 21,446 10,775 8,493 8,041 4,981 4,662
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Country. 1890. 1900. ! 1903. ! 1904. 1905, 1906. ! Carpets and Carpeting. United Kingdom £ 31,961 £ ; £ 39,609 42,911 £ 50,467 £ 54,075 £ 69,283 British Possessions: Vtetoria New South Wales Bengal Other British Possessions 165 160 23.7 136 "67 j 315 222 149 253 164 385 660 o O 503 285 223 44 538 333 232 9 Total British Possessions 325 440 939 1,212 1,055 1,112 Foreign Countries United States Japan Belgium ... Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 96 498 85 50 395 107 149 164 399 31 46 149 26 108 6 11 95 213 69 Total Foreign Countries 729 ! 951 658 360 299 Total Imports 32,286 40,778 ! 44,801 52,337 55,490 70,694 , Linen Ma ufactures. United Kingdom l 78,392 1 78,349 ■ i 78,780 j 66,129 41,754 69,451 British Possessions: Bengal Other British Possessions 318 532 3,628 i 14,403 1,065 | 1,736 9,149 I 14,286 590 | 986 13,637 1,195 Total British Pessessions 850 4.693 16,139 ■9,739 15,272 14,832 Foreign Countries 121 | 306 174 ! 186 199 Total Imports ).. 42,605 83,206 I 94,794 [ 88,693 , 81,587 84,482 Canvas. x-" United Kingdom 20,867 26,692 33,697 42,106 32,247 49,370 British Possessions: Victoria ... New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions 430 184 ! 32 1,006 197 550 1,006 42 436 944 1,851 505 2,740 4,724 744 2,76L< 5,927 Total British Possessions 614 8,235 1,598 3,231 7,969 ') i'Vi »',Tt>», Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries 1,021 24 7,429 48 9,639 5 8,634 27 3,875 1,846 114 Total Foreign Countries 1,045 7,477 9,644 8.661 3,875 .1,960 Total Imports 22,526 3,5,404 44,939 53,998 , 11,091 60,763
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Country. 1890. 1900. I 1903. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. United Kingdom i £ ... I 30,608 Floorcloths. £ i - £ 95,724 | 86,639 £ 61,346 ■ £ 84,293 £ 94,931 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... i 35 ... : 46 383 390 436 74 136 54 78 133 129 7 71 225 49 Total British Possessions Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... ... I 81 i „, M i 81 18 1,418 657 773 204 626 609 510 - 72 285 478 268 269 17 662 198 345 42 884 318 26 Total Foreign Countries 2,093 1,439 835 877 1,270 Total Imports ... ! 30,689 64,212 86,242 96,827 87,785 96,546 CORDAC E AND r J I 1 WINE (I Cord ixcept Iron and AGE.) Steel United Kingdom ... British Possessions : Victoria ... ... Noav South Wales Bengal ... ... Other British Possessions ... 18,850 ... ] 1,017 ... ! 1,856 ... | 260 i 21,185 25,867 29,736 30,817 31,972 280 2,027 538 4 765 2,133 256 101 1.176 3,666 363 135 157 1.368 44.1 35 148 1,792 875 187 Total British Possessions ... | 3,133 2,849 3,255 5,340 2.C01 3,002 i Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... i 2,117 | „. ! 46 ! ... j 31 j i ■' '"' ' ' "i 1,216 110 1,858 3,220 1,635 993 1 J,421 653 22 2,058 567 97 Total Foreign Countries ■ "" — — I ... ! 2,194 ! 1,326 5,078 2,629 2,096 Total Imports ... { 24,177 ! 1- '■ 25,360 34,200 37,705 34,914 37,696 i Fancy G< 0DS, &C i United Kingdom British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Hong Kong Bengal Other British Possessions Total British Possessions ... 51,171 ... ! 1,909 ... I 2,163 ... [ 426 •' ... '.] 159 i 4,657 : . : 89,676 2,27i) 5,740 317 126 183 114,939 .,.ii-_i_- .I,, t 3,050 8,056 ' 378 162 290 91,917 2,792 5!403 249 240 346 96,142 3.131 4,301 96 339 381 103,315 4,902 11.87.2 15! 265 379 8,645 11,936 9,030 8,248 17,632 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Japan Belgium Other Foreign Countries .,-, : i ... ! 2,226 ... I 1,801 ... ; 1,258 ... ! 188 ... i 489 8,032 15,271 6,158 6 441 18,252 25,333 5,555 488 692 13,433 28,098 5,594 375 1,182 10,260 28,705 5,949 M9 2,379 9,781 30,168 6,650 214 2,769 Total Foreign Coa-atries .'...j 5,962 29,908 50,320 43;682 47,562 49,582 Total Imports ... I 61,790' 128,229 177,195 149,629 151,952 170,529 i :
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1 1905. 1906. x and Steel : Pig. 1r,< 16,138 £ 41,749 £ 32,88.1 £ 41,052 £ 24.418 £ 43,287 United Kingdom British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... 94 277 1,391 2,197 501 1,353 530 1,347 14 309 1,716 J.O00 1,355 Total British Possessions 371 3,588 1,854 1,891 2,025 2,355 i Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 120 99 3,130 702 54 31 Total Foreign Countries 219 3,130 756 81 Total Imports 16,728 48,467 34,735 43,699 26,443 45,673 13 ;on : Bar, Angl: i, Bolt and Ro United Kingdom 36,088 183,958 109,792 118,481 124,932 180,512 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions... 19 231 1,438 3,587 57 1,612 2,008 53 2.202 3 383 1,380 3,719 9 906 4,291 100 Total British Possessions 250 5,082 3,673 5,585 5,108 5,297 Foreign-Countries : United States Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 8 3,734 2,836 390 1,495 6,795 727 1,129 3,986 1,020 915 235 24 907 j 432 33 Total Foreign Countries 8 6,960 9,017 6~,135 1,174 1,372 Total Imports 36,346 196,000 122,482 130,201. 131,214 187,181 BET AN Plate, not G. .L VAN IS ID. S' United Kingdom 18,616 75,669 51,547 49,135 37,706 90,833 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions ... 129 252 1,311 3,190 937 1,813 533 1.479 56 i 482 1.125 32 553 1,830 9 Total British Possessions 381 l,'501 2,750 2.068 1.639 2.392 Foreign Countries : Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 2,632 546 4,399 1,276 7,266 453 1.060 360 194 509 Total 'Foreign Countries 3,178 5.675 7.719 1.420 703 Total Imports... 18,997 83,348 59,972 58,92240,765 93.928
