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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. A.—Value of Imports into the United Kingdom during each of the Years 1905 to 1909 of (i) Articles of Food, Drink, and Tobacco ; (ii) Raw Materials ; and (iii) Manufactured Articles, Consigned from British South Africa.

[The Total Value of Imports into the United Kingdom, during 1909, of Merchandise consigned from British South Africa was 16,110,0001*]

Extracted from the " Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions, 1909."

Total Coi isignments of each O. lass, 1909. Articles Value of Imposts consigned prom Proportion to Total Imports into the United Kingdom consigned from British South Africa. specified in British South Africa. ProClass, From From portion THE TRADE British from all Returns. South Countries. British 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. Africa. South Africa. (!) .rtioles o Food, Drink, am Tobacco. Grain, 1 Flour, I andFari- ! naceous f Substances. J Meat, Poultry, and Game. Oats - Maize £ 2,000 6,000 & £ 27,000 122,000 & 19,000 90,000 & 76,000 283,000 \ £ \ 359,000 £ 83,107,000 Per Cent. 0-43 Per Cent. 2'23 Meat, preserved otherwise than by salting. 3,000 42,044,000 r Fruit and j Vege- " tables. i Plums, Raw Grapes, Raw Pears, Raw Apricots, Raw - Fruit, unenumerated, Raw. Fruit preserved in Syrup. Canned of all sorts Unrefined Molasses - Tea - Cocoa or chocolate, ground, prepared, or in any way manufactured. Raw cofEoe Chicory - Rum Brandy Unenumerated : Sweetened - Unsweetened Wine :— In casks In bottles Manufactured of all sorts. Unmanufactured Preparations made with added sugar or other sweetening matter. 2,000 7,000 1,000 1,000 t 4,000 10,000 4,000 2,000 t 7,000 12,000 7,000 6,000 t 2,000 42,000 11,000 5,000 2,000 10,000 19,000 18,000 9,000 7,000 * t ] \ 63,000 19,075,000 0'39 0-33 t 2,000 t J 3,378,000 0-07 Fish Sugar - J Tea - t 2,000 it 17,000 5,000 3,000 2,000 8,000 11,000 1,000 19,000 4,000 11,000 0-33 t 2,000 t j- 20,000 22,849,000 0-09 0-12 4,000 11,617,000 2,814,000 0-03 0-02 Cocoa - <J i. Coffee - Chicory - r 1,000 t 6,000 t t 13,000 t 2,076,000 37,000 1,000 t 2,000 t 11,000 t 1 j- 12,000 Spirits •■( 1,749,000 0-69 0-07 6,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 t 1,000 Wine - ■> Tobacco < r 1,000 7,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 8,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 2^000 1,000 1,000 I 1,000 [ 2,000 3,746,000 0'03 O'Ol t t t 1,000 4,000 1,000 4,000 t 1,000 4,987,000 0'04 0-01 62,000 Misccl- J laneous. | (ii Raw Mi ■terials. Iron Ore, j Scrap l^ Iron and ( Steel. J Iron and Steel, old. 7,000 10,000 11,000 3,000 t t 5,076,000 Copper, Ore Gold, Ore (including Gold contained in auriferous Ores and Metals). Lead, Ore - Silver, Ore (including Silver contained in argentiferous Ores and Metals). Tin, Ore - Furniture Woods, Hardwoods and Veneers(except mahogany). 260,000 50,000 278,000 66,000 182,000 91,000 82,000 95,000 107,000 140,000 1 )■ 460,000 Other Metallic Ores. t 16,000 21,000 6,000 16,000 2'86 3,000 8,327,000 5-52 Wood and Timber. 9,000 8,000 0-06 17,000 9,000 30,000 9,000 6,000 8,000 191,000 10,000 10,000 23,592,000 0-04 * Incli f Less isive of diamonds exported from the Cape of Good Hope to the United Kingdom, valued at 6,170 0002. than 500Z.