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Commonwealth of Australia — continued. 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 the Commonwealth of Australia— continued.

Value of Imports consigned prom the Total Co: isignments of each Class, 1909. Class. Articles Specified in the Trade Returns. 1905. Commonwealth of Australia. 1906. 1907. I 1908. From the Commonwealth From all [Proportion Pro- \° Tot;l1 Imports portion into the from the ,3-/ uit f d Kingdom Common- ' consigned wealth of f romt ne CommonAustralia. wealth of Australia. Countries. 1909. of Australia. (ii) Raw Mi .terials. £ £ £ £ .C £ £ Per Cent'. Per Cent, Iron O re j Sera]) [ Iron, anil 1 Steel. ] Iron Ore Iron and Steel, old 13,000 22,000 t 23,000 13,000 5,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 3,000 4,000 5,076,000 0-08 0-01 Antimony Ore Cobilt Ore - ; Copper Ore - Gold Ore (including gold contained in auriferous ores and metals). Lead Ore - Silver Ore (including silver contained inArgentiferous ores and metals). Tin Ore Zincs Ore Ores, unenumerated. 3,000 11,000 28.000 605,000 35.000 6,000 23,000 732.000 78,000 10,000 129,000 550,000 17,000 5,000 50,000 424,000 x.ooo 2,000 45,000 380,000 Other Metallic ■{ Ores. 4.000 494,000 28,000 586,000 34,000 572.000 66,000 527.000 58,000 372,000 979,000 8,327,000 11-76 3-00 50,000 10,000 87,000 60,000 24,000 56,000 8,000 64,000 60,000 9,000 43,000 45,000 24,000 (18,000 22,000 Wood and Timber. Hewn, Oak - Furniture Woods, Hardwoods, and Veneers, unenumerated. t 324.000 1,000 250,000 3.000 177,000 4.000 219,000 t 241.000 241.000 23,592,000 1-02 0 • 74 Wool. Wool, Sheep's or Lambs'. Woollen Rags, not for Manure. 10,782.000 11,645,000 14,591,000 13.413.000 13,668,000 13.(183,000 35,042,00(1 10,000 13,000 13.000 14,000 15,000 39-1)5 41 ill Gum : Kowrie - Unenumerated Nuts and Kernels for expressing oil therefrom. Oil : Animal Ooeoanut, unrefined. Tallow and Stearine 33,000 5,000 124,000 7.000 1,000 162,000 6,000 1,000 249,000 18,000 1,000 261,000 I 1,000 2,000 298,000 )il Seeds, Nuts, Oils, 'ats, and Gums. 18,000 128.000 20.000 24.000 [ 1,567,000 16,000 (18.000 16.000 103,000 14,000 115,000 [31,040,000 5-05 4-80 769.000 i>89.000 1.048,000 825.000 1.127.000 Hides and Undressed Skins. Hides and pieces thereof: Dry Wet - Skins, Sheep, undressed : Woolled Pickled J Furs : Rabbit Skins. undressed. Unenumerated, undressed. 15,000 22,000 j 531.000 24,000 62,000 719,000 18.000 82,000 j l>02.000 I 192,000 63,000 99,000 694,000 83,000 80.000 157.000 739,000 152,000 1.844.000 u,r>18.ooo 15-87 5 ■ 65 218,000 418,000 369,000 276,000 315.000 207,000 246,000 200.000 174.000 101.000 Ma- . j terials j for Linen and Cotton Hags. Other Paper-mak-ing Materials. 4,000 4.000 5.000 4,00(1 3.000 PaperMaking. J 1.000 2,000 4,000 t t 3,000 4,499,000 (i-iiT 0-01 I A i t Less than 500/. i38!.)—3. C