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Hard ARE, HOLLOWWARE, AND IRONMO: fGBRY. United Kingdom ... ... ... £ 134,805 £ 217,936 .£ 223,739 £ 220,038 £ 206,318 £ 253,678 British Possessions : Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions 2,201 1,468 4 2,854 5,639 64 5,153 7,325 73 4,777 4,528 785 4,076 4,143 956 3,950 5,353 901 Total British Possessions 3,673 8,557 12,551 10,090 9,175 10,204 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries 12,571 193 51 30 46,078 7,074 508 37 56,569 10,882 1,996 161 45,543 12,252 660 298 41,022 10,249 257 154 37,455 10,330 229 381 Total Foreign Countries 12,845 53,697 69,608 58,753 51,682 48,395 Total Imports 151,323 280,190 305,898 288,881 267,175 312,277 Iron a d Steel : Galva: ised P: <ate and Sheet. United Kingdom ... ... 85,851 253,944 251,811 273,832 267,110 293,166 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales 75 4,599 16 46 76 249 211 321 500 59 Total British Possessions 4,674 500 62 325 59 532 Foreign Countries : United States Belgium Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 170 33 15 52 798 37 937 45 38 37 38 15 4 Total Foreign Countries 170 37 67 1,772 120 53 Total Imports 90,695 254,481 251,940 275,929 267,289 293,751 Iron and Steel : Wire etting, .."" United Kingdom 14,747 20,765 25,855 25,736 34,346 53,680 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... ... ... Other British Possessions... 8 407 944 36 5,306 207 6,001 27 2,374 6 55 1,484 15 Total British Possessions ... 8 1.351 5,342 6,208 2,407 1,554 Foreign Countries: Germany Belgium ... Other Foreign Countries ... ... 670 1,212 106 14 245 66 65. 169 8 340 238 20 513 545 92 Total Foreign Countries 1,988 325 242. 598 1,150 . Total Imports 14,755 24,104 31,522 32,186 87,351 56,384
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. IR! >n and Steel : 'IRE FOR FbNGI: G. United Kingdom £ 79,872 £ 28,189 £ 52,967 £ 50,370 £ 66,179 £ 65,032 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Canada 825 84 1.164 19 81 128 102 74 65 45 60 Total British Possessions 825 1,248 100 230 74 170 Foreign Countries : United States Belgium Germany ... 5,072 503 59,581 1,720 673 39,781 2,448 1,848 51,496 4,062 10,748 67,288 4,143 8,491 46,524 7,666 9,935 Total Foreign Countries 5,575 61,974 44,077 66,306 79,822 64,125 Total Imports 86,272 9.1,411 97,144 116,906 146,075 129,327 IR| iN AND iTEBL : IRE, OT :br Sor 1 ■s. United Kingdom 4,416 11,203 15,222 8,745 15,50337,077 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Canada 173 50 101 157 219 58 444 74 116 291 214 220 7 Total British Possessions 223 258 277 518 407 441 Foreign Countries : United States Germany ... Belgium ... Other Foreign Countries ... 49 2,527 316 238 2,845 164 252 1,662 868 392 7 1,045 318 127 2,301 9,879 254 / Total Foreign Countries 49 3,081 3,251 2,929 1,490 12,434 Total Imports 4,689 14,542 18,760 12,192 17,400 49,952 iRl IN AND Itbbl : Pipes and Fittings. United Kingdom "V" 19,497 75,096 101,883 101,236 86,705 141,774 British Possessions t Victoria ... - New South Wales West Australia. Other British Possessions... 346 243 1,518 6,025 2,094 5,208 4,543 4,537 1,166 237 1,80! 5,262 861 5,474 148 704 1.038 Total British Possessions 589 7,543 7,450 10,483 7,767 7,373 Foreign Countries: United States ... Belgium ... ' ... France ... Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 20 22,658 4,402 3,683 4,196 2,536 468 233 2 ' 3,874 920 954 661 3,526 174 1,131 198 16. Total Foreign Countries 20 22,856 8,101 7,435 6,409 4.831 Total Imports 20,106 105,495 117,434 119,154 100,881 153,978
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. | 1906. l Iron and Stbbl : N ILS. £ 21.547 £ 14,836 £ 10/>65 £ 9,053 i 6,( £ 6.063 £ £ .063 5,834 United Kingdom ... ... British Possessions : Victoria ,. New South Wales Tasmania Canada 120 896 453 411 361 296 546 476 489 292 458 323 8 7,693 2 2,720 Total British Possessions 1,016 866 657 ' 1,022 3,501 8,-482 Foreign Countries: United States Germany ... Belgium Norway Other Foreign Countries ... 4,372 154 319 22,961 2,962 5,916 20,740 2,344 4,482 154 199 20,731 5,574 3,420 472 254 24,585 8,0.17 2,106 154 355 31,183 4,090 1,946 135 538 258 Total Foreign Countries 4,845 32,097 27,919 30,451 35,217 37,892 Total Imports 27,4.08 47,799 39,241 40,526 44,781 52,208 R. ILWAY ATERIA «8, United Kingdom 85,106 52,277 108,338 161,279 172,732 324,954 British Poss- ssions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 18 95 9,305 415 2,845 120 1,798 3,119 1,452 804 3,334 1.694 86 Total British Possessions 18 9.400 3,380 4,917 2,256 5,114 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 2,007 451 10,393 17,322 480 24,656 32 354 4,397 1,392 949 53 Total Foreign Countries 2,007 451 40,446 17,802 25,042 6,738 Total Imports 87,131 62,128 122,164 183,998 200,030 336,806 T sr Plat is : Pla: :n. S United Kingdom 21,790 37,137 37,495 37,389 41,026 39,103 British Possessions : Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions... 180 1,708 645 5,746 2,689 .-. 9 1,155 490 1.772 - 74 65 1.975 Total British Possessions 1,888 6,391 2,689 1,164 2,336 2,040 Foreign Countries : United States ... Germany ... Other Foreign Countries ... 19 320 122 321 2,731 93 1 Total Foreign Countries 1 339 122 321 2,824 Total Imports 23,679 43,528 40,523 38,675 43,683 43,967
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Machines and Machinery: En Oil, and parts thei gines, Gas and ffiOF. United Kingdom £ 1,348 £ 12,125 £ 27,114 £ 35,875 £ 42,106 £ 56,772 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 19 215 346 495 1,331 925 80 1,557 1,671 590 833 2,048 1,903 2,645 78 Total British Possessions 19 1,056 2,336 3,818 2,881 4,626 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Belgium France ... Other Foreign Countries ... 5,418 25,780 1,452 824 28,834 520 372 4,605 20,172 541 1,484 1,570 203 25,954 550 1,555 4,797 323 Total Foreign Countries 5,418 28,056 34,331 23,970 33,179 Total Imports 1,367 18,599 57,506 74,024 68,957 94,577 United Kingdom Mis IN6 Machinery and pai ,TS THEREOF. r 10,657 86,717 38,173 15,o93 31,093 42,019 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... 3,098 1,776 128 1,940 2,878 2,365 2,820 1,166 3,735 1,674 983 446 3,406 ! 1,238 1,821 1,161 46! Total British Possessions 5,002 7,183 7,721 3,103 4.644 3.443 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 2,677 11,969 1,609 3,271 500 2,705 19 2,555 212 3,037 190 Total Foreign Countries 2,677 13,578 3,771 2,724 2,767 3,227 Total Imports 18,336 107,478 49,665 21,520 38,504 48,689 s<' PORTABL AND T ACTION ENGINE! United Kingdom 16,571 51,426 76,302 32,027 27,390 British Possessions : Victoria Other British Possessions... a? "S ■*3 5 a a. s o A m +3 —. 250 1,032 900 200 Total British Possessions 250 1,032 900 200 Foreign Countries : United States Germany 492 165 216 207 173 Total Foreign Countries 657 216 207 173 Total Imports 17,478 52 ; 674 77,409 32,200 27,590
