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APPENDIX G. Growth of Business— Index Numbers, 1908-1917.

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Railway Passengers. Railway Freights. Shipping, Outwards. Shipping, Inwards. Coal-production. W heat -production. Sugar imported. Tea imported. Year. Number. I Index. Tons. Index. Tonnage.. Index. Tonnage. Index. Tons. Index. Bushels. Index. Cwt. | Index. i Lb. ; Ini 'General Index No. Index. II ! I I 1908 10.457.144 1000 5.135.408 I 1000 13.383.045 1000 13.438.887 1000 1909 11.141.142 1065 5.490.018 1069 13.228.484 988 13.212.609 983 1910 11.200.613 1071 5.863.674 1142 13.457.189 1006 13.470.927 ! 1002 1911 11.891.134 1137 5.887.908 1147 13.703.173 1024 13.749.032 1023 1912 13.123.879, 1255 6.246.128 1216 14.307,664 1069 14.304.289 i 1064 1913 13.355.893 1277 6.019.633 1172 13.202.600 987 13.244.622 ! 986 1914 13.565.772 1297 6.453.472 1257 14.115.850 1055 14.117.812 ] 1051 1915 14.201.506 1358 6.370.945 1241 12.668.510 947 12.693.107 945 1916 14.173.115 1355 6.239.172 ] 1215 11.332.473 847 11.497.346 856 1917 11.408.156 1091 5.742.968 1118 i 9.642.097 720 9.671.745 720 1.860.975 1000 8.772.790 1.911.247 1027 8.661.100 2,197.36-2 j 1181 8.290.221 2.066.073 1110 7.261.138 2,177.615 1170 5,179.626 1.888.005 1015 5.231.700 2.275.614 1223 i 6.644.336 2.208.624 1187 7.108.360 2.257.135 1213 5.083.277 2.068.419 1111 ' 6.807.536 I 1000 879.574 i 1000 i 6.471.965 987 999.810 1137 7.302.310 945 1.019.480 ' 1159 7.586.816 828 ; 1.092.108 j 1242 8.071.471 590 ] 1,202,062 j 1367 7.683,804 596 ! 1.215.477 1382 7.068.566 757 929.327 1057 9.951,774 810 1.257.235 1429 9.150,139 579 1.199.385 ! 1364 7.982.195 ! 776 : 1.317.557 j 1498 9.478,460 1000 1128 1172 1247 1187 1092 1538 1414 1233 • 1465 1000 1109 1192 1133 1239 1249 1425 1468 1449 1232 Year. _ All Mineral Oils imported. Wool exported. Frozen Meat exported. Butter exported. ! Cheese exported. Hides and Skins (Calf and other) exported. Tallow exported. Phormium and Tow exported. General ' * | i Index Gallons. Index. Lb. Index. I Cwt. j Index. Cwt. Index. Cwt. r Index. Number. Index, i Cwt. Index. Tons. , No. Index. 1908 ! 7.072.731 1000 1909 6.126.364 : 866 1910 7.889.223 i 1115 ; 1911 9.238.314 1306 1912 10.128.878 j 1432 1913 8.794.719 I 1243 1914 12.909.716 1825 j 1915 , 14,194,744 2007 1916 16.543.060 2339 1917 13,816,966 1954 162,518.481 ! 1000 2,120.303 1000 189,683.703 I 1167 2.572.604 j 1213 204.368.957 1258 2.654.196 j 1252 \ 169.424.811 1042 2.250.565 ! 1061 188,361.790 1159 2.573.238 I 1214 i 186.533.036 1148 2.578.693 ' 1216 | 220.472.898 1357 3.229.973 ] 1523 ! 196.570.114 1210 3.591,260 1694 j 185.506.859 1141 3.326.045 ' 1569 178,274,486 1097 2,446,945 1154 229,971 321. 108 356.535 302.387 378.117 372.258 434.067 420.144 358.632 254.397 1000 1396 1550 1315 1645 1619 1887 1827 1559 1106 280,798 400.607 451,915 439.174 577.070 611.663 863.776 817.256 949.416 885,743 1000 1427 1609 1564 2055 2178 3076 2910 3381 3154 282.821 1000 | 333.804 1180 293.670 1038 283.401 1002 313.563 1109 348.794 1233 412.822 1460 516.799 1827 510.936 1807 237.906 | 841 372.520 1000 484.160 1300 520.180 1396 413.120 1109 470.900 1264 454.860 1221 490.300 1316 535.260 1437 449.440 1206 251.980 676 21.249 1000 17.292 814 25.146 , 1183 20.649 972 22.029 1037 34.391 1618 23.928 1126 26.685 1256 32.252 1518 26.016 1224 1000 1109 1192 1133 1239 1249 1425 1468 1449 1232