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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. A. —Value of Imports into the United Kingdom during each, of the Years 1905 to 1909 of (i) ARTroLES of Food, Drink, and Tobacco ; (ii) Raw Materials ; and (iii) Manufactured Articles, consigned from the Commonwealth of Australia.

[The Total Value of Imports into the United Kingdom during 1909 of Merchandise consigned from the Commonwealth of Australia was 32,646,000 L]

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

Total Coi isignments if each Claf is, 1909. Class. Akticles SPECIFIED IN THE TRADE Value of Imports consigned fbom the Commonwealth of Australia. From the CommonFrom all Countries. Proportion from the CommonProportion to Total Imports into the United Kingdom consigned from the Commonwealth of Australia. Returns. wealth of wealth of 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. Australia. Australia. (i) Articlei of Pood, Drink, ,nd Tobacci Wheat - Barley Oats Peas Wheat Meal and Flour. Eice Meal and Dust. Beef, Fresh, and Refrigerated. Mutton, Fresh and Refrigerated. Pork, Fresh, and Refrigerated. Salt and other Fresh or Refrigerated Meat. Beef, Preserved Mutton, Preserved. Other Meat, Preserved. Rabbits (dead), Fresh and Refrigerated. Poultry and Game (alive or dead). Butter Cheese Milk, Preserved Oleo-Margarine Apples, Raw Pears, Raw Oranges - Fruit, Dried, Raisins. Fruit, Preserved in Syrup. Fruit, Preserved j without sugar Cocoa-nut oil (refined). Hops Sugar (unrefined). Tea - Cocoa, raw Rum Brandy - Unenumerated, unsweetened. Wine, in casks - Wine, in bottles Cigars Unmanufactured £ 3,800,000 * £ 2,830,000 & 3,268.000 5,000 & 2,421,000 * & 4,684,000 37,000 58,000 2,000 321,000 £ & Per Cent. Per Cent. Grain, Flour, and Farinaceous Substances. 3,000 8,000 508,000 * 2,000 253,000 17,000 69,000 * 2,000 121,000 5,108,000 83,107,000 6-15 15-65 1,000 2,000 4,000 1,000 6,000 31,000 55,000 181,000 170,000 590,000 986,000 1,148,000 1,645,000 1,195,000 1,574,000 11,000 39,000 12,000 * 1,000 12,000 18,000 16,000 9,000 15,000 Meat, Poultry, and Game. 144,000 41,000 76,000 43,000 151,000 93,000 3,139,000 42,044,000 7-47 9-62 110,000 65,000 205,000 226,000 38,000 17,000 2,000 8,000 17,000 486,000 685,000 558,000 411,000 506,000 21,000 21,000 25,000 9,000 5,000 Dairy ( Pro- I duce, I &c.f ( r 2,308,000 3,014,000 3,008,000 11,000 2,299,000 2,000 2,008,000 2,000 17,000 252,000 15,000 * * 2,027,000 17,125,000 4-30 6-21 1,000 232,000 9,000 * * 179,000 5,000 * 312,000 15,000 2,000 42,000 306,000 5,000 1.000 19,000 Fruit and Vegetables. * 1,000 * 3,000 8,000 9,000 1,000 280,000 19,075,000 1-47 0-86 12,000 6,000 19,000 14,000 3,000 4,000 1,161,000 034 0-01 Edible Oils. Hops. Sugar. 1,000 1,000 2,000 84,000 20,000 * 36,000 # 4,000 2,000 2,000 476,000 22,849,000 0-42 0-01 "] 6,000 3,000 Tea. Cocoa. * * * 7,000 * 7,000 * 11,617,000 2,814,000 0-06 0-02 * * 1,000 1,000 * * Spirits. < Wine. ] Tobacco. \ 2,000 6,000 * 2,000 2,000 # 1,000 1,000 * ! j 144,000 1,000 1,749,000 136,000 1,000 1,000 * 99,000 1,000 i.ooo * 127,000 1,000 1,000 111,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 143,000 1,000 1,000 3,746,000 3-84 0-44 4,987,000 0-02 0-00 * Lesi t Incl i, and i s than 500Z. [uding lard (and imitations thereof), nilk. largarine, isrgarine cheese, ai id oieo-marg! •ine, in addition to butter, cheese,