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Country, 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Sewing and Knitting THB! Machines and parts EOF. United Kingdom £ £ £ 2,306 6.353 12,028 £ 12,028 £ 13,888 £ 5,363 £ 5,350 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions*... 4,622 3,000 5,473 3,364 1,674 2,472 — 9 18 4,622 3,364 3,000 1,674 q 5,473 2,472 18 5,370 3,622 1,818 25 1,888 9,771 355 Total British Possessions 7,986 4,683 | 7,963 7,986 4,683 7,963 8,992 4,095 12,014 Foreign Countries : United States ... . Germany Belgium ... ... Other Foreign Countries ... 13.068 j 21,617 27,119 157 4,003 2,427 762 1,558 14 11 — 13.068 157 21,617 4,003 762 11 27,119 2,427 1,558 27,478 2,208 489 23,133 3,403 14 19,346 5,847 134 15 14 Total Foreign Countries 13,239 26,393 31,104 13,239 26,393 31,104 30,175 26,550 25,342 Total Imports 23.531 37,429 51,095 m ______ _________ 23,531 37,429 51,095 53,055 36,008 42,706 Printing Printing Machines. United Kingdom 14,054 15,419 14,054 15,419 25,235 21,209 24,740 British Possessions : Victoria Now South Wales Other British Possessions ... & 625 1,625 ■% 747 1,508 £ 490 <r • a. K O Cfl ft 625 747 1,625 1,508 490 2,525 1,180 158 3,169 2,429 622 2,864 4,582 1.024 Total British Possessions t 1,372 3,623 1,372 3,623 3,863 6,220 '8,470 fH _______________ Foreign Countries: United States Other Foreign Countries ... | 7,158 2,667 « 203 1,602 7,158 203 2,667 1,602 2,927 202 2,742 307 16,161 Total Foreign Countries 7,36Jr 4,269 7,3til 4,269 3,129 3,049 16,161 Total Imports 22,787 23,311 22,787 23,311 32,227 30,478 49,371 Electrical Electrical Machinery. s" United Kingdom. 8.706 37,942 80,127 8,706 37,942 80,127 118,064 91,338 109,214 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales . . Other British Possessions... 98 458 8,243 115 5.784 10,590 63 106 98 115 458 5.784 63 8,243 10,590 106 6,364 13,145 62 5,759 14,232 119 8,076 22,012 57 Total British Possessions 213. 6,305 18,939 213. 6,305 18,939 19,571 20,110 30.145 Foreign Countries : United States G-orinany ... Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 230 2,797 9,819 31 1,455 519 50 21 1,558 — — 78 toll 50 2,797 1,455 21 9,819 519 1,558 78 34,388 2,267 3,586 185 41,325 3,339 3,539 143 21,369 6,90817,446 2,615 Total Foreign Countries 411 4.273 11,974 411 4.273 11,974 40,426 48,346 48,338 Total Imports 9.330 4o,520 111,010 9.330 ' 4o,520 111,010 178,001 159,794 187,697
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. { 1904. 1905. 1906. Machinery and Imple: :ents : Agiucul I'URAL. United Kingdom .. £ £ 48,639 21,074 £ 25,850 £ 34,189 £ 30,524 £ ,34,104 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions... 805 5,809 3,879 1,357 1,123 9,010 2 .•',,991 4,113 21,045 473 4,034 3,876 22,995 141 10,080 3,330 7,979 503 6,916 4,677 15,785 155 Total, British Possessions 10,493 11,492 29,622 31,046 21,892 27,563 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 31,980 21 41,391 24 6.1,505 34 59,393 .128 56,969 129 60.456 545 Total Foreign Countries 32,001 4.1,415 6 J,839 59,521 57,098 61,0(11 Total Imports 91,133 73,981 117,311 124,756 109,514 122,668 Other Machinery, and parts ther EOF. United Kingdom 77,252 162,486 152,002 205,366 159,473 160.001 British Possessions Victoria New South Wales Canada ... ... Other Bi'itish Possessions... 5,089 3,136 50,282 26,710 505 ■ 22 14,621. 20,273 2,538 040 16.544 22,521 1,287 591 12.766 18,396 998 21.8 25.148 1S.424 1,334 44! Total British Possessions 8,225 77,519 38,072 40,943 32,378 45.347 Foreign Countries : United States Sweden ... Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... • 1,892 <>7 22,976 9,708 428 2,327 91 55,167 15,379 5,543 1.108 1,393 57,974 .12.151 4.S86 317 2,208 65,273 6.031 2.723 soy 1.639 54,750 6,035 2,61.6 386 1,295 23 Total Foreign Countries 1,942 35,530 78.590 77.236 76,475 65.082 • Total Imports 87,419 275,535 268,664 323,545 26S.326 270,430 .ll Kinds. >ols of United Kingdom s*" 40,108 76,533 81,391 90,151 95,332 101,583 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Canada Tasmania Other British Possessions... 641 225 3,531 2,152 3,290 5,101 31 2,281 4,638 251. 491 70 2,202 3,618 227 260 92 5,171 3,871 261 249 232 338 Total British Possessions 866 5.932 8,654 7,734 6,399 9,641 Foreign Countries : United States Germany ... Belgium Other Countries ... 18,896 109 45,512 865 203 32 57,18ft 1,645 707 160 64.901 2,192 734 189 60,754 2,648 355 72 6J.979 3,365 60.1. 90 , 20 Total Foreign Countries 19,025 46,612 59,707 68,016 63,829 66,035 Total Imports 59,999 129,077 149,752 165,901 165,560 177,259
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Country. I 1890. 1900. | . L 1903. I L 1904. i 1905. 1906. Instruments, Musical : Pianos. United Kingdom £ 18,205 £ 32,668 £ 45,556 £ 52,236 £ 49,086 British Possessions: Victoria ... ~ New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions... 1,538 2,747 111 528 993 534 465 787 12 209 25 38 205 36 181 10 193 Total British Possessions 4,396 1,521 999 1,033 279 384 Foreign Countries: Germany United States - ... France Other Foreign Countries ... 5,924 201 49,243 1,368 51,021 968 50,371 869 247 159 47,358 736 434 48 51,060 84 340 173 Total Foreign Countries 6,125 50,784 51,989 51,646 48,576 51,484 Total Imports 28,726 79,534 85,656 98,235 101,091 100,954 INI •s, Musical : Ot: ITRUMKN' :br Kinds. United Kingdom 7,362 7j*>oo 11,849 15,531 14,509 22,363 British Possessions: Victoria ... New South Wales ... Canada ... Other British Possessions... 321 399 106 1,187 743 2,349 2J5 53 m mi 2,439 361 1,387 1,137 715 396 1,227 1,233 900 2 11 67 Total British Possessions 731 1,360 3,380 4,203 3,635 3,362 Foreign Countries: United States ... ... Germany ... ... Other Foreign Countries ... 3,689 625 27 7,110 2,146 190 8,601 4,080 322 5,735 3,396 177 4,798 1,905 506 4,919 2,407 207 Total Foreign Countries 4,341 9,446 13,003 9,308 7,209 7,533 Total Imports 12,434 18,144 28,232 29,042 25,353 33,258 Instruments : Scibnti: 'IC, &o. United Kingdom ... ... ■ •■ 4,956 18,030 19,346 21,991 24,101 24,827 British Possessions : Victoria ... New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions... 539 257 230 1,653 333 3,614 366 2,832 232 5 496 3,202 71 48 324 3,263 6 5 3 53 99 Total British Possessions 799 L936 4,046 3,435 3,817 3,598 Foreign Countries : United States Germany ... Other Foreign Countries ... 304 434 79 10,113 1,081 31 15,911 1,183 95 11,228 1,217 78 11,546 1,530 107 14,150 3,580 67 Total Foreign Countries 817 11,225 17,189 12,523 13,183 17,797 Total Imports 6,572 31,191 40,581 37,949 41,101 46,222
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Country. 1890. ! 1900. i 1903. \ 1.904. j 1905. I I i... ■ 1906. Arms, Ammunition and Explosives. United Kingdom £ ; £ £ £ i £ 45,482 I 94,557 \ 115,744 I 98,587 j 103,718 £ 75,900 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions... i ! i 290 2,558 , ! 4 I i 487 2,368 53 349 1,040 20 3,802 1,033 90 T" 965 ' 508 | 5 : 2,001 1,492 148 Total British Possessions i ; 2,852 ! 2,908 ! l_ 1,409 | 4,925 t 1,478 : 3,641 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... ■ ! 412 ! 13,120 ! 17,836 ' 16,616 6,962 73,2 | 1,101 i 1,042 164 ! 540 ! 1,656 \ 1,276 137 " % — | 11 15,011 13,945 1,345 I 1,200 959 1,677 109 I 75 Total Foreign Countries 7,675 ; 14,394 19,593 ! 18,945 : 17,454 16,897 Total Imports 56,009 -111,859 '. 136,746 j 122.457 122,650 96,438 United Kingdom Cutlbry. 16,137 j 21,634 ' 24,671 ; 34,764 34,130 ' 33,643 British Possessions : Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions... 199 198 : - 25 i 624 : 1 74 1,296 1 j 296'! 454 l o 467 973 4 235 1,069 5 Total British Possessions 397 650 ! 1,370 753 I 1,444 1,309 Foreign Countries : United States Germany ... ... • Other Foreign Countries ... 26 226 | i 337 I 468 j 384 j 633 ; 102 j 920 1,325 35 1,228 1,708 ' 85 1,440 1,308 46 Total Foreign Countries 252 805 l 805 ' 1,119 ; 1,119 2,280 I 2,280 I 3,021 3,021 2,794 2,794 Total Imports... 16,786 23,089 | 27,160 37,797 38,595 ! 37,746 Clocks and Watches. United Kingdom I I i i I 15,893 I 18,597 [ 18,007 [ 14,536 j 14,191 I 18,812 British Possessions: Victoria , New South Wales Other British Possessions ... I ' I ' ! 581 , 46 I 722 i 219 j 171 ! 140 1,283 2,966 ! 2,160 ; 657 ! 913 509 3 -~ I 4 6 i 7 ~ | l i - Total British Possessions 1,867 i 3,012 ; 2,886 882 1,091 649 Foreign Countries: United. States France Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 3,816 181 135 i 3,443 507 85 j 11,366 1,817 15,319 580 3,272 67 : 12,812 12,194 343 | 400 2,446 2,461 60 375 Total Foreign Countries 4,132 | 10,035 [ 13,183 j 19,238 j 15,661 | 15,430 Total l_ 21,892' 31,644 ! 34,076 ! 34,656 ! 30,943 '' 34,891
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CLASS VII.—LEATHER AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF.
Country. 1890. i90O. 1903. !904. 1905. 1906. 's and Lamp ware. United Kingdom £ 5,575 £ 10,156 £ 11,6S l ~~£ [ £ £ 11,6S I 15,516 ! 4-^506 £ 15,516 £ .19,606 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 307 153 444 3,202 4 397 1,216 63 375 1,316 6 111 696 76 529 1,402 86 Total British Possession/s 460 3,650 1,676 1,697 8S3 2,017 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... ... j 2,227 94 3 3 6,738 1,709 9,6! 2 3,454 38 2 10,230 3,935 423 42 11,137 7,941 72 '6i\ J 1,084 7,960 1.3 98 1 Total Foreign Countries 2,327 8,448 13,106 14,690 19,216 19,155 Total Imports 8,362 22,254 26,463 31,903 34,605 40,778
Lea 1 'HER. United Kingdom 48,435 41,769 36,127 31,264 37,213 45,824 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Tasmania ... Other British Possessions... 7.266 1,785 28 5 14,040 5,471. 102 141 14,189 6,609 16,247 6,951 19,475 7,508 1 407 20,969 9,988 6 497 153 325 Total British Possessions 9,084 19,754 20,951 23,523 27,391 31,460 ■Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium France Other Foreign Countries ... 6,059 663 17,743 , 24,699 824 I 1,042 266 30 — 1 602 151 j 2 i 23,502 , 1,538 102 291 22,372 1,344 300 24,515 999 111 718 140 Total Foreign Countries 6,833 18,984 [ 26,375 25,433 , 24,016 26,372 Total Imports 64,352 80,507 j 83,453 I 80,220 88,620 103,656 Leather Manufact {Except " Boots and S3 rRES, UNENUMERi oes," and " Bel TED. FING.") United Kingdom ..•'' 9,610 ! 6,486 • 7,565 8,657 2,132 2,639 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... Canada Other British Possessions... 795 1,968 ~ 1 723 1,187 ! i 1,041 424 1,887 329 163 7 223, 126 26 oto 205 Total British Possessions 2,763 - 1,910 I 1,465 2,386 375 578 Foreign, Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 214 11 i | 3)60 458 5 1,528 410 214 10 2,319 430 76 25 937 57 1,283 50 62 76 Total Foreign Countries 225 823 ! l 2,162 2,850 1,056 1,409 Total Imports 12,598 | 9,219 11,192 13,893 3,563 4,626
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Coantry. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Boots and Shoe United Kingdom £ 116,706 • £ 129,464 £ 118,209 £ 139,579 £ 186,800 £ 204,032 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Canada ... Other British Possessions ... 3,020 2,354 5,894 7,945 1.752 54 4,269 5,761 6,384 57 7,027 3,258 11,855 85 11,760 3,829 12,437 42 18,840 6,340 18,534 88 45 Total British Possessions 5,419 15,645 16,471 22,825 28,068 43,802 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Austria Other Foreign Countries ... 1,398 3,049 723 70 46,807 2,298 393 147 107,713 2,704 431 111 90,232 2,311 1,025 193 61,150 2,399 1,699 281 46,846 1,129 1,641 102 Total Foreign Countries 5,240 49,645 110,959 93,761 65,529 49,718 Total Imports 127,365 194,754 245,639 256,165 280,307 297,552 BOOTS AND ■hoes, Minor Articles for. United Kingdom 12,864 19,252 16,91.9 16,442 23,899 j 28,089 British Possessions : Victoria ... ... New South Wales ... Other British Possess!ons 630 32 1,449 303 1,554 1,227 69 1,909 1,239 44 ' 4,338 j 1,501 i 73 ! 5,002 2,020 33 Total British Possessions 662 1,752 2,850 3,192 , 5,912 | 7,055 Foreign Countries : United States ... Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 1,930 43 56 1,736 33 3,553 128 26 3,044 189 93 6,556 i 374 ! 19 i 3,701 420 206 Total Foreign Conn trios 2,029 1,769 3,707 3,326 6,949 ; 4,327 Total Imports ... y 15,555 22,773 23,476 22,960 [ 36,760 | 39,471 . i 1 Belting $©f L: 8ATHER AND OTHpR MATERIALS). *■' United Kingdom ... .... 1 20,750 I 24,122 ! 25,049 j 21,892 20,025 I British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... 277 305 799 1,452 63 1,647 2,882 71 1,804 1,969 158 1,553 1,534 247 Total British Possessions 582 2,314 4,600 3,931 3,334 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries O ' a '« % 180 72 373 510 1,769 391 | 2,125 61 47 724 334 2 Total Foreign Countries 252 883 2,160 [ 9 oa»* 1,060 Total impokts 21,584 27,319 31,809 j 28,056 24,419
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Country. 1890. ! 1900. i 1903. [ 1904. ! 1905. : 1906. ! ! ! '■ * Paper, Printing. United Kingdom ... . . £ . £ I £ £ £ £ 65,582 | 54,324 59,782 09,074 I 66,540 69,687 British Possessions : Victoria ... .... ... ... New South Wales ... Canada ... 875 972 1,873 5,152 1,163 1,839 2,474 4.072 6,609 2,216 10,161 1,641 : 598 8.009 ; 4,015 18,752 j 33,599 Total British Possessions 1,847 8,188 : 8,127 19,244 | 1,040 I 50,679 i 40,909 I 37,452 j 90 j 2,258 ' 10,287 6,04.0 I — — 1,114 563"" 520 2,175 23, 199 170 1,360 28,402 I 38,212 28,429 ; 20,361 3,259 2,380 167 166 2,837 ! 821 3,802" 1,382 28,402 I 38,212 Foreign Countries : United StatesGermany Belgium ... Sweden ... Other Foreign Countries j ... i Total Foreign Countries 1,153 53,136 | 53,000 47,590 ! 3,8,494 ! 25,110 Total Imports 68,582 1115,648 j 120,909 1135,908 j 133,436 133,009 i i i i ; Paper, Other. United Kingdom I I ! 25,147 ! 20,380 34,273 i 41,312 ' 51,173 ; 52,240 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales British Columbia Other British Possessions I 304 I 425 7 j381 2,288 116 ; 5791,230 907 45 284 [ 1,102 24° 49 ' 511 945 372 432 480 1.221 820 19 Total British Possessions - 736 [ 2,785 | 2,761 | 1,677 : 1,677 2,260 ; 2,260 2,540 2,540 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries , j ■ I 128 113 103 j 3.529 ! 1,598 ' 788 12 j 2,599 | 4,250 ! 6,067 3)7 : 5,627 i 3,516 ; 2,941 278 : 5,918 3,521 2,127 798 5.824 5,379 2,373 2,141 Total Foreign Countries 344 5,927 | 12,953 ' 12,362 | 12,364 ; 15,717 Total Imports 26,227 | 29,092 ! 49,987 j 55,351 | 65,797 70,497 i I L . l Papbrhangings. United Kingdom .^-' 12,348 24,700 28,353 j 29,240 29,422 ; 30,588 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions 12 3 24 220 34 j 349 i 543 I 6 114 6 2 ! 105 ; 1,774 ; 3 ! 394 146 2,383 Total British Possessions 1? /&-:?; ( 926 | 3,081 1,884 [ 2,923 Foreign Countries -. United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries 22 334 109 ) 4,962 1,328 j 282 2 2,707 2,607 88 76 2,163 ; 2.336 1,020 i 1.73 ! 2,219 3,492 844 16 29 Total Foreign Countries 28 472 6,574 5,478 5,692 I 6,571 Total Imports... 12,382 9* 11 Q 35,853 1 37,799 i 36,998 ; 40,082 I -_™~_™
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Country. 1890, j i 1900. j 1903. i 1904. I [_ 1905. ! 1906. iNERY. Stati United Kingdom £ 58,564 57^687 £ 81,238 £ 87,933 £ £ 93,574 j 97,642 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... Canada Other British Possessions... 3,095 1.018 4,077 3,764 6,185 4,365 7,453 4,718 153 360 8,257 I 6.576 207 148 : 9,661 6,810 137 156 44 74 144 Total British Possessions 4,157 7,915 10,694 12,084 15,188 ; 16,764 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Japan Other Foreign Countries ... 2,891 979 4,702 1,591 9,505 3,651 190 8,793 4,690 223 165 47 9,016 4,198 42 160 213 8,366 6,567 35 152 147 202 106 89 Total Foreign Countries 4,072 6,399 13,435 13,918 ! 13,629 ! 15,267 Total Imports 66,793 72,001 105,367 114,535 ; 122,391 ; 129,673 Printing ATERIALS. United Kingdom 6,690 | 6,067 I 5,145'! 9,493 9,223 5,166 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... 1,600 650 I 2,358 I 2,866 ! I 1.294 3,533 1 1.760 3,729 136 1,320 i 3,519 967 4,286 73 Total British Possessions 2,25(i | 5,224 4,828 5,625 4,839 5,326 Foreign Countries i United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 221 ; 239 ! 940 : 507 15 1,478 I 181 21 1,589 i 284 ; 62 i 1,(581 248 112 1,183 192 43 Total Foreign Countries 460 1,462 1,680 1,935 2,041 1.418 1,680 1,935 2,041 1.418 Total Imports 7,876 13,376 12,575 | 12,705 16,373 j 15,967 I Photo Goods. United Kingdom ... -■**' 6,025 18,770 j 26,106 25,837 j 30,707 31,045 British. Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... Queensland Canada Other British Possessions... I •3.29 140 298 j 1,257 j 5 | 1,124 1,522 ! 119 ! 109 j 759 i 1,837 j 1 ; 982 1,681 1 754 2,399 27 3 Total British Possessions 469 1,560 j 2,875 j 2,597 j 2,664 3,183 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 6 386 1 i 1.798 ! 895 I 55 | 2,668 1,405 24 j 4,872 1,248 4 2,645 869 1298 971 32 Total Foreign Countries 393 2,748 4,097 ! 6.124 3,514 2,301 Total imports 6,887 23,078 : 33,078 j 34,558 36,885 36,529
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CLASS IX.—CHINA, EARTHEN AND GLASSWARE.
Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. ; 1904. j 1905. ! 1906. Books and Periodicals. £ £ 69,953 101,835 £ £ 122,028 131,883 £ 130,224 £ 1 128,872 United Kingdom British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions... 16,496 ! 20,207 11,415 I 9,112 1.44 . 328 22,049 ' 26,971 18,194 25,938 486 69 22,954 15,158 127 I I 27,814 13,979 309 Total British Possessions 28,055 29,647 7,270 5,296 40,729 | 52,978 38,239 42,102 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 8,513 ; 339 63 8,567 632 180 8,795 227 75 6.344 162 29 00 113 Total Foreign Countries 7,336 ! 5,409 8,915 9,379 9,097 0,535 Total Imports 105,344 : 136,891 171,672 ' 194,210 183,560 177,509
China and Earthenware. United Kingdom 62,452 | 77.595 | 95,045 ! 84,412 98,966 I ! 48,051 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Hong Kong ... Other British Possessions... 109 ! 137 17 ; 499 : 1,004 55 1,261 927 271 10 1,061 i 1,138 I 233 I 25 I 2,368 1,470 30 : 2,052 1,330 100 31 Total British Possessions 263 1,558 | 2,469 I 2,457 3,966 | 3,193 Foreign Countries : United States Germany France ... Japan Other Foreign Countries ... 67 445 i 4 52 428 ! 3,133 93,8 132 661 i 1,474 7,549 11,881 — ! 24 .1.070 : 2.779 409 i 198 1.698 ! 7,978 j 1.652 ! 1,891 (509 87! 9,329 153 1,933 329 Total Foreign Countries 508 4,031 9,689 16,350"; 13.828 i 12,615 Total Imports 48,882 j 68,641 : 89,753 [114,458 j 102,206 115,074 ,.-•"" Glass. United Kingdom .; : ! i "" 14,629 ; 34,155 33,092 , 31,815 26,670 , 35,815 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Western Australia 200 4 367 | 278 ! 1 305 95 1 ! I 10 , 166 j 17 .70 19 63,0 Total British Possessions 204 645 j 401 j 176 87 049 Foreign Countries : Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 6 : 697 630 826 1,870 11,144 ! - 212 1,999 16,894 441 911 15,698 1,287 2,609 28,233 700 Total Foreign Countries 703 j 2,506 j 12,182 19,334 17,896. 3.1,002 Total Imports 15,536 37,306 j 45,675 51,325 ' 44,653 : 68,066
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CLASS X.—OILS, COLOURS, PAINTS, &c.
Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. ! 1905. I 1906. Glassware. United Kingdom £ 24,080 £ 38,168 £ 41,659 £ 49,237 £ 43,342 £ 50,319 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 939 2,013 9 4.772 12,631 2 6,280 15,078 14 5,441 12,912 27 9,379 12,095 22 13,381 17,210 18 Total British Possessions 2,961 17,405 21,372 18,380 21,496 30,609 Foreign Countries : United States Belgium Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 2,572 118 84 15 8,833 3,625 6,326 184 15,667 5,255 14,554 877 15,230 5,830 17,225 1,359 10,757 3,798 13,523 1,288 7.513 4,629 13,700 1,001 Total Foreign Countries 2,789 18,908 36,353 39,644 29,366 26,843 Total Imports. 29,830 74,541 99,384 107,261 94,204 107,771
OlLI s, Bulk Linsee: United Kingdom 14,031 24,286 33,639 35,513 23,051 30,778 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Bengal Singapore 5 53 122 748 116 8,594 27 207 7,235 134 1 223 5,127 101 554 4,928 70 207 2,199 Total British Possessions 180 9,458 7,603 5,351 5,653 2,406 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 11 1,435 868 30 1,360 12 37 Total Foreign Countries 11 1,435 898 1,372 37 Total Imports 14,211 33,755 42,677 41,762 30,076 33,223 .--'' ILS : K IROSENE. United Kingdom 1,295 322 432 1,016 1,726 British Possessions Victoria New South Wales ... South Australia 997 399 94 2,864 5,257 730 3,452 315 2.004 65 461 2 432 Total British Possessions 1,396 2,958 5,987 5,771 526 434 Foreign Countries : United States Sumatra Borneo 50,511 106,233 99,821 11,020 5,667 140,055 137,515 139,014 Total Foreign Countries 50,511 106,233 116,514 140,055 137,515 139,014 Total Imports 53,202 109,513 122,933 146,842 139,767 139,448
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1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Country. Oils : Fish, O id, and Seal. £ 1,755 £ 2,799 £ 3,342 £ £ £ 2.368 2,700 1,765 £ 2,368 United Kingdom : British Possessions: Victoria ... ... ... ... ... New South Wales •■ Tasmania Other British Possessions... 23 1,442 789 400 56 1,575 164 928 393 1,972 386 979 634 766 164 453 99 650 87 Total British Possessions 110 2,687 3,060 2,358 2,543 1,202 Foreign Countries : United States ... ... Germany ... ... ... .... Japan ... ... ... ... ... Other Foreign Countries : 954 553 690 57 586 694 859 125 121 565 292 612 50 313 453 163 25 Total Foreign Conn tries- j 1,117 553 1,333 1,799 1,519 791 Total Imports 2,982 6,039 7,735 6,525 6,762 3,758 Oils : lASTOR. United Kingdom 1,420 j 520 440 413 534 ! 580 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Bengal Singapore ... Other British Possessions 200 I (537 8,209 8 410 1,408 9,528 209 50 7,111 138 262 30 10.242 34 480 525 ! 7,369 ; 164 135 14.809 2001 Total British Possessions 9,054 11,406 7,508 10,574 8,374 15,195 Total Foreign Countries* 32 37 90 49 26 Total Imports. 10,506 11,932 I 8,064 11,036 8,945 i 15,807 i Oils : Other Kinds. United Kingdom 18,096 23,525 I 19,270 ' 21,612 25,012 26,981 S" British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Bengal Hong Kong Other British Possessions 590 1,066 219 217 410 8,943 7,334 804 542 218 7,930 4,091 2,097 529 568 7,130 0,814 1,990 555 269 7,509 ! 8.857 7,728 i 9.851 1,901 2,570 433, 708 376 149 Total British Possessions 2,502 17,901 [ 15,821 16,764 18,007 22.135 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries I 3,237 336 10,159 27,944 788 759 236 556 28,7l3 820 417 32,818 55,079 1,1)72 1.230 470 ; 507 Total Foreign Countries 3,574 1,183 | 29,259 29,950 34,460 56,816 29,950 Total Imports 31,088 j 47,lrX) | 68,605 — ■ ■_—__■■ ,--,-„,„.„... ___________„ 73,695 71,743 100,563 j_____,___ ,!_,_____, * Practically al I from tin e United States.
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Country. 1890. j i iyoo. ! 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Turpen 'INE, &c. United Kingdom £ 753 £ 1,713 £ 2,747 £ 3,338 £ 3,370 £ 4,115 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales' ... Canada 10 30 656 194 93 675 351 125 4 127 388 617 Total British Possessions 10 (\66 287 1,151 131 1,005 Foreign Countries: United States Other Foreign Countries ... 4,762 11.824 7,247 21,557 1 12,774 19,521 30 Total Foreign Countries 4,762 11,824 7,247 21,558 12,774 19,551 Total Imports 5,525 14,223 10,281 26,047 16,275 24,071 Varnish an: Gold Size. United Kingdom 12,546 15,153 16,871 16,924 17,770 20,073 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions 106 119 204 481 231 639 12 293 861 8 278 802 16 258 692 1 Total British Possessions 225 685 882 1,162 1,096 951 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium 256 1,516 65 2,334 77 2,106 34 2,557 76 4,400 213 10 Total Foreign Countries 256 1,581 2,411 2,140 2,633 4,023 - Total Imports 13,027 17,419 20,164 20,226 21,499 -5,047 Paints an COLOU ,S. United Kingdom ... ■ ••• 35,692 72,202 65,600 79,255 69,160 84,669 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions 364 34 000, 804 364 1,407 732 2,150 7 1,604 980 1,092 2 ( 304 79 Total British Possessions 398 1,470 1,771 2,889 2,584 3,475 Foreign Countries: United States Germany ... ..; ■•■ ••• Belgium Holland Other Foreign Countries 636 72 2,976 958 241 5,517 295 102 217 20 6,710 543 406 590 53 9,467 481 154 515 2 9,580 876 750 843 36 26 Total Foreign Countries 734 4,175 6,151 8,302 10.619 12,085 Total Imports 36,824 77,847 73,522 90,446 82,363 100,220
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903,. 1904. | i 1905. | 1906. Dyes. ■ ——— £ 7,980 £ 12,590 £ 11,152 £ 12,626 £ 7,448 £ 8,546 United Kingdom British Possessions : Victoria ... ... New South Wales Other British Possessions... 297 8 3,244 1,142 2,816 878 13 3.840 1,041 90 2,025 907 210 2,70.1. 1,194 223. Total British Possessions 305 4,386 3,707 4,97.1 3,742 4,118 Foreign Countries : Germany United States Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 101 26 934 402 258 810 63 1,513 4 1.823 83 407 108 1,167 182 700 10 1,008 30 696 1,041 16 Total Foreign Countries 143 1,594 2,390 2.541 2,059 2,775 Total Imports 8,428 18,576 17,249 20,138 13,249 15,439 •United Kingdom T_ .nning Materia LS. I ~ 874 3,007 4,720 1,959 1,364 1,760 1,959 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Tasmania, South Australia Other British Possessions... 21,287 f 22.0U.1 194 1,202 24,238 8,466 3,016 5,333 4 1,713 24,997 1,410 10,023 0,920 93)5 17,565 1,044 3,453 12,045 757 15,207 738 6,557 8,700 570 18,875 547 4,921 7,709 426 Total British Possessions 48,739 39,315 44,297 34,864 31,772 32,478 Foreign Countries: United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 553 129 223 15 197 72 374 46 32 358 400 39 232 Total Foreign Countries 715 435 492 790 271 Total Imports 49,613 43,037 49,452 37,315 33,926 34,509
ViiHiCLES: Bicycles and Motors, and Paiits. , .—.-- , . . United Kingdom 2,301 48,303 93,954 111. 198 168,074 187.784 British Possessions : Victoria ... ... New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions... 29,141 7,130 8,038 12 24,308 6,256 4,200 32 26,664 '2,781 9,1.69 279 37,992 4,209 2,852 22 55.575 2,751 3,417 11 Total British Possessions 44,327 34,790 38,893 45,0(5 61,754 Foreign Countries : United States ■ Germany France Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 25,578 307 28,284 3,927 18,404 1,704 17,176 1.917 8.919 2,156 154 14,] 42 2,883 11,10(1 1,246 440 411 7 .10 .130 Total Foreign Countries 26,t)15 32,229 20.124 30,322 29,871 Total Imports 2,301 118.045 160.979 170,215 (243,471 I 279,409
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Country. 1890. .1900. 1903. 1904, 1905. 1900. Vehic: ,es, Other, and Parts. £ 15,047 £ t 23,367 £ 31,938 £ 50,402 £ 30,015 £ 33,194 United Kingdom ... ... ... ... British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Tasmania ... Canada Other British Possessions ... 2,673 950 6,005 224 1,001 11,546 23)4 612 03 3,21.0 8,149 3,210 4.572 17 4,605 9,303 238 2.01.0 15 6,012 9,245 93 2,850 3.25 09 Total British Possessions 3,287 7,248 13,516 10,158 16,171 18,200 Foreign Countries : United States France Germany ... ... ... Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... ... ... 7,532 13,450 34,398 385 73,0 053 31,804 3,320 909 408 802 20.903 26 89 40 17 15,536 102 85 9 13 Total Foreign Countries 7,541 13,403 36,166 37,303 .21,075 15,723 Total Imports 25,875 i 44,078 81,620 j 103,863 73,261 67,11.7 Furn: TURE. United Kingdom 15,835 14,461 21,382 22,975 20,494 24,307 British Possessions : Victoria ... ... ... ... ... New South Wales ■ ... Hong Kong... ... ... ... ... i Canada Other British Possessions ... 766 718 200 2.066 2,217 343 .2,584 2,272 473 87 81 900 1,118 259 3,361 197 790 1,622 387 3,999 113 2,626 1,592 786 4,088 284 69 149 Total British Possessions 1,759 4,775 5,497 5,835 6,911 9,370 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Japan ... ... Austria Other Foreign Countries 5,714 2,110 74 16,285 8,298 1,263 404 32 14,225 6,4i9 1,190 712 92 14,976 8,952 1,591 1,903 001 12,000 5,473 1.910 3.986 249 10 881 4,522 2,074 3,725 266 43 Total Foreign Countries 7,947 20,282 22,648 28,083 24;278 21,468 Total Imports... 25,541 45,518 49,527 56,893 51,683 55.151 Wi iker and Wood Manuf. .CTURES OF. United Kingdom 3,000 4,340 11,266 11,800 13,099 12,356 British Possessions: y Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Other British Possessions 153 784 1,676 i too I ,_o«> 2,406 6,409 13 273 2,997 0,368 38 723 3,858 6,677 84 1,007 4,243 8,307 69 140 •14,272 Total British Possessions 1,000 3,249 9,131 10,120 11,626 26,822 Foreign Countries ; United States Germany ... Japan Belgium Other Foreign Countries 7,174 .63 59 7,215 742 813 22,707 7,009 1,165 26,647 8,132 1,765 501 69 27,604 6,530 2,270 522 275 23,489 6,304 1,624 46 117 12 4 312 Total Foreign Countries 7,308 8,774 31,193 37,1.14 37,201 31,580 Total Imports 11,320 16,369 51,590 59,040 61,926 70,758 * Practical] all from Canada,
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Gorki i, Cut. United Kingdom £ 3,930 £ 6,162 £ 7,363 £ 9,109 £ 6,796 £ 5,900 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions... 376 126 764 1,338 1,258 1,841 6 1,330 1,924 667 1,444 1,310 2,229 11 Total British Possessions 502 2,102 3,105 3,254 8,111 3,550 Foreign Countries: United States Spain Portugal Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 17 41 159 197 445 88 88 299 31 518 44 35 109 879 496 1 26 308 576 192 87 46 1,654 90 229 633 Total Foreign Countries 17 930 980 1,520 1,189 2,(552 Total Imports 4,449 9,194 11,448 13,883 10,096 12,102 Brushware. United Kingdom 6,436 10,061 17,757 11,789 21,7.18 23,675 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales ... Other British Possessions,. 69 220 4 44 430 46 82 323 1 255 262 29 1,124 2,098 157 808 3,047 200 Total British PossessiouB 293 526 406 546 3,379 4,061 Foreign Countries : United States Germany France Belgium ... ... .,, Other Foreign Countries ... 641 119 2,012 1,078 1,816 1,331 1,383 2,828 162 47 723 2,574 2,131 320 282 1,233 2,148 1,841 94 401 1,080 1-13 190 870 274 Total Foreign Countries 903 3,364 4,207 5,143 6.540 5,564 Total Imports... 7,632 13,951 16,352 23,446 31,637 33,300 iOAP, NO' OTHER' tse enumerate: United Kingdom x"" 3,577 8,392 7,899 . 8,411 16,223 1 17,802 British Possessions ; Victoria ... New South Wales Other British Possessions... .*. 1,78.') 1,859 2,775 3,146 1 3,060 1.4,248 9 3,146 15,758 210 3,1.91 16,311 352 3.072 21.057 276 Total. British Possessions 3,642 5,922 17,317 19,114 19,854 24,405 Foreign Countries: United States France Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 339 4,240 52 204 71 7,856 63 Ib7 6 8,115 67 226 23 8,095 25 192 45 10,275 48 342 94 24 Total Foreign Countries 363 4,567 8,092 8,431 8,357 10,759 Total Imports 7,582 1,881 33,308 35,956 44,434 | 52,966
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Country. 1890, 1900. 1903. 1904. i 1905. j 1906. Candles. United Kingdom £ 27,602 £ 30,030 £ " 37,016 £ 33,309 £ 34,907 £ 32,242 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... Bengal Burmah Other British Possessions... 255 1,070 135 472 453 1,126 834 2,148 388 1,457 161 452 7,470 8 364 114 1,979 4,278 10 3,391 132 1,094 9,434 2,152 1 14 Total British Possessions 1,326 621 4,958 9,548 6,745 16,203 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries 14,482 32 12,296 79 2 32 58 19 74 7 Total Foreign Countries 74 14,514 12,375 34 77 Total Imports 29,002 30,658 56,488 55,232 41,686 48,*522 Matches a d Vestas. United Kingdom 29,775 7,171 | 6,913 5,901 7,351 20,776 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales... 253 484 298 | 677 I311 130 414 61 13 1,215 169 328 Total British Possessions 737. 975 ; 441 475 1,228 497 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Sweden Other Foreign Countries 470 39 16 1,475 | 1,737 ; 262 203 | 34 1,224 2,242 24 598 1 1,740 738 123 145 3 1,076 1,725 341 315 2,879 3,869 573 1,092 60 Total Foreign Countries 569 3,693 j __________ l__ 4,122 2,747 3,460 8,413 Total Imports 31,081 11,839 i 11,476 i 9,123 12,039 29,686 'IPES (FOR SMOK :ng Tobacco), &i United Kingdom 8,925 20,911 30,984 21,938 21,259 20,849 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions 607 69 i 1 48 470 308 435 110 343 1 43 416 1 11 496 6 Total British Possessions 677 518 743 454 460 513 Foreign Countries : Germany France Belgium ... ... ••■ ••• United States Other Foreign Countries 105 262 15 629 120 1,226 254 43 91 6 1,828 426 182 87 43 1,761 917 312 147 94 1,070 492 262 138 52 106 37 Total Foreign C ountries 382 892 1,620 2,566 3,231 2,014 Total Imports 9,984 22,321 33,347 24,958 24,950 23,376
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. d Dressing. BLA IKING A £ £ £ £ £ £ United Kingdom 2,323 2,325 7,501 10,928 14,779 20,556 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 72 30 310 135 843 50 520 64 6 315 288 420 244 221 60 Total British Possessions 102 445 893 590 | 1,023 525 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 398 11 718 850 1,030 | i 1,423 1,486 12 Total Foreign Countries 409 718 850 1,030 | 1,423 1,498 Total Imports 2,834 3,488 9,244 12,548.| 17,225 22,579 NDIARU: IBER AND MANU 'ACTURES United Kingdom 8,054 6,939 3,828 7,394 7,018 5,958 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions ... 50 70 2 356 920 2,173 1,305 110 1,368 635 72 2,804 546 31 2,903 1,492 82 Total British Possessions 122 1,276 3,488 2,075 3,381 4,477 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 320 798 143 1,853 208 13 3,837 523 2 3,327 589 3 2,247 663 Total Foreign Countries 320 941 2,074 4,362 3,919 2,910 Total Imports 4,270 9,611 12,580 12,395 15,354 14,326 Plated Ware. United Kingdom 5,853 27,597 48,997 63,619 64,836 81,391 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Canada Other British Possessions... 72 612 1,182 3,762 ~62J 592 2,185 204 1,358 2,422 342 98 278 3,094 198 110 263 3,305 95 146 Total British Possessions 684 5,006 2,981 4,220 3,680 3,809 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Other Foreign Countries ... 231 62 j 3,608 | 544 | 57 j 3,245 768 387 17 2,991 1,563 2,074 1,355 36 168. 2,657 1,597 177 42 Total Foreign Countries 293 4,209 j 4,417 4,731 3,633 4,296 Total Imports... 6,830 36,812 ! 56,395 72,570 72,149 89,496
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904, 1905. 1906. Jewellery and Precious Stones. United Kingdom £ 11,332 £ 20,825 £ 24,277 £ 16,043 £ 8,745 £ 10,177 British Possessions: Victoria New South Wales Other British Possessions... 1,147 625 147 51 1,037 2 3 756 30 640 661 82 282 1,083 16 706 763 312 Total British Possessions 1,919 1,090 789 1,383 1,381 1,781 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... 133 1,086 112 463 76 98 235 227 I 103 57 33 242 1 21 Total Foreign Countries 154 1,198 637 463 160 276 Total Imports... 13,405 23,113 25,703 17,889 10,286 12,234 Pictures. United Kingdom 2,756 4,025 4,903 5,266 6,446 7,452 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Queensland Other British Possessions... 266 1,089 102 556 2 25 565 1,224 11 47 1,900 798 397 28 1,814 1,530 36 20 1,536 888 52 28 Total British Possessions 1,407 685 1,847 3,123 3,400 2,452 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Italy Other Foreign Countries ... 257 101 401 205 2,228 107 132 22 1,563 356 1,994 369 34 101 1.488 585 3 6 99 166 Total Foreign Countries 361 612 2,489 2,018 2,498 2,239 Total Imports... 4,524 5,32.2 9,239 10,407 12,344 1.2,143 ..<-' Coal. United Kingdom 4,629 15 226 240 142 British Possessions : New South Wales Other British Possessions... 92,238 5,299 120,379 20 158,128 137,427 437 155,475 71 194,612 387 Total British Possessions 97,537 120,399 158,128 137,864 155,546 194,999 Foreign Countries: United States 3 Total Foreign Countries 3 Total iiiPORii 102,166 120,406 158,143 138,093 155,786 195,141
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Country. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Cem INT. United Kingdom £ 32,969 £ 36,753 £ 74,064 £ 67,801 £ 69,954 £ 65,522 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales 100 60 2 10 5 1,076 383 Total British Possessions 5 160 1,076 383 18 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Other Foreign Countries ... • 660 12 1,823 8 2 93 1 l 1 25 22 Total Foreign Countries 660 1,835 95 23 27 Total Imports 33,034 38,748 75,148 68,279 j 69,995 65,549 MAN' RES. United Kingdom 15,196 18,569 44,590 29,772 19,007 26,067 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales ... South Australia Western Australia ... Queensland ... Bengal Singapore Maiden Island Ocean Island Other British Possessions... 573 13,505 2,340 2.400 4,592 1,159 1,006 38,96.1. 763 7,590 7,979 1,202 24,402 698 2,535 2,990 31,880 640 2,640 5,027 27,517 1,980 28 60,991 3,125 9,654 6,912 42,395 2,774 36 42,272 7.512 19,613 29,162 43,254 6,135 6,861 12,665 3,965 3,625 53 465 74 Total British Possessions 24,569 69,429 65,642 94,400 108,396 121,514 Foreign Countries : United States Germany Belgium Japan ... South Sea Islands ... Holland 230 14 6,349 150 4,212 7,501 2,555 23.698 1,907 15 5,151 2,183 14,043 5,703 7,931 1,117 9,488 3,024 199 6,920 1,589 17,489 3,052 26,050 10,372 20 14,090 10,278 Total Foreign Countries 14,340 16,791 39,873 35,020 20,748 58,552 Total Imports... 57,916 112,287 120,711 147,995 ! 173,734 209,838 Se: IDS. United Kingdom 75,786 37,981 58,021 51,918 66,134 63,052 S' British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Canada Other British Possessions... 1,253 1,372 1 790 1,225 18 1,860 1,847 106 116 961 1,675 1,884 197 6,370 290 782 5,538 67 808 6,791 34 525 49 91 116 12 Total British Possessions 2,717 2,149 4,890 10,416 6,399 8,207 Foreign Countries : United States ... Germany France Holland Other Foreign Countries ... 6,539 4,930 12,235 1,042 210 25,349 4,964 121 191 1,235 19,842 3,586 222 564 335 8,194 7,364 217 1,432 265 14,055 9,573 137 1,173 185 38 163 Total Foreign Countries - 11,507 13,650 31,860 24,549 17,472 25,123 Total Imports... 90,010 53,780 94,771 86,883 90,005 96,382
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Oountr}'. 1890. 1900. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Cotton Was 1 'E AND Wick. United Kingdom £ 3,088 v 8,617 £ 9,305 £ 11,340 £ 14,995 . £ 12,467 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales .:. Other British Possessions... ■ 72 93 00 59 373 30 92 220 29 173 28 53 14 2 Total British Possessions 225 462 312 202 28 09 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 52 6 111 96 1.1 122 2 10 Total Foreign Countries 58 207 133 2 10 Total Imports 3,313 9,137 9,824 11,675 15,025 12,546 An: mals o: all Ki: DS. United Kingdom 6,147 12,181 7,230 9,374 7,322 8,712 British Possessions : Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Fiji Other British Possessions... 2,336 2,830 364 18 1,372 3,311 8,139 210 4 487 16,257 15,652 592 3 1,725 9,707 8,215 391 226 185 3,125 8,606 778 2,351 6,786 141 40 191 112 Total British Possessions 6,920 12,151 34,229 18,724 12,621 9,509 Foreign Countries : United States Other Foreign Countries ... 95 652 418 1,813 95 765 12 Total Foreign Countries 12 95 652 418 1,908 765 Total Imports 13,079 24,427 42,111 28,516 21,851 18,986
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BRITISH TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND (REPORT ON), BY THE COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, BOARD OF TRADE., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1908 Session I, H-34
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28,450BRITISH TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND (REPORT ON), BY THE COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, BOARD OF TRADE. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1908 Session I, H-34
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